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I would never buy a fancy car. Who really "needs" a Ferrari?
I would never buy a wild animal. Why do rich folks buy exotic pets?
I would have have my anus bleached...a new fashion trend in Miami.
Anything that required a significant amount of annual maintenance and/or costs. Like a larger house which would have higher property taxes, and require the use of multiple service companies to maintain it like landscaping and all of the related things that happen over time and need to be replaced and or done again: roofing, painting, etc.
A plane. Despite the fact that I skydive, it would always be way less expensive to just go to a drop zone that already has planes and pilots. A boat . . . .which reminds me of some advice my uncle who is very wealthy gave me over ten years ago. "If it flies, floats or f*cks - lease it but never buy". So that would include women too. Even a really attractive woman that will do anything in bed is not worth the cost of the initial down payment (courting phase, jewelry, etc) and then the maintenance on something like that projected over the course of years would never really make sense.
I would also never buy a luxury vehicle and would just stick with what has always worked (Jeep Wranglers) although I would definetely buy three or four of the better models. Including the new Jeep ZS1 Limited Edition Zombie Slayer www.zombieslayer.net
I would not buy those strange luxury items, like a $500k pen, or the $20k sofa.
No huge, 10 bedroom house, location would be the determining price factor for me. Average size three bedroom is enough.
I also would not go to those restaurants that are $200 a plate just because they are for rich people, or "exclusive" clubs which are just BS. I live way below my means now, I do not see it would change much with an injection of several million dollars, except for I would quit my job and travel a heck of a lot more.
Jordans (sneakers) I tell my daughter all the time that even if I hit the lottery, I wouldn't buy these.
A mansion
A "hot" car
What I would DEFINITELY buy:
A 4 BR apartment in Manhattan --- floor to ceiling windows, corner unit, high floor, terrace, etc
Travel, travel, travel
A personal chef and a personal trainer (hire, not buy. lol)
Get all my health problems resolved once and for all.
I would have my daughter's college paid in full and, of course, have a trust fund set up for her.
When I watch those 'People who won the lottery" shows, it amazes me how much useless stuff they buy, simply because they can afford it! -- No wonder so many of them spend all their money and are quickly broke again
Perhaps the best thing we can teach our children is the difference between things of value and worldly junk that will never satisfy their hungry hearts.
The Powerball winner David Edwards was on one of those Lottery Winner Lifestyles shows and had a house jam packed with Asian Antiques, swords etc. When he went broke and his stuff was auctioned off they quickly found out most of it was fake! Won 80mm, got 28ish in cash and broke in less than 7 years...went crazy on cars, jewelry, "antiques" and finished off with heroin/meth addictions.
Fur clothing of any kind.
Chicken tchotchke for my kitchen, (sorry! I know some of you love that stuff...)
An iron
An expensive watch for my wrist
Designer sunglasses
Anything from FingerHut (do they still exist?)
clothes for my pets
Designer clothes
plastic surgery or botox or chemical peels, etc
Things I WOULD buy:
A lot, a lot, a LOT of land
A house, (it would be built to my specifications)
Mercedes 560 SL Convertible (only because I've dreamed of one since I was a kid)
Hired help for my animal sanctuary that I would open (See? Giving me a boat load of money employs people and helps the economy!)
An indoor pool
Elaborate chicken coop, (I do like chickens, just not chicken cookie jars or towels...)
Fencing, a whole lot of fencing to keep the animals at the sanctuary in, the predators out
RV, (for travel when picking up new animals for the sanctuary)
Various buildings/kennels/catteries/etc for the animals in the sanctuary on my lot, lot, lot of land
More education
A jet ski
A boat
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