Current Events > How would you spend $75,000?

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Kill debts, leaves me with about 60k
Invest 30k
30k extra spending for w/e I guess. Might get a head start on bills, rent and payments on stuff a few months out so I could take a month or two staycation if I wanted to.

voldothegr8 posted...

Easiest hookers and blow answer ever.

LeoRavus posted...

I guess find the most expensive hotel within reasonable driving distance with the most expensive room service and eat like a king for 2 days.

Those about cover it i guess.

Book myself a half a year vacation in various countries, easy.

buy a 75K dollar stamp and mail a letter with it i win

104 Posts.

25% of them from people that didn't read the OP.

Cmon guys, do better!

Given the stipulations, one of which I'm not particular certain on -

If allowed, I'd basically take my Wife to our planned Disney World vacation in December earlier, and use the money to go all out, with staying two weeks rather than the one, and booking the fancier hotels (Polynesian Resort here I come, baby), and essentially use the $75,000 on the reservation purchases for the flight, hotel, food, etc. during the two weeks stay, and our own money for any of the tangible things we planned to get anyways (Lightsabers, Gifts, Etc.).

The stipulation does state that the $75,000 cannot be used on anything tangible that won't remain after the 48-hours. A hotel room, park ticket, food reservations, etc. aren't really considered a tangible good, as the money is being payed in an advance for the reservations, park tickets, etc.,

That would also leave two solid days of being able to essentially go ham at the parks and Disney Springs on food and experiences, so long as none of the money is spent on any physical or tangible gifts during that 48-hour period. The trickiest part would realistically be spending what money is left over after the flight, hotel, and park and dining reservations, as despite all the comments to the contrary - Disney World is not *that* expensive, and $75,000 is beyond overkill for that.

The alternative option, if for whatever reason a hotel and park reservation is somehow considered tangible, would be to do the same thing, just instead take a mini vacation in NYC nearby - since that would afford the maximum amount of spending time with the money, since I'm a thirty minute drive from the city.

Though still spending $75,000 on stuff to do in NYC would still be really, really fucking difficult while at the same time doing things I actually enjoy doing. If nothing else, it'd be more of an infinite-money pass for me and the wife to do whatever we want in NYC for a 48-hour period, which would still be fun.

Probably wouldnt bother using it much other than just paying for any random things like restaurants and what not for two days until it disappears.

if it was a game to spend it as quickly as possible, I would just go pay for a bunch of peoples hotel rooms, food, and other stuff. Probably could clear it out in less than 5 hours that way.

Withdraw it all as $1 bills and light it on fire because the stipulations allow for nothing meaningful anyways.

Go to Vegas

Eat a fancy dinner

Go all in. If I win, go all in again. Continue until done.

bigblu89 posted...

Hypothetical:

I hand you a prepaid debit card with a balance of $75,000.

You are given 48 hours to turn the balance from $75k to $0.

The following caveats apply:

When the 48 hours is up, you can have no tangible assets (including stocks) that you didn't already have before the 48 hours started.

You cannot destroy any assets you purchase with the money. So you cant buy a $75,000 car just to crash it.

You cannot use the money to pay down any current debts you have (Mortgage, Credit Cards, Student Loans, etc)

You can only donate $1000 of the money to charity. You can only profit $1000 from any gambling you do, but that money needs to be spent as well.

You cannot grossly overpay for any experience. For example, you cannot go to a restaurant and tip the wait staff $70k just to get rid of the money.

All you can have at the end of the 48 hours is the memories of what you spent the money on.

How would you spend the money?

Walk away without the debit card

xsdarknesssx posted...

Withdraw it all as $1 bills and light it on fire because the stipulations allow for nothing meaningful anyways.

As I explained a few times already, it was an attempt to see how people value "experiences" over "objects".

This all stemmed from a combination of watching the old movie "Brewster's Millions" a few days ago, along with reading an article about how younger generations are valuing "Life Experiences" over "Material Possessions".

bigblu89 posted...

