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Ask HN: If I gave you $20.00 US, What would you buy?

22 points by captaincrunch ↗ HN
If I gave you $20.00 US, What do you buy or subscribe to online?

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famousactress
Beer.

[Edit: Sorry, I only read the title. I would probably not buy beer online.... so... I dunno. An ebook?]

anoved
Well, in reality, I would use it to buy food. Money is tight.

If we're talking some sort of online-only credit, I'd actually like to donate more to a number of podcasts I enjoy (escapeartists.net, drabblecast.org, starshipsofa.com). They work on a lot of productions that enrich the life of my mind.

tshtf
Two months of the International Herald Tribune for my Kindle. The subscription cost is half that of the New York Times, but the content is virtually identical, with more of an international focus.

I enjoy reading on my Kindle to reading on the computer. No distractions, and much less eyestrain.

themullet
A megaupload / rapidshare premium account or would put it into advertising
keefe
if you're running a scraper this is probably some pretty super efficient information/$ and I'd probably do the same

otherwise, into my paypal account for etsy/ebay

revorad
Aqua Sphere Kalman swimming goggles (Amber).
frossie
Not sure what you are really asking. In practice, stuff that I buy online that does not result in a physical object turning up at my door are (in no particular order):

1. eBooks

2. iPhone apps/audiobooks

3. Freemium subscriptions

4. "Donate" buttons

Now if you are saying "here's $20, do something with it that you wouldn't do with your own money", I have no idea what I would do with it.

Aaronontheweb
A month of private SVN storage
rada
Unfuddle has unlimited SVN repos for free.
maxklein
A wordpress theme, or extend my last.fm subscription.
dgallagher
Likely something from iTunes. Either music or an iPad app.
d0m
Hosting, github or domain.
ax0n
Bicycle fuel for the commute: a week's worth of healthy lunches. I'm living on high-sodium crap until payday.
dpcan
I'd just put it in the bank to pay for the last 10 minutes I spent reading this thread and thinking about what I would spend only $20 on.
zyklon
If it has to be online, I would order some intelligentsia coffee. If not online, I would go to my local cafe and... buy some coffee.

Yes, I am an addict.

anigbrowl
Slightly outdated textbooks, or (if online product/service only) 250 pages of documents from PACER.
proee
20 lottery tickets.
mpk
The man in the high castle and Ubik by Philip K. Dick. They're next on my wishlist and I've already spent my book budget for this month.

If that's not an option I'd donate it to the development of Mongrel2.

squidsoup
To get an appreciate for Dick's bizarre late stage mysticism, make sure you read Valis too.
ashleyw
Double it and donate $40 to Khan's Academy.
ugh
Music from iTunes.
brg
Monthly subscriptions to a few video/audio webcasts.
ExtremePopcorn
Just yesterday there was a similar thread on AskReddit: "What is the coolest thing I can buy on the internet for under $20?" (http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/cqr6x/what_is_the...)

Personally, my vote goes to the TV-B-Gone. It's a small device that runs through all the common IR codes for turning TVs off when you press a button. ThinkGeek sells them for $20, but the "hacker" version (http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&...) runs for 50 cents less ;).