# I'm giving you 500 dollars. However, you must spend it immediately. What do you do with it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 26, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232 "2016-01-26T04:03:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/41 "2016-01-26T13:18:15Z")
The Epson Ecotank ET-4550 printer. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/42 "2016-01-26T13:51:19Z")
You know, I can’t think of anything I’d particularly want. Maybe use it for a night on the town in NYC – dinner and a show. If I go to TKTS and pick the right hotel, my wife and I could go down and stay overnight. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/43 "2016-01-26T14:07:16Z")
Amusing combination of poster name and post. The question truly needs idle thoughts. My needs and even wants are so modest (or so immodest on the other hand–with $90,000 I would just get on an airplane and go to one of those $1000/night caribbean resorts for 3 months) that I find it hard. Maybe I would just blow it on a new phone. My old one doesn’t do texting, nor take photos, nor anything except make phone calls. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/44 "2016-01-26T14:12:41Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Hookers-n-Blow… Or, as the late George Carlin said, Pussy and Beer… I had to laugh when these two posts (40 and 41, IIRC) were back-to-back… > [@Whiskey\_Dickens](#): > > Noice! > > Whatcha ride? > [@boffking](#): > > The Epson Ecotank ET-4550 printer. More to the point, a new dishwasher is in order and that would probably be where the money went. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/45 "2016-01-26T14:52:14Z")
deposit it into the bank. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/46 "2016-01-26T14:53:53Z")
Plane ticket to Memphis to see mom. With US$500 I could afford the times and connections I wanted, too. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/47 "2016-01-26T14:58:19Z")
I need new tennis racquets. $500 would buy 4 frames plus stringing. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/48 "2016-01-26T15:23:05Z")
Maybe just a trip to the grocery store to stock up. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/49 "2016-01-26T15:45:39Z")
Your timing on this offer is spectacular; I find myself in need of a new laptop this week, since mine has decided to give up the ghost. $500 will just about cover the one I’ve been looking at. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/50 "2016-01-26T15:51:03Z")
A [Celestron C5](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008FK623Q/ref=s9_simh_gw_g421_i2_r?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=0QB74W7JF3XK5DW4CBG8&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2079475242&pf_rd_i=desktop) spotting scope. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/51 "2016-01-26T15:59:10Z")
That new [table saw](http://www.lowes.com/pd_530411-70-DWE7491RS_1z0wck2__?productId=50040968&pl=1) I was eying at Lowes last weekend. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/52 "2016-01-26T17:09:58Z")
I would most likely buy wood for making bows and arrows with. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/53 "2016-01-26T17:45:11Z")
$200 to stock up on dog food (3 setters eat a LOT) $150 to stock my freezer with some good steaks, etc. $150 to pay for my next farmshares season membership ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/54 "2016-01-26T18:09:43Z")
That’s easy. Add $100 to it and pay that tree service I hired last week. Boom. Gone. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/55 "2016-01-26T18:16:50Z")
[Kale U Bass](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003EUIOG0/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2?pf_rd_p=1944687522&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00EKM6Q8Y&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1N12JS2B6W0TYAB4EKQP). I’ve wanted one of these things for a long time, but can’t rationalize the price. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/56 "2016-01-26T19:05:29Z")
Second pair of shoes for work, which will eat about half of it. Two new pairs of work pants. New bras. Anything left on purchasing some fine quality tea. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/57 "2016-01-26T19:16:06Z")
A new pair of boots and Fiestaware. I’d love some more serving pieces. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/58 "2016-01-26T19:18:29Z")
In the fall, the pressure filter for my koi pond died. (cheap plastic). A new one would be right about $500 and I could place the order online within minutes. Given more time than 5 hours to spend it, I’d actually like to put it towards an alternative replacement system, but I’m not sure I could come up with the plan and place orders in just five hours. A second option: I could really use some more work clothes, including shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/59 "2016-01-26T20:37:49Z")
A new bicycle. Although as others have said, I could easily blow it in a single trip to the liquor store. ---
**Author:** ![Chihuahua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232/60 "2016-01-26T20:55:24Z")
Add to my GI Joe collection. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-you-500-dollars-however-you-must-spend-it-immediately-what-do-you-do-with-it/744232.md?page=4)