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What would you do with your money if you win the lottery?

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hmm, i would buy few ppc's (and i can assure u iphone will not be in them), give some to charity..take a world tour..buy myself a car
btw, what would you do ?

ather90 said:
hmm, i would buy few ppc's (and i can assure u iphone will not be in them), give some to charity..take a world tour..buy myself a car
btw, what would you do ?
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He won't tell, it's like the Italian Job, he's going to use everyone else's ideas !

Not really haha. I don't play the lottery....I got everything I want

You know what I would do if I had a million dollars? I would invest half of it in low risk mutual funds and then take the other half over to my friend Asadulah who works in securities...

JimmyMcGee said:
You know what I would do if I had a million dollars? I would invest half of it in low risk mutual funds and then take the other half over to my friend Asadulah who works in securities...
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great man. GREAT man.
i think id buy ppcs, a couple cars, and maybe a BIG house

I'd travel with my friends and see the world, then I'd use the rest to make other people happy too. I'd have a lot of paintball, airsoft and real guns and a huge yard.
Also I'd have a midget. With a tuxedo.

i wd buy a PS3 a realllyy large TV and some nice games for ps3

I would donate half to my favorite charities, secure my kids education, pay off all my debt, buy my wife some nice clothes and jewelry, and have an investment firm manage the rest.........
Oh who am I kidding, I'll end up blowing it all on hookers and alcohol.

First, Pay off debts, put away more than enough for my children's education, buy a really nice large house on the lake, Boat, 1963 Corvette Stingray for myself and a four door jeep for myself for winter driving,and whatever vehicle my wife wants and do lots of travelling. I would also set up my parents and mother in law for a very comfortable retirement which I would insist should start immediately (they hate their jobs) I love my job, So I would continue working

JimmyMcGee said:
You know what I would do if I had a million dollars? I would invest half of it in low risk mutual funds and then take the other half over to my friend Asadulah who works in securities...
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you have a friend whose name is Asadulah?
if I win the lottery, I would invest half of it in convincing my mom to name my new-born brother Asadullah...
please don't ask me about the second half

i would do nothing and keep living like i was b4 i won. I'd put the winning away for a rainy day.
Keeping it simple, b/c the more complex your life is, the less happy you will be.

First of all, build my house on my beautifull land!
Then, do a looong travel with my wife to Asia
Help this communty with a laaarge donation
Buy me a new Land Rover, and the rest on some SECURE investment, maybe buying gold... as any currency seems to be secure on this days.

Pay off debts, get some cars, some clothes, some tech.

Put money away for college
Buy nice house
Buy nice car
Take out 1mil for personal spending
Leave rest for my future children and in case I ever want to invest in a booming company or buy stocks in coniditions such as this when they're dead just so they can rise later and be worth millions! lol

zeezee said:
i would do nothing and keep living like i was b4 i won. I'd put the winning away for a rainy day.
Keeping it simple, b/c the more complex your life is, the less happy you will be.
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Hmm. As much as I would like to agree with you on that, and my mom and dad say the same thing if they won the lottery, I think that is soo untrue. Right now you are thinking it is impossible to win the lottery, that is why you say that. If you had actually won a 10mil lottery, I can guarantee you wouldn't be saying that. Even though I don't know you all too well, I don't believe ANYONE could do that. Just my personal opinion. Maybe you're those 1 in 10 million people who is able to just reject the urge to spend money when you have an abundance of it.

Pay for College lol and enough computers to get me threw the next few years lol with verizon boradband cards of course

j77drummer said:
Pay for College lol and enough computers to get me threw the next few years lol with verizon boradband cards of course
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SH*T!!! I would buy VZW just for aggrivating me, then sell it all to Sprint !

First I would pay off all of mine and my families debt. Then I would deposit it all in savings accounts. Then I would continue working for one year. Then I would live off of the interest it gained. This way I would never spend the money. And my children and grand-children...etc would never have to work. There would always be a secure income for them. I would also buy Life insurance to equal the amount, so that when I die, the money would double.
Yeah-Right!! I'D PARTY LIKE A ROCK STAR!!

I would pay off my debt and invest in the company I work for. I would try to keep working because I honestly love my job!

