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US Gov keeps giving me $4 million...

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Goreomedy

Console Market Analyst
So help me spend it.

Quick background: Tax return shows up in checking account as the figure you see. What I should have received is a little bit less.........

So I report it. Return disappears from my checking account. But then, recently, I got this check in the mail. So fuck it. If they insist!

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Dan

No longer boycotting the Wolfenstein franchise
Send me a piece of that and I'll help you get rid of it real fast.
 
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Beezy

Member
You should buy an Ipod for everyone on GAF who doesn't have one. Or maybe a PSP. :D

Edit: You can get me through college!
 
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xsarien

daedsiluap
Use some of that to keep a lawyer on retainer, eventually the twisted mess of a database will eventually unwind and someone will finally notice the error.


Also: I think it's time for you to do some shopping on GAFazon.
 
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themadcowtipper

Smells faintly of rancid stilton.
What the hell do you do for a living to even have a chance at that kind of mistake...


and cant you get into trouble for spending that....
 
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calder

Member
To be mistakenly given 4 million dollars you can't possibly spend, only to report it and have them send it to you again, would surely be one of the most depressing things that could possibly happen to someone. :lol

The only upside I could see (beyond always having an easy story to whip out when you meet someone knew) is getting to call the IRS and being casual as as can be when you report it again.
 
Nester

Nester

Member
I could use 20k to get out of debt and start a down payment on getting a house. :D I can't give you pictures of my wife or daughter though. :(
 
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themadcowtipper

Smells faintly of rancid stilton.
I will sell you the an envelope with something secret in it....I guess I could let it go for 100 bucks, I'm not greedy..
 
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Litigation Manuel

Member
I asked my dad, who is an accountant, and he said you should send it back. Once you cash it, the IRS would be able to charge interest on it. Considering that the interest on 4 million dollars could be quite large, it'd probably be best to send it back informing them of their mistake again.
 
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themadcowtipper

Smells faintly of rancid stilton.
Litigation Manuel said:
I asked my dad, who is an accountant, and he said you should send it back. Once you cash it, the IRS would be able to charge interest on it. Considering that the interest on 4 million dollars could be quite large, it'd probably be best to send it back informing them of their mistake again.
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Hey that is Legal advice, charge him for that shite...he has 4 mil..
 
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Goreomedy

Console Market Analyst
muncheese said:
Cash that bitch and run mofo.
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Hell yeah. The temptation to do just that is... oh...oh... Anyone selling an island for cheap?

And you guys can look forward to the inevitable thread, "I'm being charged $50,000 interest for an IRS mistake!"
 
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Goreomedy

Console Market Analyst
Litigation Manuel said:
I asked my dad, who is an accountant, and he said you should send it back. Once you cash it, the IRS would be able to charge interest on it. Considering that the interest on 4 million dollars could be quite large, it'd probably be best to send it back informing them of their mistake again.
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The trick would be to find a way to earn more interest on it, while I have it, than I would be charged upon return. :D
 
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Chrono

Banned
maybe if you 'know people' you could hide it in Switzerland, then get a new passport and get the hell out of the country. :D
 
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Goreomedy

Console Market Analyst
Willco said:
Give me $800. I need to get out of this country.
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Find us an island, and you can be the first official resident of NewGAFland. But not that LOST island. I aint spending 4 million for broken ladders and fart monsters.
 
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Warm Machine

Member
Actually you could probably get it cashed...take the duffel bag to Cuba and then launder it there. No way the US govt is going to search for their money in Cuba. The moment it gets over there they completely lose track of it.
 
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themadcowtipper

Smells faintly of rancid stilton.
themadcowtipper said:
I will sell you the an envelope with something secret in it....I guess I could let it go for 100 bucks, I'm not greedy..
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That is still the best bargain ..I mean it is a mystery envelope, anything could be in it even, $4 million dollars
 
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Willco

Hollywood Square
Goreomedy said:
Find us an island, and you can be the first official resident of NewGAFland. But not that LOST island. I aint spending 4 million for broken ladders and fart monsters.
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There are actual islands you can buy, but my guess is it'd be for about ten times that amount, but you could probably use the four million to get a loan and buy the island. In all seriousness.
 
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aoi tsuki

Member
Chrono said:
maybe if you 'know people' you could hide it in Switzerland, then get a new passport and get the hell out of the country. :D
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Old Swiss bank accounts ain't what they used to be, i'm afraid.
 
Grizzlyjin

Grizzlyjin

Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
You live in Austin! I can help you get across the border. Cash that bitch and we'll run to the Greyhound bus station together. We'll leave a trail of broken hearts and cervixes along the way. We need to get to Mexico first, then we'll disappear in South America.That is one huge mistake...your only option is to run now.

Can you imagine if you would have done a direct deposit on that? You would have 3 million in your bank account right now. :D
 
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Willco

Hollywood Square
OKAY, CHECK IT

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Goat Cay

96 acres

US $725,000

Private Islands Bahamas

A beautiful private island with great views and elevations up to 40 feet in the centre of the island. This Cay is also known as Big Bullard Cay or Mrs. Bullard's Goat Cay. The Cay is situated on the southwestern coast of Great Exuma. (Text continued under advert.)
 
Escape Goat

Escape Goat

Member
I'd love to build my house on top of the ancient native burial ground. I'd bulldoze the swamp riddled with malaria carrying mosquitos and build the tennis court. Then I'd build a 40ft wall around the isalnd to protect me from the tidal waves.
 
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pollo

Banned
omg A GAF island you dont say?
could be the starting point for the GAF political platform

!!!

its destiny that 4 mil has fallen in your hands sir, it gives us enough capital to start the GAF revolution discussed.
 
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Willco

Hollywood Square
CHECK OUT THESE...

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Puerco Island, Roxas, Palawan,
approx. 14.53 acres, USD 1,000,000

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Ilha Do Almeida, near Angra Dos Reis, 12,6 acres,
EUR 2,250,000 + purchase fees
 
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Willco

Hollywood Square
:lol

It'd be so great if Goreomedy bought an island for real. I'd move just to be the island cook and/or mayor!
 
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suaveric

Member
With global warming, it may not be in your best interest to buy an island. But I do like the idea of cashing it and making more money than the goverment would eventually change you in interest. You obviously want the lowest risk possible for such an investment. Are CDs a higher interest rate than what the Fed would charge?
 
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