weird! i don't know what is going on then, i just assumed that was the problem since from the laundry list of reasons it seemed the most likely. OF COURSE i can't get any actual explanation.
― bell_labs, Friday, 16 May 2008 14:58 (eighteen years ago)
did you call the 800 number?
― lauren, Friday, 16 May 2008 15:05 (eighteen years ago)
no the Please note, our phone representatives will not have more information about your payment than is shown on this website.
deterred me from trying to call them.
― bell_labs, Friday, 16 May 2008 15:10 (eighteen years ago)
oh, my message was different - it actually suggested calling. i didn't read the entire list of points in the message you quoted.
― lauren, Friday, 16 May 2008 15:13 (eighteen years ago)
fuck because i filed through turbotax they are mailing the check and not direct depositing it. which means it will probably never show up at my house since the mail dude likes to not deliver my mail for weeks at a time
strange that we live a thousand miles from each other yet seem to have the same mail carrier.
― chicago kevin, Friday, 16 May 2008 15:13 (eighteen years ago)
I thought it was also interesting that we are supposed to save the form that tells how much we get "as you will need it for your 2008 tax return".
― Jaq, Friday, 16 May 2008 15:15 (eighteen years ago)
it sucks! i didn't receive any mail at all for over a week and spent hours trying to get ahold of someone at the post office. it turns out the mailman "misplaced" our key. right.
― bell_labs, Friday, 16 May 2008 15:15 (eighteen years ago)
it turns out the mailman "misplaced" our key. right.
we don't even have a key! all the mail for the three apartments just gets shoved in a mail slot. unless it's too big (like say, a 7" mailer or an lp) in which case he just leaves it on the steps where it's usually stolen.
also, we don't get mail delivery on saturdays.
― chicago kevin, Friday, 16 May 2008 15:19 (eighteen years ago)
i had my piano tuned and had some minor maintenance performed on it.
it sounds so great now!
― sweaty palms, Saturday, 17 May 2008 05:13 (eighteen years ago)
haha http://www.howispentmystimulus.com/
“I used my $600 to bail myself out of prison, along with $6900 more.”
Nick, 28, Welder Ephrata, PA
― jergïns, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 17:39 (eighteen years ago)
I got A LETTER yesterday saying my check is coming by FRIDAY. How efficient.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 17:41 (eighteen years ago)
I bought a guitar amp with my tax refund, no idea what I'm gonna do with this six hundo yet. :\
― RabiesAngentleman, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 17:42 (eighteen years ago)
i'm pretty sure i'm never getting my money ;_;
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 17:51 (eighteen years ago)
if you really think that it's been sent, report it stolen. the irs sucks, but they'll do something about it. al had to do that with his tax return this year.
― lauren, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 17:54 (eighteen years ago)
I got A LETTER yesterday saying my check is coming by FRIDAY. How efficient.-- Dr Morbius, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:41 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
-- Dr Morbius, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:41 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
Yeh, I got one yesterday saying the same thing. While it does seem silly, and I am eager to mock inefficiencies, I think it's meant to be a safeguard against stolen or lost checks.
― Jesse, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:16 (eighteen years ago)
uh i got that letter on may 12, saying i would have my check by may 16. i still don't have the check. i called the irs yesterday about a different issue and they said they were mailing our check this friday and we should have it within two weeks. the point being, don't put too much credence in what that letter says
― n/a, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:55 (eighteen years ago)
god we're getting a paper check and our last ssn numbers are SO HIGH. all the way to july for us:(
― sunny successor, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 20:31 (eighteen years ago)
although i strongly suspect if i got that check today id be saying in july something along the lines of i wish we were getting a $1500 check this month
― sunny successor, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 20:32 (eighteen years ago)
So I owed the USG money. They sent me a bill w/ a 1% late fee attached since I was stupid enough not to pay when I originally filed. I sent them a check. They cashed it. Then I get my stimulus check a few weeks later (a week after I got my COMING FRIDAY teaser) w/ the amount I owed deducted. WHAT THE FUCK GEORGE.
― David R., Thursday, 19 June 2008 14:23 (seventeen years ago)
Where's the bank bitching thread, as predicted I want to bitch about Citibank.
― Ed, Thursday, 19 June 2008 14:25 (seventeen years ago)
A Thread on American Banking Options That Don't Suck a Caribou's Ass
― David R., Thursday, 19 June 2008 14:26 (seventeen years ago)
indeed, mmm caribou arse
― Ed, Thursday, 19 June 2008 14:28 (seventeen years ago)
Yeah, ours had our final tax bill deducted too. I don't see how last year's taxes and this year's bribe have anything to do with each other!