$35 Android Device - Looks like a large Droid/Milestone

Hi folks, this may be OT a bit, so Moderators please move this thread if needed.
I found this video of a $35 computer which turns out to have the Android OS. India is marketing this as a new mass-market solution to bring computer access to the less fortunate.
http://cnn.com/video/?/video/tech/2010/07/23/pkg.35.dollar.computer.cnnibn
Has anyone else seen or hear of this device? What's it called? It looks like a 6-7-inch tablet to me.. and running on Android OS!

Too cheap , i afraid it can not guarantee the quality, and speed.

bigbigtooth said:
Too cheap , i afraid it can not guarantee the quality, and speed.
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i guess it's because the device was meant as a mass market device for education purposes...and to be released by the government.

....don't really care about any guarantees....for $35, I'll take 2

bluebeast213 said:
....don't really care about any guarantees....for $35, I'll take 2
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Same here
I'm not sure though that it will be available outside of India and if it will i don't think it will cost 35$

If you watched the video, they said the device costed 1500 (whatever currency they use) to make, but they are selling it for 500 (or $35), so you can best bet that the parts cost more than $35. Probably somewhere around $100 or so, which would put the cost of making it somewhere around that of say, an HTC Hero (seeing as the Nexus One costed around $175 in parts). Going off on a limb here, but it probably has a 528-600MHz processor and 256mb of RAM.
Still though, its good to see a government apt on helping its people learn--especially if it does so with an Android powered device. I'm glad they took that initiative.

My mother is financially retarded

So i'm making this thread to vent..and ask for advice from fellow XDA'ers
basically my mother planned a trip to visit her parents in china for 20days, but she plans to bring 10,000 CAD and spend it on..well she doesn't even seem to have a idea what she is going to spend her money on.. Now 10,000 CAD isn't that much money.. but the issue comes from the fact that my family is paying mortage, my parent's salaries aren't very high..they are just about enough to cover the mortage and save a few hundred bucks a month.. and from what i'm hearing from my dad it seems that 10,000 cad is all there is in the account..so it seems like a stupid move to take out most if not all of the money out of the bank for a 20day trip, not to mention the fact that she already has a place to live in china..
10,000cad is roughly 60922.30 yuan btw
of course i wouldn't be worried if my mother was a bit more financially intelligent.. but there have been a lot of times when she bought fake "brand name" stuff for an extremely high price.. knowing that theres a lot of that crap in china i'm quite worried
so ya..hopefully you guys would give me some inputs on how to talk her out of being an idiot..

Wtf? Suggest to her she might have trouble carrying that much money with her through customs...
That's not a lie either, here you would get stopped with that much cash... And rightly so.
Failing that, what about the risk of robbery? I wouldn't take that much money with me... And I'm presumably slightly larger and more intimidating looking than your mother...
10k is just silly...

pulser_g2 said:
Wtf? Suggest to her she might have trouble carrying that much money with her through customs...
That's not a lie either, here you would get stopped with that much cash... And rightly so.
Failing that, what about the risk of robbery? I wouldn't take that much money with me... And I'm presumably slightly larger and more intimidating looking than your mother...
10k is just silly...
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she told me that i have no say in this since i don't have a job(that is true, in some ways) ..
i'm kinda trying to get her to tell me why she would even want to bring that much money to begin with.. but she seems to be in a locked down mode..-.-
and yes..there are actually a lot of theives in china too.. my issue is that nothing i say get through to her.. i think it could be the fact that she's turning to her 50s that's driving her crazy.. for example
she recently tried to get my dad to invest in some middle of nowhere condos that have not been sold despite being up for sale for more than 2 years now.. i tried to talk her out of it back then with no luck, thankfully we didn't have enough money to invest in that place or we'd be in a lot of **** right now.. but this bringing the entire bank account back home crap seems to get to me, considering the fact that it's entirely possible that she succeed and food/services cost 2-5 times less than prices here(after you convert the currency, of course..)

also about bringing 10grand into china..she doesnt plan to bring cash, but she intends to use one of those overseas transfer service..