As I explained a few times already, it was an attempt to see how people value "experiences" over "objects".

This all stemmed from a combination of watching the old movie "Brewster's Millions" a few days ago, along with reading an article about how younger generations are valuing "Life Experiences" over "Material Possessions".

I get that, but there's a huge disconnect between the money and the time frame.

Like, I'd love to take a first class trip around the world, but 48 hours is not nearly enough to even book that kind of trip, let alone take it. Especially if that time begins immediately.

LeCh0nk posted...

I get that, but there's a huge disconnect between the money and the time frame.

Like, I'd love to take a first class trip around the world, but 48 hours is not nearly enough to even book that kind of trip, let alone take it. Especially if that time begins immediately.

Oh definitely.

If you haven't seen it, in the movie, it was $30 Million in 30 days. I felt that was a little crazy so I tried to minimize it a little.

Maybe $25K would've been more easier of a question.

Book vacations for the next decade. If that doesnt work for whatever reason Id probably just buy a nicer car then Id ever allow myself and take friends in family out to really nice dinner/night out.

Let me ask you this. What's the point? If you can't physically buy something to help make your life better, then why bother?

Ok, I have 75 grand. Can't go on a vacation, that shit takes time to book.
Can't spend it on food, or give it away
Can't buy anything for myself to help improve my home.

There needs to be less restrictions. Either more time to spend the money, like a week, or the option to destroy the items at the end of the period.

Ivany2008 posted...

Let me ask you this. What's the point? If you can't physically buy something to help make your life better, then why bother?

The point, and I guess making the dollar amount so high and the timeframe so short was a mistake on my part, was to stress the idea valuing "experiences" over physical possessions.

As in, life should be about how much you actually LIVED while you were alive, not how much "Stuff" you acquired while you were alive.

There needs to be less restrictions. Either more time to spend the money, like a week, or the option to destroy the items at the end of the period.

I guess tweaking it to make it a week instead would've helped.

Ivany2008 posted...

Let me ask you this. What's the point? If you can't physically buy something to help make your life better, then why bother?

Ok, I have 75 grand. Can't go on a vacation, that shit takes time to book.
Can't spend it on food, or give it away
Can't buy anything for myself to help improve my home.

There needs to be less restrictions. Either more time to spend the money, like a week, or the option to destroy the items at the end of the period.

That's why I just gambled all mine away. There's pretty much no other way to spend $75k on "experiences" in 48 hours. That's almost two the hell thousand dollars an hour.

You'd have to get stupidly over the top with it. Like, hundreds of jugglers and running them round the clock.

RetuenOfDevsman posted...

That's why I just gambled all mine away. There's pretty much no other way to spend $75k on "experiences" in 48 hours. That's almost two the hell thousand dollars an hour.

You'd have to get stupidly over the top with it. Like, hundreds of jugglers and running them round the clock.

...

Actually...

I'm gonna hire hundreds of jugglers. Why didn't I think of that sooner?

RetuenOfDevsman posted...

That's why I just gambled all mine away. There's literally no other way to spend $75k on "experiences" in 48 hours. That's almost two the hell thousand dollars and hour.

It all depends on your interests.

I said it a few posts back, but (and this is insane) but 2 Courtside Tickets to Tuesday's Knick playoff game are currently on StubHub for $25k each.

If you were a crazy Knick fan, you could get those, stay at the most expensive Penthouse hotel room for 2 nights, eat 6 meals at the finest restaurants in New York City, and would come pretty close to spending the $75K.

Would that be MY choice? Probably not, as I'm not a Knicks fan. But in New York City, it is VERY easy to blow A LOT of money in a very short time, with nothing to show for it other than a great story.

I'd probably just throw a huge party with most of it, and not even attend myself but just let people enjoy it.

I'd also make the charity donation (not sure who to, probably either Gaza relief or local support for poor / homeless, maybe a split between both) and sure, I'd spend a bit on gambling. Specifically I'd use it for high-ish stakes Poker; yeah, I can't keep the money, but I can keep the experience from playing opponents of that level.

