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TheoCryst · Sep 26, 2006, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

I'd buy $1 million in gold bullion.

Seconded!

davesimondotcom · Sep 26, 2006, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

I'd buy $1 million in gold bullion.

Better choice than the chicken bullion...

TheoCryst · Sep 26, 2006, 08:58 PM

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

Better choice than the chicken bullion...

Though not quite as tasty...

I lied, btw. I'll blow some money on a car and probably a Mac Pro first. THEN I'd buy a lot of gold.

...and maybe a few hundred dollars of chicken bullion.

Spliffdaddy · Sep 26, 2006, 09:16 PM

I'd buy a no-load mutual fund.

And have at least $50,000 per year for the rest of my life. Plus my original million bucks.

starman · Sep 26, 2006, 09:31 PM

Is that what this season of '24' is about?

Shaddim · Sep 27, 2006, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by Dakar

"Then again, the car does provide an excellent opportunity to get you 'out of the way' so they might assume your place."

*MacNStein's paranoia sets in*

Dakar · Sep 27, 2006, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by MacNStein

*MacNStein's paranoia sets in*

Yeah, have fun the next time you get pulled over for 'speeding'

Shaddim · Sep 27, 2006, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by Dakar

Yeah, have fun the next time you get pulled over for 'speeding'

What's worse is I'm related to some of them... those bastards!!

Millennium · Sep 27, 2006, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

I'd buy $1 million in gold bullion.

Sounds good to me. Then, after the 24 hours is up, I'd buy one of these. Energy-efficient, local materials, and just plain cool. If there's enough left over (which I doubt) I'd bring in some pool builders to set up a Lazy River around the thing as a moat.

DigitalEl · Sep 27, 2006, 06:29 PM

It's easy. Buy 6 or 7 fully spec'd BMW 7 Series. Tell them you're paying cash... Today... And that you want the paperwork expedited.

You'd be done before lunch.

Of course there are a lot more FUN ways to spend that kind of cash, but if the goal was simply to get the $$$ spent in order to claim a greater prize, that's one way to do it.

Cadaver · Sep 27, 2006, 10:25 PM

I'd pay $1 mil for a Alyson Hannigan-Kate Hudson-Jessica Alba 4-way orgy.

legacyb4 · Sep 27, 2006, 11:01 PM

How is donating to charity considered "dumping bucks"? End of day, you are either spending it for self-gratification or to help someone...

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

Uhm, I don't think so.

-t

StrongBad · Sep 27, 2006, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

- 30 year membership at the country club where I can only afford to play golf at every few months

30 years at the local new albany country club would run $2.2 million, sans any multi-year discounts of course. however, 40% of your annual membership is refunded at the end of the year, so I guess it gets a bit cheaper.....

it is a nice place, but I'd rather own it for $2.2 million

- - e r i k - - · Sep 28, 2006, 12:14 AM

Piece of cake

tavilach · Sep 28, 2006, 12:22 AM

I'd probably buy $50,000 of electronics and a ****ing yacht.

OwlBoy · Sep 28, 2006, 05:46 AM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

I'd buy $1 million in gold bullion.

lol.

-Owl

kick52 · Sep 28, 2006, 08:33 AM

1. Apple Store shopping spree.

2. Buy a nice car.

3. Buy the newest Dell.

4. Buy a lot of lighters and deoderant.

5. Blow up the Dell with the lighters and deoderant.

6. Buy a years supply of Coke.

7. Bitches & Hos

8. Buy lots and lots of bouncy balls. (Like in the Sony ad.)

Y3a · Sep 28, 2006, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by legacyb4

How is donating to charity considered "dumping bucks"? End of day, you are either spending it for self-gratification or to help someone...

You have to BUY SOMETHING. Donating to charity is just a form of dumping bucks. I'd say buy a few hotels and donate those but you couldn't complete the transaction today if you got the money at midnight. 24 hours is all you have. Each transaction takes time, so make 'em count. The Apple Store post is excellent, but you wouldn't have anything to show for it by midnight, at the end of the 24 hour spree. You're almost limited to small, horridly expensive things you can get back to your home with. Buying all the used exotic cars from Carmax might work IF you could get al of the titles transferred to your name by midnight.

David Thompson · Sep 28, 2006, 01:47 PM

I have this vague recollection (possibly entirely wrong) that in the movie there were constraints on not being allowed to buy more than one of a kind of thing and that there was a price limit. So, you couldn't buy more than one car, for example or one costing more than (say) $50,000. Seems like it would make winning much harder.

Big Mac · Sep 28, 2006, 01:50 PM

A million dollars in lottery tickets so that I can have a chance to make eleventy billion dollars.

But seriously, if someone wants to know what I'd spend a $1M, PM me so we can arrange for the funds to be transferred to my bank account, then I'll let you know.

itai195 · Sep 28, 2006, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

I'd buy $1 million in gold bullion.

And a shotgun?

