# My first ever bonus! How would you spend it?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-ever-bonus-how-would-you-spend-it/691677>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 26, 2014, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-ever-bonus-how-would-you-spend-it/691677 "2014-06-26T07:55:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-ever-bonus-how-would-you-spend-it/691677/21 "2014-06-26T18:05:40Z")

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The car windows need tinting. And I’ve been pondering (by about four years) a television upgrade. 4K for the win!

Hmm…or maybe I buy those dugout seats that I’ve refused to spend the money on to this point in my life. Time to see how the high rollers do it up.

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-ever-bonus-how-would-you-spend-it/691677/22 "2014-06-26T18:07:43Z")

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> [@seodoa](#):
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> As for hobbies, one thing I’m considering is investing in an entry level SLR. I really like photography and would like to get more technical with it than camera phones and point’n’shoots.

If you were going to spend $x on a camera, use (some of) the bonus to get a better model.

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**Author:** ![MareIt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@MareIt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MareIt)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-ever-bonus-how-would-you-spend-it/691677/23 "2014-06-27T00:12:51Z")

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a house cleaning service. The more I can get for the money, the better!

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**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-ever-bonus-how-would-you-spend-it/691677/24 "2014-06-27T00:30:45Z")

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Take a great summer vacation, to Italy or Spain. There’s nothing like it.

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**Author:** ![Shaggy\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shaggy\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shaggy_Z)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-ever-bonus-how-would-you-spend-it/691677/25 "2014-06-27T00:34:27Z")

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I would put it towards extra mortgage payment.

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