what will you buy with your stimulus check?

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by ORIO, May 12, 2008.

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  1. ORIO, May 12, 2008
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    A reply in the last thread I started inspired this.

    What will you buy (or did you buy) with your free government money?

    For me:
    Wing Blade
    Real gear Photon
    Devestation TpB

    And I'll be buyin these guys off of Lumpy:
    Henkai Astrotrain
    Classics Tank Megatron
    Armada Comettor

    and on the non TF side :
    A night with the girlfriend
    Stupid bills

    What will you be pickin up? Some older bots you've missed? Save for animated and universe? Or silly things like rent and car payments :) 
     
  2. Feralstorm, May 12, 2008
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    dunno. I don't have much TF-related plans for my stimulus check, at least not at the moment.
     
  3. omegafix, May 12, 2008
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    a new roof for my house......and maybe lunch
     
  4. unicronhq, May 12, 2008
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    $$$$$ towards those 2 e-hobby guardian bots.......
     
  5. Aaron, May 12, 2008
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  6. BigRC83, May 12, 2008
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    Saving it.
     
  7. ErechOveraker, May 12, 2008
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    The remainder of the bill for a new macbook pro (the rest is being paid for by the GF's school - yoink!), which should be 200-something. If there is anything left, grab some ram.

    Oh wait, was I supposed to say Blitzwing or Grimlock or something? ;) 

    I'm gonna preorder Leader Bulkhead next month, so maybe some of the check will pay for that (better?).
     
  8. BrokenSVT, May 12, 2008
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    Finishing off a $200/month debt, down-payment on my wife's surgery. No insurance = teh suck.
     
  9. Bryan, May 12, 2008
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    Dammit, I get nothing.

    Oh well. Three years in a row I've paid no state or federal income tax, and it'll probably end up being five come April '10. So I can't really complain.
     
  10. BarBoBot, May 13, 2008
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    I'm getting some new rims and tires for my girlfriends ATV with my stimulus check.

    I already spent my federal tax refund on mostly TF's, so it's only fair I spread the wealth :thumbs2: 
     
  11. ponn01, May 13, 2008
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    going to pay for all my preorders with HTS for Animated.
     
  12. Deathx360, May 13, 2008
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    I'm saving half and spending the other half on Animated. What's left will buy a few G.I. Joe's. That's the plan at least. I will probably have spent the whole thing or close to it by the end of the year with all the cool Transformers and Joe's coming out.
     
  13. Ramrider, May 13, 2008
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    Dammit, I want free money from my government! :cry 

    Or yours, I'm not fussy. :lol 
     
  14. Backscatter, May 13, 2008
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    Not getting a check. (I'm over the limit) My stimulus package is a part tme job! :lol 
     
  15. Chaos Muffin, May 13, 2008
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    It'll be spent , right before I go "Oh sh!t, i should've lept it for this instead!"
     
  16. Ramrider, May 13, 2008
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    Hang on... you don't get a cheque because you're drunk? ;) 
     
  17. Lumpy, May 13, 2008
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    well, i got henkei astrotrain and megs with my IRS rebate...but the actual stimulus check will mostly go towards paying off bills...time to get the new bed we bought paid off...and maybe if i can get a few bucks, i'll get an encore megatron...but i dont think thats gonna happen...
     
  18. XJunky, May 13, 2008
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    If I pay off my bills before the check arrives it'll go into savings for a few animated figs I want, and Universe 2.0.
     
  19. Jazz Meister, May 13, 2008
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    It will be saved for the end of the year when they take it back out from my taxes. It isn't free.
     
  20. ErechOveraker, May 13, 2008
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    What isn't free? The stimulus check isn't taxable, it's a tax credit. It's not considered income. Unless you have some kind of special filing reasons etc...
     
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