Buy a car, finish paying off a loan, get a shed and greenhouse in the back yard, some landscaping
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Am I allowed to just buy a different currency like Euro or Bitcoin?
Medical and credit card debt. Whatever's left over will prolly be spent on Steam and Google Play gift cards, and also to load up my bus fare app so I'm set for a while.
Goodbye student loans! If there's money left over I'd have to decide between something hot to wear for the wife (and maybe for others) or replacing my terrible and broken computer monitors. But let's be real the only thing left over will be debt.
Does it works if I get it back latter doznpayement for a 2 million house, with a "provided mortgage is approved clause". 2 weeks latter tell that the bank doesn't follow. Too bad I am not rich.
Alternative is a second hand ultra light plane, wit. That budget I may buy something cool.
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If I could find one cheap enough and get everything settled in a day, I think my family needs a new¹ vehicle more than me being selfish.
I was gonna leave a comment about all the things I would buy, but I stopped for a brief second to consider I wouldn't have the space in my room for everything I want. All the manga, games, and CDs I'd end up buying. Though, getting a tall plastic storage tower is an absolutely nonnegotiable thing I would buy without question before everything else.
¹ new as in something that fits our needs and doesn't need a lot of maintenance immediately after being bought just to get it running.
Health insurance
20,000€ of service (idk making a sandwich or something) to our significant other that way we reap the reward of having money and it wouldn’t expire as it is considered spent.
Fr tho, would pay back debts to our friends who have helped us, donate some to the community, buy A BUNCH of food for the fridge, buy a bunch of stuff off of steam, new PC for us and significant other and a NAS. Hey a bunch of clothes, etc. any money left over we’d buy physical silver or gold and once time is up we would sell the physical worth back.
Shit I don't think you realize how little $20,000 really is. Hell there's very few new cars that even cost 20 grand. I could have it gone in less than 5 minutes.
Premium Bonds, keep it in there for a month and wait until the next prize draw.
Then probably buy a van to convert for my next campervan project
Stocks.
Pokemon cards and baseball gear for my son
gold
I’d get a $20k camping trailer
Pay down the house or. If that doesn't count. Buy an EV (or maybe the electrical work at my house to support one)
I’ll buy a new car. I already have most of the money. $20k gets me the rest of the way there.
A $20,000 bond.
My car is paid off and I still have maybe enough for dinner with the fam.
~~Deposit for a house~~ no I'd never get the paperwork together in time
~~Car~~ maybe, but I havent got a full license yet
Bad boy gaming PC, Katwalk, as many peripherals as I can find and a pallet or two of wholesale tinned food.