# What are you going to do with your refund? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 22, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342 "2002-05-22T17:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/1 "2002-05-22T17:36:11Z")
Assuming you are even getting a refund. Me, I’m going to get a [SVHS camcorder](http://www.circuitcity.com/ewebIMa/frame1.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1707068372.1022088542@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdhadcffdjhfehcfngcfkmdffhdffh.0&upper=head.jsp&lower=frame2.jsp&left=leftchildcat.jsp&department=TV+Video+and+Camcorders&category=Camcorders&right=productsearch.jsp) to record and upcoming vacation and a[SVHS VCR](http://www.circuitcity.com/ewebIMa/frame1.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1707068372.1022088542@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdhadcffdjhfehcfngcfkmdffhdffh.0&upper=head.jsp&lower=frame2.jsp&left=leftchildcat.jsp&department=TV+Video+and+Camcorders&category=VCRs&right=productsearch.jsp) to be sure we can watch the tapes. The other half of the money is going in the bank. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/2 "2002-05-22T19:05:03Z")
What are you going to do with your refund? I’m going to Thailand! Advice? ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/3 "2002-05-22T19:31:00Z")
Refund? OHHHHHHH, you mean that little chunk of change my Uncle Sam sent me back in February so that I could pay my car insurance? ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/4 "2002-05-22T19:41:27Z")
Assuming the pittance I got was an actual refund, and not some new government perk whereas I get a check every few months, I paid the water bill. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/5 "2002-05-22T19:54:04Z")
investing it. i have already fixed it so next year i will end up owing. i would rather earn the interest on my money than let the gummit sit on it. ---
**Author:** ![beerchick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@beerchick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beerchick)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/6 "2002-05-22T19:58:47Z")
I will be getting a whole $68.00. I plan to convert it into pennies,fill up my bathtub and do the best I can to simulate rolling around in it. WO-HOO !!! ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/7 "2002-05-22T20:12:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gatopescado \* > \*\*investing it. i have already fixed it so next year i will end up owing. i would rather earn the interest on my money than let the gummit sit on it. \*\* You know… I think about that every year, and think about changing my withholdings… but I’m afraid I’d just spend the money, instead of investing it. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/8 "2002-05-22T20:33:17Z")
Buying my first piece of non-hand-me-down furniture: a sofa, one with no holes or cat scratches. Yippee for the student loan interest deduction! ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/9 "2002-05-22T20:37:29Z")
Roasting a pig. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/10 "2002-05-22T20:43:11Z")
Mine’s been spent months ago, mostly on bills. When I’m getting money back, I don’t wait until the last minute. ---
**Author:** ![Clever\_Hans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Clever\_Hans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clever_Hans)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/11 "2002-05-22T21:08:54Z")
I will be going to Ciudad Acuña, Mexico this weekend, Longview, Tx within the next month, and Biloxi, Mississippi on July 15th. And that should waste my return pretty thuroughly. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/12 "2002-05-22T21:13:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > \*\*Mine’s been spent months ago, mostly on bills. When I’m getting money back, I don’t wait until the last minute. \*\* I used to do the same. Now I’m a homeowner and I rely on my brother the former IRS auditor to do my taxes. When I file depends largely on when he can take time away from his business. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/13 "2002-05-22T21:35:42Z")
Being a chronic insomniac with chronic back problems, among other aches and pains, and being as how my refund is going to be big enough I can afford it, I’m getting a Tempur-Pedic mattress. I laid down on one for just a coupla minutes in a store once, and my spine just sort of adjusted itself, and I’ve been wanting one ever since. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/14 "2002-05-22T21:58:41Z")
I haven’t dared to touch it because I’ve been under a layoff-threat cloud the last few months, and want to use it as an emergency in case I get rained on. If the clouds part (as I hope they will soon), I’ll probably use it to pay off the rest of my living room set. Then I’ll squirrel away the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/15 "2002-05-22T22:39:21Z")
I’ll let you know as soon as the damn thing arrives in the mail. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2002, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/16 "2002-05-22T22:40:25Z")
Half of mine went to property taxes and home owners insurance. The other half is stashed as a strike fund. If there is no strike, I get a new truck. ---
**Author:** ![WillGolfForFood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/82dd89/32.png) [@WillGolfForFood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillGolfForFood)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/17 "2002-05-22T23:19:21Z")
We filed early and got our refund early - and used it to pay our first-quarter estimated tax bill. Somehow it just didn’t feel like a refund that way… ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/18 "2002-05-22T23:38:28Z")
Ear-marked for monthly expenses until I am working again - same with all my other money. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/19 "2002-05-23T00:29:41Z")
Clothes. I need new clothes badly. Some tops, maybe a skirt or two, some bras and undies and socks. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342/20 "2002-05-23T00:39:09Z")
Bills. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-refund/110342.md?page=2)