Ask HN: What was your best $1000 investment? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What was your best $1000 investment?

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Post by sulam » Thu, Dec 07, 2017, 7:19 PM UTC

slazaro wrote: post #62

sulam wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, there’s this dating site that charges $1000 memberships, but all the people are super attractive, wealthy, and looking to get married. Actually with sales tax it’s a little over $1000, but close enough. It’s super selective, though, and I signed an NDA so I can’t reveal the URL or the name of it. You’ll just have to take my word on it.

Wait, so they do the Fight Club thing where you can only find it from word of mouth by close people? How do you find this kind of place? Not that I'm interested in finding it, I don't care, it's pure curiosity now.

I’ve already said too much.

Re: Ask HN: What was your best $1000 investment?

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Post by sircalvin » Thu, Dec 07, 2017, 7:29 PM UTC

astura wrote: post #50

sircalvin wrote: post #31

engagement ring :) better than my bitcoin investment...

An engagement ring is not an investment and, furthermore, its not even a requirement marriage - you can get married without one (I did). The subtext is more unpleasant...

For me it is an investment in life, future and love - why should everything be about money. I really like the ring, it is beautiful. And she loves the ring!

Re: Ask HN: What was your best $1000 investment?

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Post by sircalvin » Thu, Dec 07, 2017, 7:30 PM UTC

snow_mac wrote: post #41

sircalvin wrote: post #31

engagement ring :) better than my bitcoin investment...

Did she say yes?

Yes, she did - we are together since ten years - so i did not really had a doubt :)

Re: Ask HN: What was your best $1000 investment?

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Post by sircalvin » Thu, Dec 07, 2017, 7:48 PM UTC

Apreche wrote: post #28

A Pentium III 450mhz and an NVIdia TNT2 in the year 1999

I can imagine that - we had a Pentium II 400Mhz with an onboard Nvidia riva TNT - the onboard part made it fast... And outcast, C&C 3 and AoE II came out that time

Re: Ask HN: What was your best $1000 investment?

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Post by slazaro » Thu, Dec 07, 2017, 10:09 PM UTC

sulam wrote: post #71

slazaro wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait, so they do the Fight Club thing where you can only find it from word of mouth by close people? How do you find this kind of place? Not that I'm interested in finding it, I don't care, it's pure curiosity now.

I’ve already said too much.

That sounds like something a movie character would say before seeing a red dot on their body and being executed :)

Don't worry about it, I'll take your word for it. The world is more interesting than I thought!

Re: Ask HN: What was your best $1000 investment?

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Post by synicalx » Thu, Dec 07, 2017, 10:54 PM UTC

Technically it was around $1800 but bought in two $900 lots, but my first 5000 shares in a promising mining company. Bought in at $0.33, sold at $1.12 two days before the CEO got caught being rather naughty and the whole thing tanked.

Monetarily, not massive returns, but as a percentage that was by far my biggest return on any investment.

Re: Ask HN: What was your best $1000 investment?

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Post by astura » Thu, Dec 07, 2017, 11:57 PM UTC

sircalvin wrote: post #72

astura wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

An engagement ring is not an investment and, furthermore, its not even a requirement marriage - you can get married without one (I did). The subtext is more unpleasant...

For me it is an investment in life, future and love - why should everything be about money. I really like the ring, it is beautiful. And she loves the ring!

The unpleasant subtext here being that you're basically saying your girlfriend's love and commitment are dependant on receiving an expensive trinket.

At least that's unpleasant to me.

Re: Ask HN: What was your best $1000 investment?

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Post by sauravt » Fri, Dec 08, 2017, 1:03 AM UTC

leaf_mc wrote: post #7

sauravt wrote: post #3

Buying 4.16 bitcoins in 2015 for $240 a piece.

Have you sold them yet?

Yeah, have diluted most of it to various alts.

Re: Ask HN: What was your best $1000 investment?

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Post by sircalvin » Fri, Dec 08, 2017, 2:32 AM UTC

astura wrote: post #77

sircalvin wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me it is an investment in life, future and love - why should everything be about money. I really like the ring, it is beautiful. And she loves the ring!

The unpleasant subtext here being that you're basically saying your girlfriend's love and commitment are dependant on receiving an expensive trinket. At least that's unpleasant to me.

no - it is just a sign... a nice one

Re: Ask HN: What was your best $1000 investment?

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Post by zelon88 » Fri, Dec 08, 2017, 1:52 PM UTC

I bought a 1992 Subaru Legacy for $700 cash. I put some parts in it and drove it for 4 years. Survived a couple fender benders during that time too. I gave it to a friend who was hard-up who drove it for 2 more years, and hit a deer with it. It wasn't really phased, but I had to rig the mirror back on. I took it back when he was done and finally scrapped it for $200. It was still a fully working car when they took it away. 10/10, would buy again.