What are you buying with your stimulus payment?

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GIFF · #1 Post by **GIFF** » Sat May 03, 2008 11:23 pm

Me personally paying off the last of my credit card. Feels good.

What are you guys spending it on?

leoblob · #2 Post by **leoblob** » Sun May 04, 2008 12:10 pm

Mortgage payment.

I know, we're not being patriotic unless we rush out and buy some sort of needless, frivolous piece of junk.

ajkula66 · #3 Post by **ajkula66** » Sun May 04, 2008 2:35 pm

leoblob wrote:

Mortgage payment.

I know, we're not being patriotic unless we rush out and buy some sort of needless, frivolous piece of junk.

Same here. And the sentiment expressed above is very much so shared with the author.

mgo · #4 Post by **mgo** » Sun May 04, 2008 3:06 pm

GIFF wrote:Me personally paying off the last of my credit card. Feels good.

What are you guys spending it on?

1/4 tank of gas, or small Starbucks. Haven't made the choice yet...

Gee, thanks, Mr. President. We all feel so much better now....

skitty4gzus · #5 Post by **skitty4gzus** » Sun May 04, 2008 7:23 pm

I think either way you spend it or save it, its doing what it was intended for. If you turn around and spend it great, but if you put it towards debt or whatever else it will inevitably free you to release funds back into the economy. maybe not in the near future, but just think about it. a family of 4 with 2 of those being adult parents are going to get $1800 dollars. thats a vacation or probably in most situations a new flat panel TV!!!! either way you can thank my uncle and Ms. Pelosi for your lil checks your gonna get soon.

skitty4gzus · #6 Post by **skitty4gzus** » Mon May 05, 2008 8:43 pm

i never answered the question. my uncle would be upset, but im spending mine on rent and knock a few bucks off my credit card!

#7 Post by **rkawakami** » Mon May 05, 2008 9:14 pm

skitty4gzus wrote:<snip>... but just think about it. a family of 4 with 2 of those being adult parents are going to get $1800 dollars. thats a vacation or probably in most situations a new flat panel TV!!!!

Hey, that's right! $1500 for me (one kid still at home) means that I can put that towards a flat panel TV. It would not make that much of a dent if I applied it to my credit card bills

.

#8 Post by **gator** » Tue May 06, 2008 1:19 am

Not available for nonresident aliens

fair, I guess .. but still

Brad · #9 Post by **Brad** » Tue May 06, 2008 2:45 am

ThinkPads, of course!

This is a THINKPAD forum people.

What are you thinking, THINK ThinkPads.

Brad

dsigma6 · #10 Post by **dsigma6** » Tue May 06, 2008 7:59 am

I think I'm getting a Ruger LCP 380.

goofyGAguy · #11 Post by **goofyGAguy** » Tue May 06, 2008 8:18 pm

dsigma6 wrote:I think I'm getting a Ruger LCP 380.

Well, you do live in Philly...

dsigma6 · #12 Post by **dsigma6** » Wed May 07, 2008 7:11 am

True that...

#13 Post by **erik** » Wed May 07, 2008 7:50 am

gator wrote:Not available for nonresident aliens fair, I guess .. but still

as a student, you don't have to pay that much in taxes though, right?

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/int ... 77,00.html

to answer the OP's question, i have no idea how i'll spend it. admittedly, i forgot about it until i saw this thread.

#14 Post by **gator** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:22 am

erik wrote: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/int ... 77,00.html

Right, it is not too much, but I do pay taxes.

Miller88 · #15 Post by **Miller88** » Wed May 07, 2008 12:04 pm

I get $300. I might be able to buy my books with it.

Trekk69 · #16 Post by **Trekk69** » Wed May 07, 2008 2:08 pm

Only for the Americans!...although I do generally get a tax rebate up here in the North!

Andersonjoe711 · #17 Post by **Andersonjoe711** » Fri May 09, 2008 3:44 pm

I've been eyeing a nice 12 gauge double barrel for a while.....maybe I'll put it toward that.....

goofyGAguy · #18 Post by **goofyGAguy** » Fri May 09, 2008 8:02 pm

Andersonjoe711 wrote:I've been eyeing a nice 12 gauge double barrel for a while.....maybe I'll put it toward that.....

