How much is $1000?

[kurosh]

What can you buy with $1000? $10,000? I need some way of putting this in perspective as a 19 year old who doesn't buy [censored] or pay bills.

[SomethingClever]

$1,000 is rent in a lot of places, or close to a mortgage payment in others.

$10,000 is a good used car.

[Homer]

What can you buy with $1000?

200 transcripts of Nightline.

$10,000?

200 grams of coke.

[mmbt0ne]

Anyone who doesn't know how much $1000 is, mail me a check, and I'll have a running picture thread here in OOT of everything I buy.

[Matty]

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[Brainwalter]

Thank you for that.

[Duke]

Grey, I actually didn't mind this one. At least you didn't screw the width up.

~D

[-Skeme-]

You son of a bitch, that's $108!

[Nick-Zack]

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[Freakin]

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[Yeti]

A perfect example of a OOT thread gone bad.

[OtisTheMarsupial]

I forgive you your avatar and answer the questions.
wait, maybe I like that pic... he's nazi-ish, yes? Then I like it. Onto the answers:

$1000 is
- small condo mortgage plus HOA fee
- tuition for one class
- a nice week or weekend vaction for two
- twice a $1/.50 bankroll
- almost 3 times the cost of a 15 year old Toyota with 180,000 miles
- 10 x ten gallon fish tanks plus all supplies
- nice tax write-off and conscience soother (https://www.hrw.org/donate)

$10,000 is
- tuition for a year (part-time)
- down payment on a home
- a wedding
- World Series' Omaha tourney buy-in on July 2
- Sponsorship (http://www.christianchildrensfund.org/sponsorship/sponsorEntry.aspx) for 2 children for their entire lives

[mason55]

$1000 is my rent for one month in a 600 sq ft one bedroom in Northern Virginia. $10,000 is my rent for 10 months.

Stupid bubble

[ilya]

The difference between $1k and $10k is the difference between getting cremated and getting buried.

[Malachii]

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[Cubswin]

$1000 is my rent for one month in a 600 sq ft one bedroom in Northern Virginia. $10,000 is my rent for 10 months.

I didnt know you could get a 1BR in NoVA for $1000. Where at exactly? Our rent is $1425 for a 2BR in Falls Church. I think i should move to Mont County when my current lease expires...

cubs

PS... i agree...stupid bubble. they are converting our apts to condos and i have first right to buy... $465K...think its worth it?? HAHA

[Brainwalter]

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A little morbid maybe, but not hard to understand.

[Brain]

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$1000 is
- tuition for one class

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I wish!

[mason55]

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$1000 is my rent for one month in a 600 sq ft one bedroom in Northern Virginia. $10,000 is my rent for 10 months.

I didnt know you could get a 1BR in NoVA for $1000. Where at exactly? Our rent is $1425 for a 2BR in Falls Church. I think i should move to Mont County when my current lease expires...

cubs

PS... i agree...stupid bubble. they are converting our apts to condos and i have first right to buy... $465K...think its worth it?? HAHA

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I live in Fairfax, accross the street from Fair Oaks shopping mall. The complex is nice, there's a huge lake and a pool and a huge covered parking area, as well as tennis courts, raquetball, and a fitness room. I actually pay $925/month I think.

[TStoneMBD]

$1000 is a 53" widescreen rear projection tv. $10000 is a 53" plasma tv.

[Gamblor]

$1000 is 125 hours of work at McDonalds. Or, full time Monday to Friday for 3 weeks.

$10,000 is full time Monday to Friday for 7 months.

[gorie]

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$1000 is 125 hours of work at McDonalds. Or, full time Monday to Friday for 3 weeks.

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seriously? thats more than i make... ouch.

[Bulldog]

Not that anyone will read this, but how stupid do you have to be to quote that?

[RunDownHouse]

That makes it easy to build up an ignore list pretty quickly.

[Gamblor]

you make 8.50 an hour?

[gorie]

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you make 8.50 an hour?

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$11, actually i posted without thinking. i was going by my actual check, after taxes. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

eh, it feels like $8.50 half of the time.

[CallMeIshmael]

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I forgive you your avatar and answer the questions.
wait, maybe I like that pic... he's nazi-ish, yes? Then I like it.

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Your play, brilliant, IMO.

[Stu Pidasso]

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$11, actually i posted without thinking. i was going by my actual check, after taxes.

eh, it feels like $8.50 half of the time.

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You really should learn to play poker.

Stu

[Reef]

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$1000 is 125 hours of work at McDonalds. Or, full time Monday to Friday for 3 weeks.

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or 1 week of poker

[mike l.]

"What can you buy with $1000? $10,000?"

you used to be able to buy $10,000 with $1000 back in the old days, but nowadays a grand only gets you around $5500. sigh.

[silkyslim]

That was unnecessary

[Gamblor]

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$1000 is 125 hours of work at McDonalds. Or, full time Monday to Friday for 3 weeks.

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or 1 week of poker

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why do you think i bothered with 2+2?

[dealer_toe]

$1000 is my toilet paper, $10,000 is if I had chili

[thatpfunk]

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$1000 is
- tuition for one credit

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