If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?

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  1. JBullyWBA's Avatar
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    At 16, i'd have probably bought another guitar or something. Now I realise that the government are expecting me to pull money out of my arse for university (My loan won't even cover accommodation), I'd save it for uni obviously.
  2. un-jardin-sur-le-nil's Avatar
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    Save for a car
    Save for Uni
    Save for Gap Year
    Buy tons of clothes
    Buy a Vespa!


    Put it in bonds and watch it make some money
  3. multiplexing-gamer's Avatar
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    (Original post by joey11223)
    I'd save it for uni tbh.

    Give me a grand now though.. I'd use about £400 for a holiday, £600 towards a new gaming rig.
    I agree that this is wise, but my brother did this. He can now just get loans which he can pay back quite easily when he's earning, which resulted in him not enjoying his child hood as much as he saved and didnt spend money.
  4. Regent's Avatar
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    Hookers. Oh, and bus fare to get me to the brothel.
  5. OpenArms's Avatar
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    (Original post by xxm)
    Spend a tenner on a whore. The rest I'd save for hopefully lots of travelling in my gap year.
    £10 for a whore, what a bargain! Can you point me in the right direction?
  6. multiplexing-gamer's Avatar
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    Uni fees shouldn't be a problem. You only have to pay it back if you're earning over a certain amount and even then its a percentage. After a certain time period the debt gets scrapped, so you shouldn't have to part with much apart from food etc...
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    Save it for attempting to move out when I'm older.
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    (Original post by multiplexing-gamer)
    I agree that this is wise, but my brother did this. He can now just get loans which he can pay back quite easily when he's earning, which resulted in him not enjoying his child hood as much as he saved and didnt spend money.
    Suppose it depends on personal preference. In my year out I worked full time and managed to save enough to pay for the first two years of uni. Because I've saved most of the money from bursaries/maintanence grants, I'll be able to pay off the 3rd years fees as well. I have a little under £3k in a savings account...blowing it on a new rig and other stuff is quite tempting right now though...
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    a fender strat
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    (Original post by OpenArms)
    £10 for a whore, what a bargain! Can you point me in the right direction?
    I've always wanted to use this.
    :rolleyes:
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    spend it on a whore u only live once or weed or a gaming pc
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    (Original post by multiplexing-gamer)
    Uni fees shouldn't be a problem. You only have to pay it back if you're earning over a certain amount and even then its a percentage. After a certain time period the debt gets scrapped, so you shouldn't have to part with much apart from food etc...
    Seriously, save it for uni. Not for fees for undergrad, but for expenses like deposits etc.
    Or a starting point for tuition if you want to do a masters.
  13. Ras17's Avatar
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    (Original post by medigirl)
    A jet ski!
    600-800 quid jet ski? :shock:
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    What "things" do you need to buy?

    Spend the money on GOING OUT with mates
    Or at least thats what I would do.
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    SHOES
  16. multiplexing-gamer's Avatar
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    (Original post by GottaLovePhysics! :))
    What "things" do you need to buy?

    Spend the money on GOING OUT with mates
    Or at least thats what I would do.
    Well at the moment I only go to the cinema and Mcdonald's with friends, which only costs bout £10 lol
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    (Original post by Ras17)
    600-800 quid jet ski? :shock:
    Go big or go home :P
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    At that age I would have spent it on a holiday/going somewhere. If I decided to save it for a rainy day it would have got spent slowly on random things like clothes, food etc...
  19. Jcon1's Avatar
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    Update my gaming rig like a nerd and buy those fancy coloured pens all the other good revisioners buy that i can't find or be bothered to afford.
  20. kiss_me_now9's Avatar
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    Re: If you had £1000 and were 16 what would you buy?
    At 16 I got my first job and saved up £550, spent it on a DSLR camera.
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