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[QuarterMillionMan]

Ha-ha, good point.

[disneysteve]

. But if I had debts or no emergency funds or no investments by all means I would first pay down my debts or build up an emergency fund, etc.

If you had debts and no EF you shouldn’t be betting $1,500 on a baseball game.

[QuarterMillionMan]

I am pretty sure I'll owe tax on that win which was about a $1427 win, so roughly 25% of that amount I'm saving to pay it later. But 16 coworker on Tuesday will get $10 each for lunch, and 5 nieces & nephews will get $50 each, so there goes another $160 + $250, gone. But I like to share the wealth when I can. But if I had debts or no emergency funds or no investments by all means I would first pay down my debts or build up an emergency fund, etc.

[james.hendrickson]

I'm currently in Arizona and came mainly for the Bet MGM $1500 bonus offer where MGM would reimburse $1500 if the bet loses. I bet $1500 on the over 8.5 total points on the Cubs vs Cardinals game and the final score was Cubs 6, Cardinals 7. So my bet won and I won't need the bonus offer, sweet.

A win is a win, good for you QMM!

[QuarterMillionMan]

I'm currently in Arizona and came mainly for the Bet MGM $1500 bonus offer where MGM would reimburse $1500 if the bet loses. I bet $1500 on the over 8.5 total points on the Cubs vs Cardinals game and the final score was Cubs 6, Cardinals 7. So my bet won and I won't need the bonus offer, sweet.

[jenn_jenn]

We pay for SiriusXM. Our promotional $6/mo rate expired and was set to increase to $23/mo. I went to cancel knowing they’d offer me a lower a price. I got the $6/mo rate for another year. This was great bc had they not, we would have paid full freight. SiriusXM is non-negotiable for my husband.

I also made a very stupid mistake and made a payment thinking I was using our main checking account but turned out it was against my personal checking account where I only keep $500 (bc I almost never use it). I got a $10 overdraft fee but I called and had it removed.

Little wins but it all adds up!

[james.hendrickson]

QMM likes to share his casino wins. Here are two of my recent ebay wins.

Bought a book at an estate sale on 4/6 for $2.50. Sold it on Friday for $85.00.
Bought a book at a thrift shop on 4/9 for $2.00. Sold it today for $49.00.

It's like my own personal casino right in my house, and I never lose money. No free drinks though.

Excellent work Disneysteve.

[james.hendrickson]

I went for a run - and found a nickel. its a small win, but a win. In fact, its a double win, I got some exercise AND found a bit of money.

[disneysteve]

QMM likes to share his casino wins. Here are two of my recent ebay wins.

Bought a book at an estate sale on 4/6 for $2.50. Sold it on Friday for $85.00.
Bought a book at a thrift shop on 4/9 for $2.00. Sold it today for $49.00.

It's like my own personal casino right in my house, and I never lose money. No free drinks though.

[james.hendrickson]

Guys - was able to max out my Roth IRA contributions for 2024, and got a head start on 2025.

[crazyliblady]

I got a sizeable federal refund (courtesy of having solar panels installed) and spent about half of it on paying off the gutters. Yay!! We still have the other half of the refund left, but we haven't decided on that, yet. But I can't stop smiling. LOL!

[ua_guy]

That's amazing. What a crazy market. You got to "rent" a car for 5 years for $1,000. I would take that deal in a heartbeat.

Technically it's a low-mile classic car, and had I sold it in 2022, I probably would have gotten 1-2k more for it, but I wasn't done enjoying it yet. I waited too long, but, to your point, for 5 years of ownership, 90% resale isn't bad, classic or not.

[disneysteve]

Sold a car. $1k less than I bought it for, 5 years ago.

That's amazing. What a crazy market. You got to "rent" a car for 5 years for $1,000. I would take that deal in a heartbeat.

[ua_guy]

Sold a car. $1k less than I bought it for, 5 years ago. It was a fun car, and the young man who bought it from me was absolutely thrilled to have it. We just paid the insurance policy too, so 6 months of premium will be coming back!

[QuarterMillionMan]

Casino gift day.