You just get a gift of $3000 unexpectedly, what do you do!

[Ninot]

Everyone always asks this question but with millions of dollars and so on.

If you just got $3000, what do you do with it? Is it insignificant and just goes into a bank account, does it get invested, trip to exotic locales?

What do you do?!

[Japher]

$3k?

Right now I'm not in the position to take a vacation. It will either go to investing for Josie's education, or to pay of some bills. Probably the bills.

[Provost Harrison]

Stick it in the bank - it can go towards a deposit...

[loinburger]

Stick it in a money market fund, and then use it to help put a down payment on a house next year.

[Kontiki]

Bills or some minor renos. Same thing, really.

[Arrian]

Bank it for now, or drop it into my IRA account.

-Arrian

[Snotty]

500 pints of premium London beer + cigarettes and train fare

or drop it into my IRA account.

[Japher]

it's a tax free retirement investment account

not the irish army thingy

[Arrian]

[Dauphin]

The IRA do do pensions though:

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041229-093314-9950r.htm

[Bill3000]

But does the IRA do IRAs?

[Japher]

hmmm, wonder what their investment options are? Are the contributions pre-tax?

[Sava]

I would pay off my credit card... that's not that much, like $500

the rest I would probably just put in a savings account...

I might buy something for my PC, like some RAM and maybe a new hard drive.

[Last Conformist]

Buy a wife.

[germanos]

Re: You just get a gift of $3000 unexpectedly, what do you do!



duh!