On second thought you'd have to wait 7 days for the gun... But don't worry, I can help you protect it

Salty · Sep 28, 2006, 02:24 PM

Do I have to be in the city I live in right now? I think I'd probably buy Macs for everyone I know. Then a few cars for everyone I know. Could I pay off my parents debt?

Y3a · Sep 28, 2006, 03:19 PM

I think the banks drag their fet too much to actually get that transaction done to transfer funds to pay off the bills. Unless you went to the bank that they had the debt with and paid it off.

I could rent a truck, and go to a place that sold Brass Model RR engines, and buy a million bucks worth of 'em. After 5-6 years they would be worth about 45 percent more! In the mean time I'd pick thru them and choose 20-30 of 'em for myself.

Another idea is to buy as many exotic cars as I could and sell the boring ones!

Gossamer · Sep 28, 2006, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by Y3a

Another idea is to buy as many exotic cars as I could and sell the boring ones!

You'd buy like two of them?

Y3a · Sep 28, 2006, 04:10 PM

Naaa, used exotics in the 150K - 300K range so 5-7 of 'em.

neverskatewsandles · Sep 29, 2006, 08:57 PM

max out every mac possible to buy buy every piece of apple software there is a lamborgini murchialago Ferrari spider, Enzo

pyrite · Oct 2, 2006, 01:58 AM

* pro tools HD rig (about 15k)
* approx 70k worth of recording equip (neumann mics, neve preamps...)
* approx 20k worth of guitar gear (tc electronic g force rack unit / mesa/boogie tri-axis preamp...)
* top spec mac pro with 30" apple display (6k)
* top spec macbook pro (i've got a macbook already, but hey...) (3k)
* reasonable house (approx 250k)
* approx 3k worth of mods on my current car (exhaust/headers/ecu)
* 2 cars (worked honda s2000 + ferrari 360 challenge stradale) 350k
* 100k to build an amateur racetrack in my backyard!! (BIG backyard)
* 40k on my wedding (12 months to go), to keep my gf happy for all time
* 30k on entertainment system
* 10k on CDs and DVDs i want and dont have
* 50k on furniture
* 50k for my gf to spend on whatever she wants, it'll pay off later
* 3k for good digital SLR and HD handycam

= $1,000,000.00

hojoon0724 · Oct 2, 2006, 03:11 AM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

Piece of cake

So, do you have a place where you can put all the 99 pieces of 30" screens?

Gossamer · Oct 2, 2006, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by pyrite

* 50k for my gf to spend on whatever she wants, it'll pay off later

Y3a · Oct 2, 2006, 01:31 PM

You could buy a chunk of Hash, the size of a refrigerator!

andi*pandi · Oct 2, 2006, 03:40 PM

pay off mortgage, $300,000
buy new cars, $140,000
pay off parents' and sister's mortgage: 100,000
trip to apple store, new macs for household, and get this wireless entertainment thing figured out: 10,000
followed by trip to best buy for new flat-screen etc: 10,000

I guess a college fund doesn't count, eh?

then the rest would go to oceanfront property in southern maine/northern massachusetts. Darn it. $500k left. For that I could only get a fallen-down shack. Maybe I'm selfish and don't pay off my family's mortgages.

residentEvil · Oct 2, 2006, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by itai195

And a shotgun?

On second thought you'd have to wait 7 days for the gun... But don't worry, I can help you protect it

there is no wait for long guns; just hand guns (in michigan).

Nicko · Oct 2, 2006, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by Cadaver

I'd pay $1 mil for a Alyson Hannigan-Kate Hudson-Jessica Alba 4-way orgy.

I'll take that...but IN SPACE!

I figure for $1 Mil I could hook something like that up.

Dakar · Oct 2, 2006, 04:13 PM

Kate Hudson? No thanks. Also, I'd like to sub in 'Idle Hands' Alba.

Nicko · Oct 2, 2006, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar

Kate Hudson? No thanks. Also, I'd like to sub in 'Idle Hands' Alba.

Oh, I think you're right. I'll swap Kate for Scarlett

Dakar · Oct 2, 2006, 04:19 PM

Nice a blonde, a brunette and a red head. That's variety, baby!

JKT · Oct 2, 2006, 04:43 PM

The Brewster's Millions challenge would be a piece of piss - just exchange the money continuously for other currencies and you would have none left in next to no time, especially if it was something like Zimbabwean dollars.

besson3c · Oct 2, 2006, 05:14 PM

I would buy a room full of mustard.

macgeek2005 · Oct 2, 2006, 07:07 PM

I'd spend it all on apple stock.

- - e r i k - - · Oct 3, 2006, 03:11 AM

Originally Posted by hojoon0724

So, do you have a place where you can put all the 99 pieces of 30" screens?

VESA-mounts

Cadaver · Oct 3, 2006, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar

Nice a blonde, a brunette and a red head. That's variety, baby!

There ya go! That was the goal.

Nuslos · Oct 7, 2006, 08:51 PM

I'd use all the money to buy a large quantity of precious metals or gems, and resell them later for a nearly equivalent sum.

:)