# You have just won $1000 tax-free... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983 "2012-01-28T13:39:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/1 "2012-01-28T13:39:25Z")
Whatcha gonna do with it?? mmm ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/2 "2012-01-28T13:53:53Z")
I just put $792 on the credit card for heating oil, so I guess most of it goes there. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/3 "2012-01-28T14:17:57Z")
Dying car battery and oil change on one car, brakes and oil change on the other. I’m gonna need more than a grand I fear. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/4 "2012-01-28T14:28:50Z")
Right now? I guess I would use it for my trip to LA next month. I could fly instead of the train and stay at a hotel instead of sleeping on the floor. That would take about $700 of it, the rest would buy me a pizza for breakfast right now. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/5 "2012-01-28T14:42:13Z")
Hmmm… probably pay $500 on credit card debt…$250 into the 2 organizations I volunteer for- Hoof & a Prayer Horse Rescue and Above & Beyond Setter Rescue and Transport. The other $250 would be play money, most likely a resin horse figurine. When can I expect the check? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/6 "2012-01-28T15:31:52Z")
Just going to put it in the bank. I know expenses will be coming, but I would not automatically buy based upon a small windfall. OK, maybe I’d buy that 30X optical zoom camera and a refurbished desktop from Tiger Direct. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/7 "2012-01-28T16:20:11Z")
$100 to take my S.O. out to a great dinner/entertainment for a night, and $900 on student loans. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/8 "2012-01-28T16:24:43Z")
That might cover a nice weekend in Singapore for the wife and me. ---
**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/9 "2012-01-28T16:45:35Z")
Spend $100-$200 to replace some of my shitty second-hand particle board furniture. The rest goes to whatever debt has the highest interest rate, which at the moment is a car loan. In fact that’s what I’m planning to do with my tax refund… ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/10 "2012-01-28T16:52:28Z")
My needed car maintenance/repair estimate this week came out to just over 1k. I could only afford $300 worth of work at the time (the rest once my tax refund comes on). That’s where it’d go for me. Then I’d use my tax refund on a video card and open up a new savings account. =) ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/11 "2012-01-28T16:56:43Z")
$1000? It would get sucked into the gaping maw of my overdraft before I can even think of what I’d like to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![Scholar\_Beardpig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/12 "2012-01-28T17:02:04Z")
Ehh, just put it in the pile, where it will be kept company. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/13 "2012-01-28T17:38:04Z")
I’m on vacation in a couple of weeks - I’m pretty sure that I could find a couple nice restaurants for some special evenings out while we’re there or maybe one dinner out and an extra helicopter tour. In the shifting priorities I had to cancel the booking for the Big Island, it would be nice to add it back in. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/14 "2012-01-28T18:22:21Z")
put all 1000 toward paying off credit card debt! W00t! ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/15 "2012-01-28T18:22:29Z")
Pay down credit card. Blah. ---
**Author:** ![codgerone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@codgerone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codgerone)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/16 "2012-01-28T18:56:16Z")
Spend $900 in bars, recreational drugs and brothels. I’d probably waste the rest… ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/17 "2012-01-28T19:14:14Z")
I’m at the beginning of a major remodeling project at the house. It would go towards upgrading the appliances…or cabinets…or floor…or bathroom fixtures… -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/18 "2012-01-28T19:27:42Z")
In two weeks my dog will have cataract surgery, so I would put it towards the 4K I’m spending on that. Else I would probably put it towards paying off the car (the only two outstanding debts I currently have.) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/19 "2012-01-28T19:40:13Z")
Light ten cigars ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/20 "2012-01-28T19:42:13Z")
Get an Elfa closet organizer. Awesome. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983.md?page=2)