Random Thought Experiment

[EctoJohn]

The Magic Gift Card

You have just been given a gift card.
It has infinite value, but you can only use it once.
One purchase, one item, one use, and then, poof, it's gone.
It doesn't matter if that one item is a pack of gum, a new car, or a castle.
You only get that single purchase.
Also, just like a genie's wish, there are restrictions.

1. You cannot give it away. If used by anyone besides you specifically, the card has no value. Just a worthless piece of plastic.
2. You cannot donate the money. You must obtain a physical item or service for your purchase.
3. Whatever you buy must have an inherent known value. If you pay a bill with it, it has to be agreed upon before paying.
4. Individual items/services only. You cannot pay off an entire grocery list, just a single item in that grocery list.
You can buy multiple items if they naturally come as a single item, like the previously mentioned pack of gum or a 6-pack of beer, but you can't just pay the tab on a shopping spree.
5. You cannot save it, or put it in a bank account. Banks cannot accept the card, the funds are non-transferable.

So how will you spend your infinite money one-time purchase?

 

[cheetahJubie]

I get to own whatever I buy outright? It has to be a house, right? One that's big enough to rent out enough rooms that I can afford to pay people to maintain it (Probably stipulate some skimpy uniforms for those folks).

Then I have passive income *and* a bunch of people to lord over. And the house probably has a pool (Pool Privileges are for landlord's favourites only).