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The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: CharlieStango
Date: September 21, 2006 01:14PM
I am working on an advertising campaign and trying to get some ideas. What would be the first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars in cash. It has to be things you would purchase new, not paying off bills or mortgage. Thanks
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: vision63
Date: September 21, 2006 01:18PM
First I'd fill up the tank with premium gas. Then I'd use the rest as a down payment on a house here in Oakland. Oh, and I'd buy a nice pair of Adidas.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/21/2006 01:21PM by vision63.
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: billb
Date: September 21, 2006 01:22PM
The first thing I'd want would be tax relief.
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: Greg the dogsitter
Date: September 21, 2006 01:25PM
House.
STi.
MG would get the third choice.
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: MGS_forgot_password
Date: September 21, 2006 01:26PM
Two chicks at the same time.
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: Paul F.
Date: September 21, 2006 01:28PM
A Blonde, a Brunette, and a Redhead....


grinning smiley


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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: archipirata
Date: September 21, 2006 01:28PM
A lawyer, a tax accountant, and a sammich for Minty (He'd still have to eat it in the basement).


Athens, OH
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: anonymouse1
Date: September 21, 2006 01:40PM
Furnished House in Bay area

Furnished summer/rental home in Okanogan Valley, BC

2 month vacation in New Zealand and Australia, with stopovers in Italy and Switzerland.
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: Lew Zealand
Date: September 21, 2006 01:41PM
bigger house
BMW 540i
60" 1080p plasma
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: billb
Date: September 21, 2006 01:42PM
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anonymouse1
Furnished House in Bay area

Furnished summer/rental home in Okanogan Valley, BC

2 month vacation in New Zealand and Australia, with stopovers in Italy and Switzerland.

You ran out of money in the Bay area. :-)
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: jesse
Date: September 21, 2006 01:43PM
New house
New car
Motorhome

jesse
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: will2000
Date: September 21, 2006 01:51PM
1. Tithe
2. Put away $ for taxes
3. Pay off all loans, incl. mortgage.
4. Wait at least 3 months before spending anything.
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: Filliam H. Muffman
Date: September 21, 2006 01:56PM
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billb
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anonymouse1
Furnished House in Bay area

Furnished summer/rental home in Okanogan Valley, BC

2 month vacation in New Zealand and Australia, with stopovers in Italy and Switzerland.

You ran out of money in the Bay area. :-)

It depends on where the house is. Even if you had a million dollars *after* taxes, it would not be enough to buy a really nice house with a view anywhere west of the crest of the Oakland hills.


A million is not that much money any more. I would want to hold on to the money, and buy a used luxury car, put a down payment on a house, and maybe a ski boat (or sailboat if I could find an open berth somewhere in the SF bay area).


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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: Paul F.
Date: September 21, 2006 01:58PM
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will2000
1. Tithe
2. Put away $ for taxes
3. Pay off all loans, incl. mortgage.
4. Wait at least 3 months before spending anything.

Oh, sure... go and be practical and responsible...

I guess if you're going to be THAT way;
1. 50% in a competant brokerage house's hands
2. 20% in higher risk investments, but not getting nuts.
3. 30% to build myself a house with a nice shop (I'd pay for tools before bothering with furniture...).


Paul F.
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A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca c. 5 BC - 65 AD
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Good is the enemy of Excellent. Talent is not necessary for Excellence.
Persistence is necessary for Excellence. And Persistence is a Decision.
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Eureka, CA
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: msglee
Date: September 21, 2006 02:05PM
Something like this.

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Bowleys Quarters MD
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: rz
Date: September 21, 2006 02:09PM
probably nothing extravagant. A million dollars ain't what it used to be. Besides the fact that a big chunk would come out in taxes.

We made a large chunk of money last year from selling off some real estate. We paid off both of our vehicles and my wife finally got the kitchen of her dreams. We also bought another rental property. The rest is in the bank.
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: Michael
Date: September 21, 2006 02:22PM
Snazzy car with built-in gps rather than dashboard gps.
High end video system.
College/grad school for my kid.

Bank the rest for retirement.
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: spearmint
Date: September 21, 2006 02:34PM
Season Tickets! and a limo to drive me.



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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: Zoidberg
Date: September 21, 2006 02:35PM
I'd buy my way out of debt, a college trust fund for my kids, and a nice house.


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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: Mr Downtown
Date: September 21, 2006 02:36PM
An unlimited travel pass on some airline (do they still have those?) or at least a round-the-world ticket.

Wow, I just realized how good my life actually is. I can't actually think of anything else very big in the tangible possessions department. Even my first choice is not really a "thing."
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: grad
Date: September 21, 2006 02:41PM
House.
Then put into investments... retire early.