Excellent. You can meet up with Dan at the shooting range.

Website · #19 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Fri May 09, 2008 10:04 pm

Interesting...I know two people specifically that DID NOT receive the full amount that they were expecting. They were capped by their tax liability...

#20 Post by **carbon_unit** » Sat May 10, 2008 6:21 am

Well Steve, Now you know 3.

Apparently GWB does not like self employed people. I got the bare minimum.

#21 Post by **erik** » Sat May 10, 2008 8:10 am

as i understand it, if you earn more than $75k as an individual or $150k jointly with a spouse then you won't get a check at all.

GIFF · #22 Post by **GIFF** » Sat May 10, 2008 12:57 pm

I only know of one person so far that has received the full $600 for himself.

Oh well $300 will do for me.

#23 Post by **carbon_unit** » Sat May 10, 2008 5:20 pm

erik wrote:as i understand it, if you earn more than $75k as an individual or $150k jointly with a spouse then you won't get a check at all.

Well I'm no where near that level ......yet.

Purcy · #24 Post by **Purcy** » Sat May 10, 2008 6:03 pm

I did not clearly understand this rebate (perhaps it wasn't explained clearly

) but I only got $323, as that is what my tax liability was for 2007. I was bummed. Plus I have come to read that whatever your rebate check is for, that amount will be deducted from your 2009 tax refund, which includes the real tax credit that Congress "created". Anyway, mine went into our savings account.

mattbiernat · #25 Post by **mattbiernat** » Sat May 10, 2008 8:10 pm

mine will go to towards my credit card that has a little bit of college debt on it...

dsigma6 · #26 Post by **dsigma6** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:28 am

goofyGAguy wrote:
Andersonjoe711 wrote:I've been eyeing a nice 12 gauge double barrel for a while.....maybe I'll put it toward that.....
Excellent. You can meet up with Dan at the shooting range.

I passed on the gun I mentioned previously and got a Kel-Tec PF-9 9mm. My hands are officially destroyed from messing with it for 3 hours straight.

#27 Post by **rkawakami** » Wed May 21, 2008 7:04 pm

As I previously mentioned in this thread:

LG 42LG50 - 42" LCD 1080p

Got it this past Sunday. The wife wanted to bring it home on Saturday but I told her I needed to do some research on it. Kinda anal about looking at the specs and searching for reviews before I spend the big bucks on something like this. Decided that it wasn't all that bad for the money ($1500). It had enough inputs for use with my current equipment and future upgrades. Went back to the store the next day and it was $150 cheaper

. Bought the 3 year extended warranty just in case...

Something this big really shows the difference in the source material (cable vs. satellite vs. digital cable vs. DVD; what I currently have in order of increasing quality). I guess it's time to start thinking about upgrading the ancient Dishnetwork receiver to HD and getting a Blu-Ray

. Hey, maybe next year when another stimulus payment hits the checking account, eh ?

smugiri · #28 Post by **smugiri** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:03 pm

rkawakami wrote:As I previously mentioned in this thread:

LG 42LG50 - 42" LCD 1080p

Enjoy

One other thing - get the HDMI cables, they make a heck of a world of difference (compared to component cables ) for 1080i sources like HDTV.

smugiri · #29 Post by **smugiri** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:04 pm

http://www.howispentmystimulus.com/

Moderator edit: Removed duplicate post

#30 Post by **rkawakami** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:38 pm

smugiri wrote:One other thing - get the HDMI cables, they make a heck of a world of difference... <snip>

I would if I could

. Dish receiver's best output is S-Video. Panasonic DMR-E85H (DVD-Hard drive recorder) best is component video. HDMI was only a few years old when I bought the Panasonic in 2004. It didn't exist when I got the Dish system. Thus the thought about upgrading the other video equipment. The LG has three HDMI inputs, two sets of component inputs and only one S-Video. Just enough for my current setup and hopefully for future expansion. Actually, now that I think about it, the best HD experience is with the digital cable (Comcast) tuned to the local PBS station (KQED).

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