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View Poll Results: If you suddenly got a million dollars - what would you buy?
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I'll buy a new sportscar! Maybe five!
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8 |
5.97% |
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I'll buy a new house! Maybe two!
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11 |
8.21% |
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I'll buy a new computer! Maybe a hundred!
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16 |
11.94% |
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I'll buy expensive gifts for my special someone!
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3 |
2.24% |
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I'll travel around the world - twice!
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4 |
2.99% |
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I'll buy a yacht ... or an affordable naval destroyer
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2 |
1.49% |
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I'll go to Vegas and lose it all in one night!
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1 |
0.75% |
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I'll buy TV ad space for the Superbowl - showing me singing/dancing
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0% |
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I'll invest it in stocks or bonds
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9 |
6.72% |
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I'll start a new business or company
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11 |
8.21% |
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I'll quit my job or go into early retirement
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19 |
14.18% |
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I'll let it sit in a bank and gain interest
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24 |
17.91% |
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I'll donate it to charity (awww)
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2 |
1.49% |
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I'll donate it to Canis Lupus via Paypal (w00t!)
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9 |
6.72% |
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Other (please specify)
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11.19% |
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08-21-2002, 07:10 PM
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#15 (permalink)
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I rule you
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: the 'hood
Posts: 225
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I'd get a decked out computer and a really nice car.
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08-21-2002, 07:14 PM
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#16 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 4,103
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I'd buy OTS!!
nah, I'd buy The Doors vaults and release every single thing. no question.
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08-21-2002, 07:44 PM
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#17 (permalink)
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Super Freak
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: sc
Posts: 1,314
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i would pay the rest of what i owe on my house, cars, and credit cards and then put the rest of it in the bank to gain interest. i would definitely consider retiring much earlier than i would without the money. 
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08-22-2002, 01:38 AM
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#18 (permalink)
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I Live in OTS
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: In the shadows about
Posts: 2,212
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I'd stick it in a bank and live off the interest. you can live quite well on 100,000$USD a year.
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08-22-2002, 05:12 AM
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#19 (permalink)
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Ancient member
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Midwest
Posts: 860
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Hate to bust your bubble but you cannot earn 10% interest a year anymore in the U.S. at least. You might get 4 or 5 percent but that is tops. but still 40k to 50k a year is a liveable amount.
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08-22-2002, 05:47 AM
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#20 (permalink)
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Godly Member of the Whale
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Toronto Ontario
Posts: 1,831
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I would use it all to buy Blizzard stocks..then right after Blizzard announces their sales have gone up 500% from World of WarCraft I'm gonna sell it all and get about 200% profit 
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08-22-2002, 09:54 AM
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Crazy Member
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: North-West, U.S.A.
Posts: 489
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I'd put a lot into the car I got right now.
Either that or say the hell with it and buy a Porsche GT2 and spend the rest on insurance... ... for a year!  Those limey bastards!
It's funny how far money doesn't go.
Currently, with 2,198 registered users on OTS, if someone where to win a mill, and distribute it evenly to all members, we'd each get a whopping $454.95. 
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08-22-2002, 12:47 PM
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#22 (permalink)
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I AM OTS
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: lurking in the woods
Posts: 14,706
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hmmmmm, thats enough for a new cpu and mobo for everyone......... 
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08-22-2002, 12:51 PM
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#23 (permalink)
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The Power of Darkness...
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Secter 7 Slums.
Posts: 441
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thats still more money then you started with so dont complain.
if someone won a million dollars, why th hell would they distribute it evenly?
God knows i would keep it.
Anyways i would by a really good computer and have the best stuff use that RAID and the best possible video card, ups, that sub woofer(or whatever the hell its called), and all that computer goodness. Then i would put the money in the bank, collect interest and sit back and relax. I wouldnt quit my job (if i had one), because even 1 mil wont last that long.
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08-22-2002, 08:03 PM
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#24 (permalink)
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Moderator
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 4,831
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Quote:
Originally posted by The_Turks(ff7)
if someone won a million dollars, why th hell would they distribute it evenly?
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Just think of the kick-ass LAN parties you could have if you bought all your friends shiny new computers.  At your fancy new fully networked house, of course....
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08-25-2002, 11:28 AM
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#25 (permalink)
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Ninja Master
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Ruston, Louisiana
Posts: 216
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A million deep Eh?
Well, first of all...I've already got millions! Oh wait...I'm awake now.
I would take the whole mil and make money with it for about ten years. Then, I would build a summer house in Destin, Florida. It would probably be some kind of castle layout. I've always wanted to be able to say, "...And in the west wing..." Then, since I would be rediculously rich, I would network the entire house and have the highest technology that was out computer-wise in each room of the house. For instance, you could take a dump and be on battle.net at the same time, or have a lan party while taken a bath...capiche? Yep, that would do it for me.
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08-25-2002, 12:19 PM
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#26 (permalink)
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Staff Member
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Jersey
Posts: 4,346
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I would put it all in the Bank and have it gain interest.
In 2years I would use the money to pay for college, and give some money to my parents.
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08-25-2002, 12:33 PM
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#27 (permalink)
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Freak
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Texas
Posts: 993
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college isnt gonna cost 1 million dollars 
wait, were do you plan on going?
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08-25-2002, 01:20 PM
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#28 (permalink)
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Staff Member
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Jersey
Posts: 4,346
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I know it will not cost 1million dollars, but I would use some of the money to pay for it.
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