Jeopardy!" $920,960 will spend his money on DVDs
07-11-04, 06:21 PM
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Jeopardy!" $920,960 will spend his money on DVDs
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...pardy_winner_2
"She (his wife) asked me what we're going to do with all the money and I told her it's all going to DVDs. I don't think she thought that was too funny," Jennings said.
He was just joking!
What you would have to do to spend $1 Million on DVDs:
1. Buy a bigger house
2. Build a Small Movie theater room & a room to store the DVDs
3. Buy the high end DVD/Sound system
4. Buy all the DVD you have been dreaming of
5. Computer to keep track of where your DVDs are loacted at
"She (his wife) asked me what we're going to do with all the money and I told her it's all going to DVDs. I don't think she thought that was too funny," Jennings said.
He was just joking!
What you would have to do to spend $1 Million on DVDs:
1. Buy a bigger house
2. Build a Small Movie theater room & a room to store the DVDs
3. Buy the high end DVD/Sound system
4. Buy all the DVD you have been dreaming of
5. Computer to keep track of where your DVDs are loacted at
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07-11-04, 06:31 PM
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personally, I'd do all 5 as you suggested.. 
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Re: Jeopardy!" $920,960 will spend his money on DVDs
Originally posted by Iron_Giant
What you would have to do spend 1 Million on DVDs:
What you would have to do spend 1 Million on DVDs:
07-11-04, 07:09 PM
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that would be amazing.
07-11-04, 07:26 PM
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Wait, Jennings is his last name? I'll bet PD Jennings has spent nearly that much on DVDs already.
07-11-04, 08:13 PM
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Yes, Jennings is his last name. And no, he's not related to ABC World News Night anchor Peter Jennings. Wait, a minute, how did PJ suddenly get so old? I must be thinking about the other ABC anchor.
Funny guy. They might as well name the show after him now. Ken's Jeopardy.
w/ a mil, I'll probably get the biggest LCD HDTV, then the rest on the audio system.
Funny guy. They might as well name the show after him now. Ken's Jeopardy.
w/ a mil, I'll probably get the biggest LCD HDTV, then the rest on the audio system.
07-11-04, 08:19 PM
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Originally posted by pilot
personally, I'd do all 5 as you suggested..
personally, I'd do all 5 as you suggested..
One more:
6. A candy and pop corn stand
07-11-04, 09:09 PM
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Isn't the yield on DVDs even higher than that for investing in CDs 
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07-11-04, 09:45 PM
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one word: whores
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$500k for a nice house, $100k on nice things in it (theatre, etc). $100k on a car. The rest on a killer and complete film library that brings Best Buy or Borders to their knees. Then the rest could go into investments 
. Oh, and I think I'd get every single Criterion just to do it.
. Oh, and I think I'd get every single Criterion just to do it.
07-12-04, 04:24 AM
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$500 K for a nice house? You must not live in California...
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07-12-04, 06:43 AM
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What would you do if you had a million dollars?
"I'll tell you what I'd do, man. Two chicks at the same time, man."
"I'll tell you what I'd do, man. Two chicks at the same time, man."
07-12-04, 09:40 AM
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"$500K for a nice house."
07-12-04, 10:00 AM
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Originally posted by fitprod
$500 K for a nice house? You must not live in California...
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$500 K for a nice house? You must not live in California...
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07-12-04, 10:09 AM
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You could practically buy a luxury home for $500,000 where I live. Most houses are $100,000 or so for an average (not super flashy but not bad at all) home.
07-12-04, 10:27 AM
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Haha yah. I live in the ATL burbs and $500k will buy you a 6,000 sq foot nice house in a nice neighborhood. Forgot about you poor Cali bastards!
07-12-04, 10:47 AM
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Originally posted by fitprod
$500 K for a nice house? You must not live in California...
fitprod
$500 K for a nice house? You must not live in California...
fitprod
plus, after tax, his winnings will probably be in teh $500 K neighborhood.
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07-12-04, 10:54 AM
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More direct to the topic, Ken Jennings is my new hero based on those comments. I often think of how my wish list would be erased if I came into a ton of money. Ken is living out all of our DVD dreams. Kudos!
07-12-04, 11:32 AM
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I'd invest it in Capital One Jumbo CD at 5.75% which would generate $57500 in interest a year. Not too shaby.
Plenty of money for DVDs and all kinds of other stuff.
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Plenty of money for DVDs and all kinds of other stuff.
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07-12-04, 01:53 PM
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500k will get you a nice condo, but not a house here in san diego
so yeah, how many dvds can you buy for a million anyways?
so yeah, how many dvds can you buy for a million anyways?
07-12-04, 02:07 PM
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Originally posted by DRG
You could practically buy a luxury home for $500,000 where I live. Most houses are $100,000 or so for an average (not super flashy but not bad at all) home.
You could practically buy a luxury home for $500,000 where I live. Most houses are $100,000 or so for an average (not super flashy but not bad at all) home.
07-12-04, 02:43 PM
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Originally posted by adumbc
What would you do if you had a million dollars?
"I'll tell you what I'd do, man. Two chicks at the same time, man."
What would you do if you had a million dollars?
"I'll tell you what I'd do, man. Two chicks at the same time, man."
07-12-04, 02:44 PM
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You know how many copies of Salo: CC that can buy him?!
07-12-04, 03:10 PM
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Originally posted by ILSA
I'd invest it in Capital One Jumbo CD at 5.75% which would generate $57500 in interest a year. Not too shaby.
Plenty of money for DVDs and all kinds of other stuff.
ILSA
I'd invest it in Capital One Jumbo CD at 5.75% which would generate $57500 in interest a year. Not too shaby.
Plenty of money for DVDs and all kinds of other stuff.
ILSA
I actually looked this up as I found this hard to believe. The Capital One website says for a 5.75% rate you need a minimum deposit of $100,000 for 120 months.
07-12-04, 03:21 PM
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Originally posted by Fandango
I actually looked this up as I found this hard to believe. The Capital One website says for a 5.75% rate you need a minimum deposit of $100,000 for 120 months.
I actually looked this up as I found this hard to believe. The Capital One website says for a 5.75% rate you need a minimum deposit of $100,000 for 120 months.
So where's the problem?
This guy's got $1 mio.
Sure, you need to invest it for longer period of time to get this rate. I think it'll prolly jump up to 6% in the next couple of months.
Here's a cool link for the best CD rates in the nation:
http://www.money-rates.com/cdrates.htm
ILSA