Do I have to have the things in hand or as long as its spent its cool for stuff to be delivered?

$20k on a car. $10k on a washer/dryer, couch(es), and TV. $20k on sports cards, $20k on shoes. $5k for stuff for the kids.

Basically I'd pay the student loan debt first, then book a Formula 1 trip to Monaco, then use the rest on thr car loan

The car loan makes it easy to literally use it all up exact since it's a big loan.

I use it to light my cigars...

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KaZooo posted...

Basically I'd pay the student loan debt first, then book a Formula 1 trip to Monaco, then use the rest on the car loan

The car loan makes it easy to literally use it all up exact since it's a big loan.

In the OP:

When the 48 hours is up, you can have no tangible assets (including stocks) that you didn't already have before the 48 hours started.

You cannot destroy any assets you purchase with the money. So you cant buy a $75,000 car just to crash it.

You cannot use the money to pay down any current debts you have (Mortgage, Credit Cards, Student Loans, etc)

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Do I have to have the things in hand or as long as its spent its cool for stuff to be delivered?

$20k on a car. $10k on a washer/dryer, couch(es), and TV. $20k on sports cards, $20k on shoes. $5k for stuff for the kids.

In the OP:

When the 48 hours is up, you can have no tangible assets (including stocks) that you didn't already have before the 48 hours started.

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Do I have to have the things in hand or as long as its spent its cool for stuff to be delivered?

$20k on a car. $10k on a washer/dryer, couch(es), and TV. $20k on sports cards, $20k on shoes. $5k for stuff for the kids.

Are your reading skills truly this poor, or are you the type to just ignore the plainly laid out rules and barrel on through?

Fix up my house

There are bottles of scotch at a nearby liquor store that are in excess of $50k. Id probably get a couple of really crazy expensive bottles and get some buddies over to consume them before the 48 hours was up.

That would be a lot of fun and would meet all of the conditions I believe.

Electric hair removal.

There are too many dumb rules for this hypothetical. May as well just set the money on fire and dance naked around it.

UnholyMudcrab posted...

There are too many dumb rules for this hypothetical. May as well just set the money on fire and dance naked around it.

These were the parameters in the movie I based this on. Granted, in the movie it was $30 Million in 30 days:

Brewster may not own any assets that are not already his at the end of the 30 days. He must get value for the services of anyone he hires, he may not willfully damage or destroy any intrinsically valuable items he buys, and he may donate 5% to charity and lose 5% more by gambling.

Basically, as I've said a half dozen times already times, the money needs to be spent on "experiences" and not "things"

I get that you can't spend it on anything that will be even at least temporarily permanent. But how cheeky is it to say get your gutters, air ducts, sewer pipes cleaned? I know that isn't the point of this exercise, but going by your rules, I wouldn't have anything new at the end of this. I'm not getting anything repaired(that is almost always a new thing, even if just replacing a single part), but it's the "experience" of getting something cleaned!

how did the dude in the movie spend it?

i'd invest or save it

Give it to my family. Easy.

Doesnt violate any of the rules and maybe they can pay for stuff later (out of their own funds) to recompense me (iffy, if thats allowed. Its not like Im spending money for that, but it is also related to the money ).

LeCh0nk posted...

how did the dude in the movie spend it?

Well, he had 30 days, but

Spent the 30 days at the Plaza Hotel in NYC.
Hired the Yankees to play an exhibition game against the baseball team he plays for, hires personal staff on exorbitant salaries, and places bad gambling bets that he knows are going to lose. He mails a letter using a super rare, super valuable stamp. Creates a campaign to run for mayor with no intention on winning.

Its a fun movie.

Kami_no_Kami posted...

Give it to my family. Easy.

Doesnt violate any of the rules and maybe they can pay for stuff later (out of their own funds) to recompense me (iffy, if thats allowed. Its not like Im spending money for that, but it is also related to the money ).

Thats considered charity. Thats not spending it.

