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Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:29 pm Subject:

If there's one small bright light on this whole thing, it's this:

I work with someone who had no idea about why he hadn't gotten his stimulus payment by direct deposit until I told him about having fees taken out of your refund. He was scheduled to have his check mailed out by June 6, and received it on June 9 - so either they mailed it early, or the mail is moving REALLY fast. We live 3 states away from the nearest IRS processing center, so there may still be hope that the check will get here sooner than expected.

What was frustrating, though, was that he went on the IRS website, and it said his check would be MAILED BY THE 6TH....but he got a letter in the mail from the IRS last week that said he WOULD RECEIVE IT BY THE 6TH...and both were directly from the IRS.

And the IRS wonders why people are so angry...can't get a straight story from anyone - not even the IRS!

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:43 pm Subject:

I guess when you are dealing with millions and millions of people I guess things get crazy and also the IRS is known for making mistakes like this. I just try not to count on things like this just incase things like this happen.

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:12 pm Subject:

Yup, that's exactly why I didn't count on it, Luke. I was HOPING it would be here, but not counting on it.

Someone at work was saying, "Well, if you made plans for the money, then you were counting on it!"..I replied, "NO - if I had written checks against it before it came, now THAT would be counting on it!" Making tentative plans for money that MIGHT come in does not count as 'counting on it' in my book! Smile