# What are you saving up for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 7, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402 "2006-03-07T18:01:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/21 "2006-03-07T21:20:25Z")
I have this insane idea that at some point i may be able to afford to buy a place in London. That’s why I’m here at work at after 9pm doing overtime. Again. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/22 "2006-03-07T21:26:16Z")
A new deck. We had the old one ripped off when we resided the house, and the first step out the back door is now a doozy. Hey, **taxi78cab**. If you really are looking for a job in Minnesota, I’d suggest starting a new thread with some info. There are a number of us up here, and while no one may not have jobs for you, we can probably point you at some resources. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/23 "2006-03-07T21:29:59Z")
I’m saving up for retirement, too. But at the rate I’m going, my “retirement” may be that I can buy my own shopping cart to live out of, instead of stealing one. (Unless my husband leaves me something, and his crummy “kids” - all over 21, thank you - don’t get their hands all over it.) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/24 "2006-03-07T21:32:44Z")
I’m not so much saving “for” something as just saving. I don’t own a house. I am on location, room and board covered; starting in September and excluding the 2-week Christmas hiatus back home, I’ve used the ATM 4 times. I’m going to use it again today… woooooow… I’m taking a long distance MS (in Spain, the official degree to work in Industrial Safety is an MS and it’s mostly offered long-distance); I also have some furniture in storage. I pay less than $200 for both things every month. When my brother gets his house in May he’ll take the furniture out of storage. So basically my money is saving itself and I’m trying to figure out what in heaven’s name do I want to do with it. I’d like to buy a home, but having spent most of the last 4.5 years on location, often not even in The Country, I’m squeamish about where to get it. Been talking with that same bro about putting some of my savings into his home (if we split the mortgage down the middle we both would get the maximum possible tax savings); also been considering the possibility of buying an apartment at the beach town where my aunt lives and sharing it with the Mom and Bros and SIL and Nephew and whomever else they invite. And I’ll probably buy me one fiery laptop next time I’m home; getting sick of these IBMs and Dells my employers give me, I wanna play WoW and CivIV at a speed higher than that of an arthritic turtle (why does IBM put ATI Radeons in laptops to which they then give a .3G CPU? yeah, with a decimal dot; 1/8G of RAM, sheesh). There’s a chain that has pretty decent prices, you buy the pieces and they assemble it for you (or you assemble it yourself); you can preorder it and just tell them when you’ll pick it up. I’ve compared their prices with the same specs from other places and it can be as much as 25% lower; I once built a desktop there and it served me just fine until I got The Roaming Job. Wonder if you can just order “hi, I’d like to pick a laptop on April 11th at your Downtown Madrid store, and I want it to have Everything, whichever Everything happens to be on April 11th.” ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/25 "2006-03-07T21:40:16Z")
Moving across country (Kansas to Oregon) in July. Getting married in May. Honeymoon? All depends on the cost of the move. New clothes when I lose weight. (look at that positive thinking!) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/26 "2006-03-07T22:14:24Z")
I´m saving to move permanently (I hope!) to Thailand to be with the girl I love; my aim is by December, but if a second job due to start next week doesn´t materialize I´ll have to implement plan B (anyone knows the price of a kidney on the black market?) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/27 "2006-03-07T22:22:06Z")
This. Would you believe $800? I was stunned, but I’m waiting until I have enough of a cushion in my bank account to just buy the sucker. It will be mine! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/28 "2006-03-07T22:23:40Z")
I’m saving up for when my company (that I own) can’t pay me for a few months AGAIN and I need a savings account to dip in to to pay the mortgage 😛 Or, a new 320GB SATA hard drive. That’d be much more fun! ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/29 "2006-03-07T22:24:41Z")
Er, let’s try actually putting a [link](http://www.signguys.net/neon/enterprise.jpg) in the post. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/30 "2006-03-07T22:25:18Z")
> [@zelie zelerton](#): > > I have this insane idea that at some point i may be able to afford to buy a place in London. That’s why I’m here at work at after 9pm doing overtime. Again. > > _sigh_ More power to you. I have no hope and am planning on a very long commute when/if i buy. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/31 "2006-03-07T23:03:06Z")
I’m saving up to move at the end of August – hopefully into another townhouse, but worst case a condo. That’s what all of my tax refund is going toward, as well as a chunk of the “extra” paycheck I get this month. What I’m saving won’t cover _all_ of my moving costs, but should cover at least half and I think I can borrow the rest from one or both parents (short-term loan, until I get my security deposit back). It’ll be the longest I’ve held on to a big bunch 'o money: for better or worse, I’m really not much of a saver. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/32 "2006-03-07T23:23:47Z")
Long-term savings - retirement Short-term - a [galah](http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/8402/galahbig7vb.jpg), my dream [bird](http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/7356/dpp8413wu.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/33 "2006-03-07T23:59:11Z")
Realistically? College fees, as much as I can. But if I’m allowed to dream, a Canon EF 400mm 5.6L lens. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/34 "2006-03-08T00:12:37Z")
[A Nikon D50 DSLR](http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=420992&is=REG&addedTroughType=search) plus a reversing ring, one of the cheapest Bogen/Manfrotto tripods, a Nikkor 50mm 1.8 lens, camera bag, etc. It comes out to 2 months pay plus shipping (college kid slopping dining hall food). I’m not planning on having it in my possession until early summer because some of my money goes to cigarettes, beer, pizza, and clothes too. I’ll rely on the first paycheck or two from my summer job (job from HS) to help out. ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/35 "2006-03-08T00:17:22Z")
> [@Mr Jim](#): > > More power to you. I have no hope and am planning on a very long commute when/if i buy. Well i just got home so that’s a little more earned. Seriously, if you possibly can i would recommend moving north (where i came from) as it’s cheaper, more spacious and has better scenery. Of course you’d have to have a job waiting… ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/36 "2006-03-08T00:41:02Z")
A house. I just got a nice chunk of change from my tax refunds (turns out I had my withholding set up wrong, they were taking too much out of each paycheck), and I’ve got two bonuses coming up soon from work… and the house I’ve just moved into is going on the market in six months. Keep your fingers crossed. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/37 "2006-03-08T00:45:39Z")
I wish I was saving for a new motorcycle but it’s likely for a new car. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/38 "2006-03-08T00:51:24Z")
A trip to London and Rome. My son really wants to go to Rome for his 10th birthday (Aug 2008) and I’d like to go back to London for my 40th (jan 2009). So we’re saving up to take a really great trip including both cities for late 2008. ---
**Author:** ![MrJackboots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MrJackboots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrJackboots)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/39 "2006-03-08T01:02:12Z")
Short-term: [Eden](http://www.voodoopc.com/showroom.aspx?lineID=9). Long-term: Life-Changing Wealth. Hey, I can dream. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402/40 "2006-03-08T02:52:49Z")
I should have saved enough money by august to get a new Gibson Dove or Hummingbird acoustic guitar. Can’t wait! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-saving-up-for/347402.md?page=3)