Kami_no_Kami posted...

Give it to my family. Easy.

Doesnt violate any of the rules and maybe they can pay for stuff later (out of their own funds) to recompense me (iffy, if thats allowed. Its not like Im spending money for that, but it is also related to the money ).

That's all definitely not allow by the rules.

bigblu89 posted...

Well, he had 30 days, but

Spent the 30 days at the Plaza Hotel in NYC.
Hired the Yankees to play an exhibition game against the baseball team he plays for, hires personal staff on exorbitant salaries, and places bad gambling bets that he knows are going to lose. He mails a letter using a super rare, super valuable stamp. Creates a campaign to run for mayor with no intention on winning.

Its a fun movie.

Yeah... The time you gave is way too short lmao. If you gave a month, even while keeping it at 75K, you'd have gotten more creative answers (from people who read your post) than just "dinner and hookers"

A friend of a friend is a professional event planner. She will hire mermaids for children's birthday parties, charter private cruises, and has contacts with some of the top hotel matre d's and hosts with the most exclusive restaurants. For people with more money than sense, exactly the category you propose to put me into.

I will call her up, have her arrange what she can for myself, my husband, my friend, and his husband. I'll fill her in on all the ridiculous restrictions including the prohibitions on anything that could be conceived of as "charity" or "excessive spending." He normal operating practice is on a cost plus basis for the experiences, so she has every incentive to spend up to the limit plus her ordinary commission equaling $75k.

My general requests would be to be in the DCish area (I don't want to waste too much of this limited time traveling), luxury limousine transportation around to destinations, Michelin starred restaurants, two rooms at posh hotels with spa facilities both nights, superb seats to a musical performance at the Kennedy center, and ideally a show from a close up magician to entertain one of the evenings. Possibly even to join us on the limo rides. Other events at her discretion, possibly private gallery showings and tours with particularly knowledgeable docents.

I couldn't spend that kind of money myself, but that's what hiring a professional is for.

Giacomo_Hawkins posted...

A friend of a friend is a professional event planner. She will hire mermaids for children's birthday parties, charter private cruises, and has contacts with some of the top hotel matre d's and hosts with the most exclusive restaurants. For people with more money than sense, exactly the category you propose to put me into.

I will call her up, have her arrange what she can for myself, my husband, my friend, and his husband. I'll fill her in on all the ridiculous restrictions including the prohibitions on anything that could be conceived of as "charity" or "excessive spending." He normal operating practice is on a cost plus basis for the experiences, so she has every incentive to spend up to the limit plus her ordinary commission equaling $75k.

My general requests would be to be in the DCish area (I don't want to waste too much of this limited time traveling), luxury limousine transportation around to destinations, Michelin starred restaurants, two rooms at posh hotels with spa facilities both nights, superb seats to a musical performance at the Kennedy center, and ideally a show from a close up magician to entertain one of the evenings. Possibly even to join us on the limo rides. Other events at her discretion, possibly private gallery showings and tours with particularly knowledgeable docents.

I couldn't spend that kind of money myself, but that's what hiring a professional is for.

Thank you.

This is the kind of answer I was looking for.

Enclave posted...

If we use say half the money on the hitman to take out TC can we then use the other half however we want?

Ill allow it.

bigblu89 posted...

Oh definitely.

If you haven't seen it, in the movie, it was $30 Million in 30 days. I felt that was a little crazy so I tried to minimize it a little.

Maybe $25K would've been more easier of a question.

Issue is the amount of time, not the money. You'd probably get more creative answers if you gave us a month.

Hell, even 25K with 48 hours is still "a bunch of hookers" for me. But either 25K or 75K with a month? That's an extravagant vacation easily.

I'm just fundamentally not a person who spends money on "experiences"

My bad, quick scrolling on my phone att and missed the later conditions.

It would likely just all be a trip to Monaco or Dubai, private charter if need be and access private events. Just experiencing a different strata of expensive because there's no other way I can burn through that money fast enough.