How are you spending your stimulus check?

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  1. Sylent

    Sylent Making Cybertron great again

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    My wife and I earn too much collectively, so I don't think we'll be getting anything. We owed the feds last year thanks to new tax laws, so if we get anything, I would just save it for the inevitable taxes that the feds will probably say we owe. Kcuf the feds.
     
  2. Deathcatg

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    Just good luck finding one for retail price. Though I believe Nintendo announced a week or two ago that they're aware of the shortage and promised to ship a lot more to stores soon. And you'd want to get a recently made one that has improved battery life.
     
  3. marvel b

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    Going to hold off spending anything until I get out of quarantine and work a few weeks, then I might grab a few transformers or games. Not going crazy with the spending because I need to know I'm well-funded.
     
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  4. grimlock1972

    grimlock1972 Optimus, serving up the primest of ribs since 1984

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    waiting to get it before deciding how to spend it.
     
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  5. Megatronwp38

    Megatronwp38 Nobody defeats the DEVASTATOR!

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    Sadly I have to buy a new grocery getter daily driver. I totaled my little Neon that I used to drive to work and to the stores last week so I will hopefully be able to find something to replace it with. Hopefully the DMVs open back up in some kind of capacity so I can register whatever I buy!!
     
  6. strangeguy32000

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    My husband and I are in fields deemed "necessary" (I'm a clicklist clerk at Kroger, He's a manager at a fast food restaurant), so our income wasn't halted by closure of workplace. Since our car hasn't been driveable since December, and he needed to pay off fines in order to get his license back, that's where our stimulus money is going
     
  7. WishfulThinking

    WishfulThinking The world has moved on...we've always said.

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    It's really weird to me to think Switches have sold like gang-busters all of the sudden. I mean, I get it. It's just weird because you'd think most people would have bought one already that wanted one...
     
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  8. KnightHawkke

    KnightHawkke Flynn Lives

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    being buried in an avalanche of irrelevant information I suppose probably always was the fate of the Internet. Especially when it's all controlled by about 5 or 6 corporations.
     
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  9. Alucard77

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    I don't qualify for it, but if I did, I would use all of it in the stock market. That $3500 that some are getting could be a lot of money by retirement or doubled or tripled if invested in the right stocks within 5 years.
     
  10. power3921

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    Yeah, was talking about that with friends with Switchs, they're keeping an eye out on more information about a new run for me.
     
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  11. Autobot Burnout

    Autobot Burnout ...and I'll whisper "No."

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    Spent a little on P-Bandai kits due next September, the rest I'm simply adding to savings. I'm lucky enough to still be working during this time so it's just an extra paycheck for me.
     
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  12. Ikkstakk

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    I was going to use half of it to pay back taxes, but it turns out we'll be getting a paper check which could be mailed out anytime between next week and September. And since taxes are due in July... yeah...
     
  13. TheIncredibleHulk

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    Bill's, then more bills. I was already behind since I was unemployed for 5 months. Went back to work for a month, then this shit happened.
     
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  14. WishfulThinking

    WishfulThinking The world has moved on...we've always said.

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    After months of waffling...so be it, titan.

    Siege Omega Supreme is now on order through Big Bad. Don't know where I'll put it...
     
  15. fschuler

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    I’ll probably just save it...unless I’m finally overcome by my longstanding dream of filling my truck bed with McD’s cheezburgers
     
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    Besides a new lawnmower and a solar yard light the rest of my Corona virus money im using it for shopping purposes.
     
  18. Dark Skull

    Dark Skull Well-Known Enabler Moderator

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    I know this is rather late, but if it helps, this is straight from the horse's mouth:

    Economic Impact Payment Information Center | Internal Revenue Service

     
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  19. MetalicGrunt

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  20. Pride21

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    As previously stated set aside $1000.

    Spend the rest on Fans Toys Roadking.