Stimulus Payment

jtur88 · 06-23-2008, 10:55 AM

What did you do with your stimulus payment?

bigheadache · 06-23-2008, 11:01 AM

I bought a new house. Actually, I finally got it Friday. I had to file by mail due to a problem with my former employer's 401(k) plan. I got notice that it had been deposited in my bank account on Friday, along with my Federal refund. Hopefully, this will speed up the $700 I'm owed by NM and PA.

dlb · 06-23-2008, 11:06 AM

I'm splitting mine with my wife. She'll spend hers on frivolous things. I'll buy a CD.

AlexdeLarge · 06-23-2008, 11:17 AM

46" Sony Flat screen TV

jtur88 · 06-23-2008, 12:43 PM

I can't cash mine, and the money is lost. I filed jointly, and the check names two payees, who are now 1,000 miles apart. Banks refuse to even accept them for deposit, unless it is to a joint account in both payees' names or they both come in together and endorse in the presence of the bank teller. This is how the government will pay for the war---by sending out millions of checks that cannot be cashed because of moronic and paranoid Patriot Act restrictions on banks.

Luckily, I have an account in a bank where the other payee lives, so I can maill it, and have the other payee take it to my bank for deposit into my account. I hope. Wish me luck.

Why the Roman Empire fell: People figured out ways to cash government checks. America is being more careful.

Simp · 06-23-2008, 05:42 PM

Just got it today. Will put it in our checking account. Most will go to help my wife's parents build a wheelchair ramp in front of their house.

Though if I could spend it on something frivilous, I'd use it toward the Fender VG Strat:

YouTube - The New Fender VG Stratocaster Guitar Demo

heyterry · 06-23-2008, 08:15 PM

I'm going to piss it away helping my step daughter put a roof on her house.

AlexdeLarge · 07-02-2008, 08:39 AM

don't piss in the wind Terry

skrable · 07-02-2008, 03:07 PM

lapdances

View Poll Results: What are you doing with (most or all of) your stimulus payment?
Spend it on important things.	3	20.00%
Spend it on frivolous things.	2	13.33%
Reduce existing debt.	2	13.33%
Put it into savings/investment.	3	20.00%
Give it to someone else.	0	0%
Give it to charity.	0	0%
Just put it in checking account.	5	33.33%
Undecided yet.	0	0%
Voters: 15. You may not vote on this poll

06-23-2008, 10:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
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06-23-2008, 11:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
AlexdeLarge Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: England Posts: 1,029	46" Sony Flat screen TV __________________ On a dusty pew in a vestibule Sits the Devil playing pocket pool He's waiting for the next poor fool Who forgot that it was Sunday John Prine

06-23-2008, 12:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,579	I can't cash mine, and the money is lost. I filed jointly, and the check names two payees, who are now 1,000 miles apart. Banks refuse to even accept them for deposit, unless it is to a joint account in both payees' names or they both come in together and endorse in the presence of the bank teller. This is how the government will pay for the war---by sending out millions of checks that cannot be cashed because of moronic and paranoid Patriot Act restrictions on banks. Luckily, I have an account in a bank where the other payee lives, so I can maill it, and have the other payee take it to my bank for deposit into my account. I hope. Wish me luck. Why the Roman Empire fell: People figured out ways to cash government checks. America is being more careful. __________________ ------------------ RE-ELECT McCAIN Last edited by jtur88; 06-23-2008 at 12:59 PM.

07-02-2008, 08:39 AM	#8 (permalink)
AlexdeLarge Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: England Posts: 1,029	don't piss in the wind Terry __________________ On a dusty pew in a vestibule Sits the Devil playing pocket pool He's waiting for the next poor fool Who forgot that it was Sunday John Prine

06-23-2008, 11:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
bigheadache Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roswell, NM Posts: 737	I bought a new house. Actually, I finally got it Friday. I had to file by mail due to a problem with my former employer's 401(k) plan. I got notice that it had been deposited in my bank account on Friday, along with my Federal refund. Hopefully, this will speed up the $700 I'm owed by NM and PA.

06-23-2008, 11:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
dlb Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,293	I'm splitting mine with my wife. She'll spend hers on frivolous things. I'll buy a CD.

06-23-2008, 08:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
heyterry Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 421	I'm going to piss it away helping my step daughter put a roof on her house.

07-02-2008, 03:07 PM	#9 (permalink)
skrable Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 378	lapdances

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