1 Million Dollars [Archive]

Jakezori

02-08-2009, 10:44 AM

What would you do with 1 Million Dollars?

(feel free to comment on other posts)

This is one thing I would buy: http://www.aquariumsdirect.com/aquariums/other-shapes/uniquarium75gallontubeaquarium.cfm

rocker92

02-08-2009, 10:47 AM

buy 1 helluva of a fishtank!!!!!

Reefscape

02-08-2009, 10:50 AM

I'd buy 1 million dollars

krytan

02-08-2009, 11:01 AM

Change it into sterling.

Jakezori

02-08-2009, 11:02 AM

I'd buy 1 million dollars

:lol:

The Zigman

02-08-2009, 11:24 AM

buy 1 million instant tickets!

Winged

02-08-2009, 12:48 PM

Something like this (http://www.kyhorseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/recropped-img_3767.JPG) or this (http://www.kentuckytourism.com/NR/rdonlyres/18C17054-3807-4D14-8611-5FBD0873D248/0/sitesToSeeBluegrass.jpg).

Fish-Addict

02-08-2009, 12:54 PM

Buy a massive house and have a massive room full to the brim with fish tanks. I would also have a seperate building which has like a 1000 gallon fish tank.

luckydud13

02-08-2009, 1:20 PM

I'd buy a new house $400,000
WIth a basement, then turn a whole room into a walk in fish tank. A shark tank. Kinda like the one at atlanta aquarium only not a tube.

Jakezori

02-08-2009, 1:24 PM

all of these are awesome ideas.

i want a giant (1000 or so) fish tank that holds 2-3 sharks.

cam191919

02-08-2009, 1:43 PM

i would buy a subway franchise of the interstate....

jm1212

02-08-2009, 2:42 PM

buy a car and than save the rest.

Slappy*McFish

02-08-2009, 3:02 PM

Buy a new house and cars, put the rest in the bank. Maybe do a bit a traveling, as well.

serissime

02-08-2009, 3:34 PM

fish related... my SO wants to build an olympic sized pool reef setup... and another pool sized community tank.... and a koi pond...

hahaha... one day, right?

J double R

02-08-2009, 3:46 PM

buy 1 million instant tickets!

and still have 199,000,000:1 odds of winning. LOL.

i've already got it all planned out.. those who would be affected already know. ;)

cam191919

02-08-2009, 4:22 PM

i changed my mind, i would buy a quiznos...

FISHSHROD

02-08-2009, 5:04 PM

Buy a new house and cars, put the rest in the bank. Maybe do a bit a traveling, as well.

Sounds like a plan:werd:

bettagurl

02-08-2009, 5:19 PM

Start a bully breed rescue.

Jakezori

02-08-2009, 8:42 PM

OgreMkV

02-08-2009, 9:56 PM

A million dollars really isn't all that much. It's not enough to retire on unless you are pretty frugal and don't splurge. Assuming that the taxes on it (30% or so) are already paid. I would:

A) Pay all debts including wife's student loans
B) Put about $250,000 in school/trust fund for my kid
C) Put a down payment on castle (about 3500 square feet on 4 acres near Austin)
D) Get 2 $10,000 prepaid debit cards (one for me, one for my wife)... That's our play money.
E) Put the rest in a high yield bond fund.

The Zigman

02-08-2009, 11:10 PM

I have 2 ideas...
#1.

Go put 250,000 down on a new yacht. cut the GPS locater wires, and remove. toss in ocean. dissappear for a very long time. blow the rest on strippers and booze.

#2.
ya know screw it, I like option #1...

Jakezori

02-09-2009, 8:34 PM

=p... keep goin =)

tidioute06

02-09-2009, 8:46 PM

Buy a bigger yacht and play pirate with zigman. Give me you goldz!

IceH2O

02-09-2009, 8:54 PM

I'm laughing at all those who want the huge 1000 gallon plus tanks and exotic fish. How do you plan on the upkeep after the million is gone?

I'd take the mill and buy a decent house, thankfully its pretty cheap here. I could get a 3000 sq ft house and 10 acres for 300 gs easy. All the overprice homes down here are because ppl pay 150 gs for a quarter acre in a nice subdivison.

Buy a couple of nice 30 g cars, a boat, set the kids up with 50 gs each and take a nice vacation. Put the rest in Gold until the economy starts to turn around then buy in low to all the major stocks that HAVE to rebound back to what they were before the collapse.

red_wall

02-09-2009, 9:10 PM

Invest.

rocker92

02-09-2009, 9:13 PM

serissime

02-09-2009, 10:08 PM

@IceH2O:

well.... you just get another million! or charge admission.

7itanium

02-09-2009, 10:17 PM

I would...

1. Buy a nice house.. not huge but something for around 100 grand or so

2. Invest about 400 grand in the stock market while its low.. or buy some houses and sit on them untill the market turns around

3. buy a few 100g tanks to put into the house.. something not that hard to maintain

4. Save 300grand for my taxes next year when I have to pay for winning the million lol

bluetik

02-09-2009, 10:40 PM

hmmm... don't think a million bucks will even get you close -- even in today's real estate market! ;)

Something like this (http://www.kyhorseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/recropped-img_3767.JPG) or this (http://www.kentuckytourism.com/NR/rdonlyres/18C17054-3807-4D14-8611-5FBD0873D248/0/sitesToSeeBluegrass.jpg).

Jakezori

02-10-2009, 9:40 PM

to be honest i would put 900k in a bunch of mutual funds.

bennylax3

02-10-2009, 9:44 PM

Buy a bar and a LFS. Run the LFS to keep myself busy with a "hobby" and the bar is for "socializing" at my own place.

cryeth_the_raven

02-10-2009, 9:45 PM

I'd buy a new house $400,000
WIth a basement, then turn a whole room into a walk in fish tank. A shark tank. Kinda like the one at atlanta aquarium only not a tube.

Haha that's a great idea. Except the cost of something even 1/4 the size of the oceanarium in Atlanta would make your $400,000 house investment nothing in comparison.

Jakezori

02-11-2009, 10:18 PM

Lady G

02-11-2009, 11:21 PM

1 million dollars...well, I'd buy a house in the country with some land and just be happy ;)

abcdefghi

02-12-2009, 10:41 AM

Invest.

x 2

Great time to invest if you can afford it! Shame I can't.

Sploke

02-12-2009, 10:48 AM

No kidding...everything is cheap! I'd buy a house and invest the rest.

kuhliloach

02-12-2009, 3:05 PM

i'd transform one room into a giant highland nepenthes chamber and the other into a giant lowland nepenthes chamber. Containing every known species avaliable for sale. With all the highly advanced equipment needed.

spunjin

02-12-2009, 3:27 PM

I would put it in a high interest account and live modestly off the interest.

abcdefghi

02-13-2009, 7:43 AM

No kidding...everything is cheap! I'd buy a house and invest the rest.

Yup, there was a house just down the street from me that a couple years ago was on the market for about $700,000, I think someone bought it for around $500,000 in the end, unfortunately they lost it to foreclosure and it recently sold for about $300,000.

I feel bad for people losing their homes etc, but if I could afford it I really would be sitting on a bunch of property right now.