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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: Effin Haole
Date: September 21, 2006 03:07PM
Invest it in anything tax free, well almost anything.

A girl I know took $1 million she got as a settlement (which are tax free) and invested it, gets about $80k a year in interest to live on.

I could learn to live with that.

The money, not her.


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We must train our minds to desire what the situation demands.
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: Buzz
Date: September 21, 2006 03:10PM
Mac Pro 3.0GHz tower
MacBook Pro
80GB iPod

afterall this is a Mac forum, isn't it?


Sometimes it is what it is...
and then there's times when it's really better.



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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: TheTominator
Date: September 21, 2006 03:19PM
A million more lottery tickets.

Hey, some of you might squander it away, but you gotta think of the future.
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: outcast
Date: September 21, 2006 03:20PM
Hookers.

Booze.

Repeat.


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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: Racer X
Date: September 21, 2006 03:20PM
A third garage, a 6th car, and a boat. (boat and car go in 3rd garage)
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: Big Daddy Cool
Date: September 21, 2006 03:37PM
lots of pennies?
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: kap
Date: September 21, 2006 04:11PM
1 > THree bedroom houses on a lot: one for my family of three. One for my aunt's family of three. One for my brother's family of three.
2> Going back to school for our Masters.


SoCal for now.
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: M A V I C
Date: September 21, 2006 05:00PM
1. Tax shelter
2. Down payments on a couple rental houses
3. Stock options



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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: mrlynn
Date: September 21, 2006 05:54PM
House on a private island on a lake, in a temperate climate.

A Jaguar convertible.

Invest the rest in mutual funds. We don't have enough for retirement. Probably better scratch the island. And the convertible?


/Mr Lynn
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: blooz
Date: September 21, 2006 06:09PM
A house on a Greek island or Majorca.
A desktop and a laptop mactel.
An apt. bldg in NYC


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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: lafinfil
Date: September 21, 2006 06:39PM
one million lottery tickets !

I could be rich !


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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: mikebw
Date: September 21, 2006 06:58PM
House. That would probably take up most of it.

Maybe just invest it all.

I would like a killer home theater too, but that would require the home part first.
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: Gutenberg
Date: September 21, 2006 07:39PM
I would hire someone to remodel my house and invest the rest. I am boring and I have everything I absolutely need.
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: ssledoux
Date: September 21, 2006 08:23PM
I would adopt a baby/child (maybe 2 or 3), remodel our house and buy things like new (matching) furniture for each room.

Really, I would pay off our house first, but you said not to put that...
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: iaJim
Date: September 21, 2006 08:53PM
A frame off restoration for my 1964 Catalina convertible.

HD TV.

A new pick up.
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: lafinfil
Date: September 21, 2006 10:11PM
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Gutenberg
I would hire someone to remodel my house and invest the rest. I am boring and I have everything I absolutely need.

I'm available for remodeling at inflated prices Gutie : -)


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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: Carthaigh
Date: September 22, 2006 12:37AM
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will2000
1. Tithe
2. Put away $ for taxes
3. Pay off all loans, incl. mortgage.
4. Wait at least 3 months before spending anything.

Are you Milhouse Van Houten's grandmother? ("You dial 91, and then when I say so, dial 1 again!").


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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: Carthaigh
Date: September 22, 2006 12:41AM
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ssledoux
I would adopt a baby/child (maybe 2 or 3), remodel our house and buy things like new (matching) furniture for each room.

Really, I would pay off our house first, but you said not to put that...

Why go through the trouble of adopting? With a million dollars you could buy many, many babies (at $15k each). :-). Just kidding...


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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: Sam3
Date: September 22, 2006 04:58AM
1. 2 new cars, one for each of us
2. Remodel the house (take off the roof and add a second story.)
3. Buy a summer cottage on Lake Michigan.
4. Turn our 1 week time-share into a full-ownership condo in Key West.
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: billb
Date: September 22, 2006 10:27AM
Adoption has got to be the most thoughtful, greastest wish on the list.
Dave Thomas would be proud.
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: billb
Date: September 22, 2006 11:16PM
That is <greatest> , not <greasetest>.
Dave would not be proud of a horrible pun however unintentional.
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Re: The first three things you would buy if you won a million dollars
Posted by: anonymouse1
Date: September 23, 2006 01:12AM
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billb
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anonymouse1
Furnished House in Bay area

Furnished summer/rental home in Okanogan Valley, BC

2 month vacation in New Zealand and Australia, with stopovers in Italy and Switzerland.

You ran out of money in the Bay area. :-)

Sorry, you're just wrong, even if it is a commonly held misbelief:

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Is it waterfront in Tiburon? Nope. I can live with that. And my search term was view, with cost up to 700,000.
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