Got Your Stimulus Check? 100 Ways to Spend It
Ground Report
May 09, 2008 The web is erupting with reports of people receiving their stimulus checks, mostly by direct deposit. But the question remains: how to spend your stimulus check?
Thankfully the web offers plenty of options. Here's our Top 100 ways to spend your stimulus check of all the lists. Links and highlights:
1-18. New York Magazine offers 18 tips:
Join a museum, sock it away in a retirement account, get a wine membership, donate it to charity.
19-28. GradSpot says:
Watch live sports, go to Vegas, make it rain at a strip club.
29-38. ManPill says:
Get a GPS, buy a new camera, go to the spa, get a new iPod.
39-48. The Kansan suggests:
Contribute to a political campaign, buy 375 reusable grocery bags for Dillon's (Ed: Don't you just need ONE?).
49-64. PC Magazine points us to 16 sound purchases:
Apple mac mini, Dell Insipiron, Blackberry 8820.
65-74. Fast Company has 10 tips for road warriors:
Better luggage, keychain-sized mobile wifi finder, noise-canceling headphones.
75. Make a microloan to a third-world entrepreneur via Kiva.
76. Burn it for warmth. Courtesy of The Onion.
77-90. 14 Tips from Double Danger include:
Invest in your car, pay off debt, redesign a room.
91-98. Reuters offers 8 ideas:
Invest in college fund, pay down your credit card, and DON'T spend it before you get it.
99. Get a subscription to GOOD Magazine-- all proceeds go to the charity of your choice.
100. Buy a Nokia N95 8G-- they're pretty amazing and let you snap photos, stream live video and even make phone calls!
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