2.Your consumer surplus would be $1000. Consumer surplus is when you work hard and get lots of money and then go to buy something and find out it isn't as expensive as you thought. Then the amount of money you have left over is your consumer surplus. | 2.Your consumer surplus would be $1000. Consumer surplus is when you work hard and get lots of money and then go to buy something and find out it isn't as expensive as you thought. Then the amount of money you have left over is your consumer surplus. |