<prompt> Human: Hey! I need some help making a decision. I have an old car that Ive tried to sell for the past 9 months and no one wants it because it needs a lot of work. Ive talked to scrap yards and services that donate your car and these are my best options...1. Sell the program my car for 150. They will tow it away and transfer the title for free.2. Donate the car through the program and receive a 200 gift card to Restaurant.com, a 2 or 3 night stay in a hotel, and a 500 tax rebate the car is actually in my boyfriends name so I wouldnt be the one to get the rebate. Plus, free towing and title transfer.My dilemma: If I choose the second option, I would technically be getting more out of it. However, eating out at restaurants and staying in hotels isnt exactly necessary or helpful to me financially.If I choose the first option, I could take that 150 and turn it into more money by investing it into my Roth IRA or some other kind of fund.So, please help! Which option would be more worth it? AND, what would be the best way to invest that 150 in your opinion?Looking forward to your answers! Thanks so much!-Shannon  <response>: First off, Restaurant.com gift cards are a joke. What you redeem them for is basically a coupon for a discount. Which is fine, since you can usually save a bit of money, but it comes with a lot of strings sit down dinner only, spend XXX to qualify, etc.. Most importantly, no one in their right mind spends 200 on a 200 Restaurant.com gift certificate. You can get 50 ones for like 5 last time I checked, so that 200 one probably cost them 20, if they didnt get it for free. So dont value that at face value for the comparison.Second, what hotel? Is it one you need to sit through a 4-hour timeshare presentation on? Based on the first reward, I would assume so.As someone else pointed out, tax deductions on donations are getting harder to qualify for. If you are driving a car worth 150-500, my assumption is you wouldnt qualify for them. No offense, Im just making an economics assumption. So your best bet is almost certainly going to be 1. Get the cash. 