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$600 rebate daydream meme

by Anne Wayman on March 9th, 2008

blog.jpgJennifer, over at MyOrganizedBiz.com has challenged me, along with 5 others, to share what they might do with the $600 tax rebate that’s supposed to stimulate our economy out of recession. Here’s what I think I might do if it arrived today:

  • Buy a couch for my new digs
  • Buy 2 new book cases for the living room and an office table
  • Add it to savings and take a trip somewhere… where? Hawaii? Europe? Costa Rica? Can you tell I’m not sure?
  • Spend part of it to get a new windshield for the ‘91 car
  • Combine it with savings to buy a new used car? Probably not, at least not today.
  • Take my granddaughter of a train trip for several days to Santa Barbara - might be a real possibility.

What would you do?

And I’ll challenge: Matthew at Copyblogger, John at the Writer’s Resource Center, John at Writing for Money, Audrey at the Editor’s Blog, Liz over at Successful Blog, and Eric at Common Sense PR.

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7 opinions for $600 rebate daydream meme

  • Beth
    Mar 9, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    My rebate check is going into the bank, to be saved for a vacation next year. After eight years in Seattle, I’m planning my first visit back to my upstate New York hometown.

  • Anne Wayman
    Mar 10, 2008 at 9:45 am

    Sounds like a good plan, Beth

  • John Clausen
    Mar 11, 2008 at 8:43 pm

    I didn’t get a check the last time the Administration started dividing up the nation’s bankroll and I’m skeptical that I’ll get one this time. Just not lucky with government rebates. I remember what my late father said when Mr. Bush and company sent out letters telling everybody to brace for the money that would surely be on the way any minute. Pop looked at the letter and held up the envelope. “How come he didn’t put the check in this letter? Would have saved millions in postage.”

    So…if I do get a rebate (it could happen, I guess), I’m going down to the saloon about a block from my office, slam down the money on the bar and buy a round for anybody in the house who will drink a toast to my friend and progenitor, Morten H. Clausen, one of the best story tellers and clear thinkers of our time.

  • Anne Wayman
    Mar 12, 2008 at 10:38 am

    Salud!

  • KathleenL
    Mar 12, 2008 at 12:25 pm

    If and when I get my $600 rebate I am going to donate it to my husband’s new Harley Davidson fund. I feel it is the right thing to do as I have taken over his last bike, a 2007 883 Sportster, which he encouraged me to learn to ride …. Now that I find that I like being at the helm … and he refuses to ride in the back … well, it is hard for us both to ride in front. Plus, with the fuel pricing hitting the roof, and me being the tightwad, I look forward to saving more on fuel by us both riding motorcycles to work.

    Kathleen

  • Anne Wayman
    Mar 12, 2008 at 12:34 pm

    lol… and will he contribute his $600? Really nice of you.

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