― Rock Hardy, Thursday, 19 June 2008 14:35 (seventeen years ago)
RAAAAAAARRRRRWWW
― g0dzilla, Thursday, 19 June 2008 14:53 (seventeen years ago)
I'm still waiting!
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 19 June 2008 14:56 (seventeen years ago)
You and me both.
― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 19 June 2008 15:08 (seventeen years ago)
and my soc. ends in 20
I got mine of Tuesday, but I'd already spent most of it in pre-windfall anticapation.
― Virginia Plain, Thursday, 19 June 2008 15:13 (seventeen years ago)
^ true American
I'm tempted to actuall call the IRS (HA) about this, but given I owed last year, maybe now we'll be square for next year. Tho thinking about calling reminds of those halcyon pre-911 days when my then-roommate would light up a joint and call the IRS to bitch about how the income tax was unconstitutional and then not give supermarkets his personal info when signing up for a frequent shoppers' card and got one under the name LYSANDER SPOONER.
― David R., Thursday, 19 June 2008 15:17 (seventeen years ago)
I'M STILL WAITING!!!! and after last weekends shennanigans i really need it. there are records to buy and shows to see and drugs to score and beers to drink.
and i should probably get some groceries at some point.
― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 June 2008 15:23 (seventeen years ago)
kevin otm; I got mine and am using to pay off my secured credit card so i can take back the money from the secured account
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 19 June 2008 15:29 (seventeen years ago)
if i miss this simply saucer show i'm gonna be pissed.
― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 June 2008 16:09 (seventeen years ago)
finally received letter saying i'll receive the check on the 20th... we'll see how that goes
― sleep, Thursday, 19 June 2008 16:09 (seventeen years ago)
WHERE THE FUCK IS IT
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:19 (seventeen years ago)
will go towards my massive credit card bill from getting my car fixed or possible future dental work
-- bell_labs, Friday, April 25, 2008 8:47 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Link
it went towards 2 dresses from APC, a pair of shoes, a pair of jeans, and sushi
― bell_labs, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:21 (seventeen years ago)
Ha -- I rec'd a SECOND check yesterday, "reimbursing" me the amount of owed taxes I paid prior to them sending out my first stimulus check w/ my owed taxes deducted from the original $$$$$$$ SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS $$$$$$$ despite me having paid the owed taxes well in advance (more than 1 month?) prior to the check being cut. GOVERNMENT IN ACTION AWRIGHT
Tom, you shd just walk over and ask.
― David R., Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:23 (seventeen years ago)
el tomboto discovers the downside of working for the NSA: once theyve got you...theyve got you.
― deeznuts, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:23 (seventeen years ago)
Can someone make I'M HELPING buttons / temp tattoos for folks that actually spend their stimbux on goods & services?
― David R., Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:24 (seventeen years ago)
mine came yesterday, blew it on cheap beer and expensive burgers. that's not really blowing it though.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:24 (seventeen years ago)
STIMULATIN'!!!! xp
― gr8080, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:25 (seventeen years ago)
Check came yesterday. Can't cash it because it needs two signatures and my wife is out of the country. It will end up paying retroactively for a crown my wife recently had installed in her mouth. Easy come...
― Aimless, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:36 (seventeen years ago)
Once I get this it will pay off THE LAST OF MY DEBT and I will do a requisite I AM NOT IN DEBT post, so wheeeeeee
― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:47 (seventeen years ago)
Congrats, fct. It's a whole new land, a good land, where cattle can grow fat on the wholesome grass and the meadowlark sings to the noonday sun.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:50 (seventeen years ago)
Woohoo! I guess I'll get a second check too! I thought that "we're deducting the amt of tax you owed" was bullshit if we'd already paid it.
― Rock Hardy, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:51 (seventeen years ago)
ok so that date you get it based on your ss# did yall actually get it on yalls date?? cuz mine is june 27 but i wanna make sure i get it in time to pay the damn rent
― and what, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:52 (seventeen years ago)
it might. it might not. the gov's wheels grind at their own pace and there's no hurrying them.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:53 (seventeen years ago)
mine was supposed to roll out in the second wave but i still havent gotten it yet
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:54 (seventeen years ago)
Sheeeit, I got mine back in May and I barely remember it, it was gone so fast...
― kate78, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:56 (seventeen years ago)
I rec'd my first check within 7-10 days of the date I was sent (which I don't think was the date tied to my SSN).
― David R., Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:56 (seventeen years ago)
I kind of thought that L-T was out of the $600 refund bracket.
― libcrypt, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 19:06 (seventeen years ago)