Overseas transfer services? That seems like a silly idea. I don't know what the fees are, but even if it's 1% of the transfer amount, that's 100 CAD, which is substantial (to me, at least).
Does your mother intend to give some of the money to your grandparents in China? I mean, it is customary in Chinese culture for the children to support their parents.

ohyeahar said:
Overseas transfer services? That seems like a silly idea. I don't know what the fees are, but even if it's 1% of the transfer amount, that's 100 CAD, which is substantial (to me, at least).
Does your mother intend to give some of the money to your grandparents in China? I mean, it is customary in Chinese culture for the children to support their parents.
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i understand if she wants to give her parents money, most definitely.. in fact i expect her to be giving away most of that money.. but the thing is.. we are still paying for the darn mortage.. we barely save a few hundred bucks a month yet she intends to take out the entire bank(that we saved up, at least).. which sounds very stupid to me..

woo
talked her out of the crap by telling her that she's going through a difficult time and that if she does this we could have the potential of losing the house

Just hope your mother is good at bargaining and doesn't buy american/foreign brand names, cuz that's just stupid.
$1 gets you a reply

Nexus 4 = $1,749.99

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Without words.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Google-Nexus-4-LG-E960-16GB-Factory-Unlocked-GSM-Phone-4-7-True-HD-/110979603390?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item19d6e65bbe

on stock ?
Ordered, thanks man.

That's gotta be a windup.
It'd be cheaper for the buyer to get a flight to the UK/US whichever is nearer and buy one from a shop..

Well... If you checked ebay sold nexus 4 history, some people do buy it up to $1,100.... So this guy is rightfully trying his luck :laugh:
I never thought people would actually bought it for 3x msrp though. :laugh:

31 people purchased a phone for 649/749... either he sold out and instead of cancelling the auction he jacked up the price to something WAY out of reach, either it's someone who hijacked an account and is collecting funds as fast as possible.
***Edit*** What's sad is he's selling the 8GB version for 549... + 100$ shipping to Canada. The US has free shipping, 19.99 Fed ex 2 days and 59.99 1 day...

lol, so some dickhead purchases 33 N4s and sells them with a $300+ markup.. so that's where all the stock went

mahwaha said:
lol, so some dickhead purchases 33 N4s and sells them with a $300+ markup.. so that's where all the stock went
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Yeah, we call him a dickhead, but we wished we would have been as smart/lucky.

mahwaha said:
lol, so some dickhead purchases 33 N4s and sells them with a $300+ markup.. so that's where all the stock went
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I don't understand how people complain like this. Someone bought a good that was in short supply with high demand. They then resold it for market price. The person that bought it clearly thought it was worth what they paid for it. So big deal, why the hate?

I like my Nexus 4, but jeebers. Maybe I should sell it if people are really paying $750 for these phones. I could live with my Galaxy Nexus another month if needed.

Ravynmagi said:
I like my Nexus 4, but jeebers. Maybe I should sell it if people are really paying $750s for these phones. I could live with my Galaxy Nexus another month if needed.
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Thinking the same

31 Sold? What the hell is going on with people.
Who pays 2 Grand for a phone. What the f***

but it's ~Factory Unlocked~
I'd pay any price for that feature alone

imtiax said:
31 Sold? What the hell is going on with people.
Who pays 2 Grand for a phone. What the f***
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TrueBrush said:
but it's ~Factory Unlocked~
I'd pay any price for that feature alone
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Indeed

That's it, I've decided - there are too many suckers out there with money to burn, so when the next most wanted mobile comes out (aka iCrap 5s/6) I'm going to re-mortgage my house and buy as many possible then flog them on ebay. (Then pay off my mortgage!)

karendar said:
Yeah, we call him a dickhead, but we wished we would have been as smart/lucky.
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I don't think so, these people are the scum of the earth, they don't create/produce anything of value, only parasitizing, I wouldn't mind if this type of activity was punished by pouring the hot oil in their angus through horn, like in the old days.

The average price of the sold units is ~$649, so nobody is buying them at the currently listed price. They probably jacked it up just to get attention and are preying someone buys at that ridiculous price.
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidsLogin&_trksid=p2047675.l2564&rt=nc&item=110979603390

TrueBrush said:
I don't think so, these people are the scum of the earth, they don't create/produce anything of value, only parasitizing, I wouldn't mind if this type of activity was punished by pouring the hot oil in their angus through horn, like in the old days.
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I agree anyone reselling an item should be killed! No one should be allow to sell their old car either. Kill all the capitalists!

Free shipping! Worldwide!

Got mine in the UK for £130 on the O2 deal with free tv
Result.

TrueBrush said:
hot oil in their angus through horn,
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What the heck is an Angus? Am I part beef cattle?
I'm pretty sure I don't have one of those to pour oil into.
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Are Australians being ripped off?

