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What does $1000 mean to you?


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#101 Zam

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 06:46 PM

That's a little under one semester's worth of tuition for me. At least that would be one less thing to worry about though. ;)

#102 Maxwell1993

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 08:30 PM

Food.
I'd have to use it to pay to feed my little brother and sister.

#103 Zashiil

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Posted 04 August 2012 - 06:09 AM

Food and rent. Typical student stuff. If I have $1000 extra...I'd probably be able to buy myself a new game to treat myself on top of it all. :p But it should probably be just for food.

#104 Stunnerrunner

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Posted 04 August 2012 - 06:24 AM

I'm a high school student with a part-time job, and a month's paycheck falls a few hundred short of a $1,000. I have to agree with everyone else, if I were given a grand to spend on whatever I wanted, it would be a lot - new clothes, iPad, maybe even a nice laptop. But with a car payment, $1,000 barely puts a dent in my expenses (loan, gas, insurance). I guess the moral of the story is... In today's world, what used to seem like a lot of money really, isn't.

#105 Zashiil

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Posted 04 August 2012 - 06:32 AM

I guess the moral of the story is... In today's world, what used to seem like a lot of money really, isn't.


I can't agree with you more. If you think about it, even a million dollars wouldn't be worth much in the real world. After paying for rent, for gas, for food, the bills etc...well...*shrug* I think any money I'd get would go to making my life a little less stressful when it's bill paying time. Then...loads of comic books, games, and treating a few friends to dinner.

#106 Cydonia

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Posted 04 August 2012 - 04:18 PM

I don't even know what the hell I would do with a million dollars, really. Too much money, geez.
A thousand dollars is easy: Books books books.

#107 WharfRat

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Posted 04 August 2012 - 08:11 PM

A million dollars would go a long way if people know how to invest and spend wisely.
High interest accounts and living off the interest comes to mind.

This would be true if banks in America weren't only offering about 0.5% interest annually... I don't know about you, but I can't live off of 5 grand a year. Possibly could work out if you could some how invest and make a solid 5% return annually. (That's about what I make in my 401k and I hedge about 50% bonds, 20% U.S. Mid Cap Technology, 20% U.S. Large Cap Health, and 10% International. My goal is to just beat the rate of inflation on half of it to "beat" another market crash and the other 50% to try to make money on...)

#108 Sweeney

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Posted 05 August 2012 - 04:18 AM

This would be true if banks in America weren't only offering about 0.5% interest annually... I don't know about you, but I can't live off of 5 grand a year. Possibly could work out if you could some how invest and make a solid 5% return annually. (That's about what I make in my 401k and I hedge about 50% bonds, 20% U.S. Mid Cap Technology, 20% U.S. Large Cap Health, and 10% International. My goal is to just beat the rate of inflation on half of it to "beat" another market crash and the other 50% to try to make money on...)


If I won a million dollars, 5 grand a year would make a world of difference. Mainly because I'd keep working :p
Not that I'd get 5k after tax anyway.

#109 chaostopologist

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Posted 07 August 2012 - 05:18 AM

$1000 is a few weeks in the Caribbean or round-trip airfare to Accra. I could probably make a modest stain glass studio in my attic for that much, or turn all the walls in my house into magnetic chalkboards and have enough left over to buy some nice chalk.

$1000 is huge.

#110 DanDoesWork

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Posted 07 August 2012 - 07:24 PM

1000 dollars means I can get my Mom a new outfit, and a nice dinner. Also lot's and lot's of clean food :D

#111 shaggy111

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Posted 07 August 2012 - 09:39 PM

$1000 dollars to me wont even cover 1 months rent... and I live in the cheapest apartments in this town :) Would on the other hand relieve some stress from all the bill paying and trying to finish up my last few months of school. Then I am going to be hit with the $25,000 I have to pay off in loans from school. (2 Years of school).

Edited by shaggy111, 07 August 2012 - 09:44 PM.


#112 joehazley

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 03:50 PM

I was thinking about how much money can change someone's life.

I think that $1000 is a huge sum of money, especially if you do not have a job / are a student. It can help pay rent, buy school books, pay school fees etc.

What does $1000 mean to you?


$1000 to me i'd put that down at the W and have one hell of a night.

#113 summerx

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 09:11 PM

I would try my hardest to save it and invest in something, but I could easily spend it within a week, probably on clothes, food, going out, etc.

#114 Badger

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 09:20 PM

Enough to pay off my student loan for this Macbook...

#115 WharfRat

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Posted 12 August 2012 - 11:55 AM

Well, I just won a $1000 in my grocery stores sweepstakes (monopoly like) game. I guess I'll update you all on what I actually do with a thousand dollars when it is dropped in my lap. :p (After the tax man takes his cut, anyways...)

#116 Pichu

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Posted 16 August 2012 - 06:53 PM

After bills (rent, electric, internet/phone, health and car insurance, fuel, cell phones, and student loans) and groceries, I can kiss $1000 goodbye in the blink of an eye and still need more money to finish paying everything for the month.
If I didn't have to worry about any of that, I'd put it towards a car for myself.

#117 nightowl

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Posted 25 August 2012 - 04:11 PM

Although it should seem like a lot of money realistically it barely covers a semesters tuition.


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