Seattlest: Top 6 Ways to Spend That Stimulus Check

srozewsk

Sun, 11 May 2008 16:52:52 -0800

I am planning to blow it all on student loan payments. I like to feel like a big spender. And if you go for option #1, Micah at Under The Needle in Belltown is the best in the city.

jwhieger

Sat, 10 May 2008 11:24:50 -0800

polyrythmic is right but I will blow it on unhealthy indulgences. aren't we going to have to pay this back in like ten years?

vanderleun

Fri, 09 May 2008 19:48:16 -0800

Get a tattoo of Arianna on your forehead. That's commitment. Anything less is just faking it. And besides it will tweak her stimulus package and you could get lucky.

Katelyn

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:41:26 -0800

Paying off debt, most definitely. And it will feel great. I'll probably spring for an extra bag of Goldfish crackers too, and a copy of The Roots' latest album.

abbey

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:25:10 -0800

Will Bodnar at Laughing Buddha is going to be getting a repeat visit from me thanks to the stimulus check. Hopefully with enough left over to take advantage of those cheap competing flights to San Francisco.

Kim Ruehl

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:18:04 -0800

$240 worth of pudding? Awwwwwww yeah.

stuckie

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:12:14 -0800

Damn - Broken pudding link :(

stuckie

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:10:49 -0800

Though if the rumored iPhone discounts end up happening, I might have enough left over to buy $240 worth of pudding. :)

stuckie

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:03:56 -0800

I'm both in the last group AND since I paid by Visa I expect I'll be sent a check rather than having mine directly-deposited like most people. Which will just make it easier for me to hold onto until the 3G iPhones come out...

polyrhythmic

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:48:56 -0800

Better to pay off debt than attempt savings -- the interest on debt is very likely higher than the interest on a savings account. -- And if you don't need to pay bills, spend the money! The inflation that's happening will erase any savings account gains as well... better to invest in something that'll have a greater return in the long run! Needless to say, I'm paying bills with it thanks to my Europe trip.

jessejb

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:14:50 -0800

Im donating it to American Express. Judging on the nasty phone calls, they need it more than I do.

TroyJMorris

Fri, 09 May 2008 15:49:02 -0800

I'm putting it in savings just to piss Dubbya off. It's like I let my dog poo in his yard- and I don't even have a yard. Bitches.

Simonian

Fri, 09 May 2008 15:33:34 -0800

Since we're getting it, we might as well try to make it work like the pandering politicians say it's supposed to. Buy American! Or at least try not to buy Chinese, hard as that is.