Is it just me or is there any other fellow Aussie wondering why the Mate 20 Pro is A$1,599 and NZ$1,422 (equiv. A$1,310). AND, NZ get the Emerald Green which I'd choose over Midnight Blue!
AU: https://www.jbhifi.com.au/phones/Outright-Mobile-Handsets/huawei/huawei-mate-20-pro-midnight-blue/343382/
NZ: https://www.jbhifi.co.nz/phones/Outright-Mobile-Handsets/huawei/huawei-mate-20-pro-emerald-green/352821/
What's even worse, NZ GST is 15% and AU it's 10%..... (both the above include GST in their price - I checked)
Might take a holiday....

ero69 said:
Is it just me or is there any other fellow Aussie wondering why the Mate 20 Pro is A$1,599 and NZ$1,422 (equiv. A$1,310). AND, NZ get the Emerald Green which I'd choose over Midnight Blue!
AU: https://www.jbhifi.com.au/phones/Outright-Mobile-Handsets/huawei/huawei-mate-20-pro-midnight-blue/343382/
NZ: https://www.jbhifi.co.nz/phones/Outright-Mobile-Handsets/huawei/huawei-mate-20-pro-emerald-green/352821/
What's even worse, NZ GST is 15% and AU it's 10%..... (both the above include GST in their price - I checked)
Might take a holiday....
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The nominal prices might seem odd to you, but the prices are based on complex economic calculations. Different country means different price levels, different average incomes and living cost etc.. Spending NZ$1400 in New Zealand might be very similar to spending AU$1600 in Australia (looking at how much you can buy with those respective amounts of money). Meaning just looking at the current exchange rate of both currencies does not give you valid info about the justification of different prices in different countries.
Also there can be numerous other reasons for it to be more expensive like varying coporate tax, customs, bureaucracy etc.. (one thing that comes to my mind is increased transportation cost across Australia....)
PS: In Germany the Mate 20 Pro is 999€ which equals AU$1600 (but it includes 20% tax). The average income is 3000€/month before tax (like 1800€/month after tax) essentially 999€ means more than half your monthly income. From my time in Australia I remember making a lot more money (2600/week , 1800/week after tax - roughly 7000 a month after tax). Buying the phone for 1600 would cost me a lot less when seen as a percentage of my monthly income. (which makes the phone much cheaper although the nominal price is the same). I realise that the average income in AUS is less than what I earned but i think 5000/month after tax is reasonable....even then buying the phone merely means sacrificing 32% of whats available each month compared to roughly 55% in Germany.

Y'all need some American friends to mail you stuff without the crapload of taxes added.

Nicelysedated said:
Y'all need some American friends to mail you stuff without the crapload of taxes added.
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Problem is: what you dont pay in tax the company adds to its profit margin... essentially we all end up paying too damn much.

0alfred0 said:
Problem is: what you dont pay in tax the company adds to its profit margin... essentially we all end up paying too damn much.
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Still, better to be the one paying 1000$ USD than $1300. I travel to Ukraine quite often and it's insane that the same phone there is hundreds more than America. A Mate 20 Pro would be like 5months of average income there....

Nicelysedated said:
Still, better to be the one paying 1000$ USD than $1300. I travel to Ukraine quite often and it's insane that the same phone there is hundreds more than America. A Mate 20 Pro would be like 5months of average income there....
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True, but in those countries "average income" does not mean as much as there is almost no middle - just the rich and the poor... (sadly the west is heading towards the same direction). So huawei only cares about what the rich can effort...
For all others they create sub brands like honor or xiaomi poco or oppo realme... each brand and its marketing directed to skim as much consumer surplus as possible and profit from each income group as much as they can.

Yes. The price is a joke. This is the price I'd expect when the next iphone and S10 are priced around $2000....

Nicelysedated said:
Y'all need some American friends to mail you stuff without the crapload of taxes added.
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Ha! Maybe you now know the real reason the Mate 20 pro is not being sold in US!

mscion said:
Ha! Maybe you now know the real reason the Mate 20 pro is not being sold in US!
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Just out if curiosity, if you had a friend mail you one from the states as a "gift", would you have to pay taxes?

Nicelysedated said:
Just out if curiosity, if you had a friend mail you one from the states as a "gift", would you have to pay taxes?
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Well, it really depends on your law. I'm from Venezuela and we have a limit to such gifts that are not taxable, don't really remember though what is the sum. The easiest, but no the cheapest way is to have a friend to bring it to you, that way you won't have to pay tax. Any way, the cost of living in Australia is pretty low, can't you afford to but a phone locally? If we are to compare it with the real cost of living in Venezuela, it should be good enough.