My Stimulus Check

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peacock2121 · #1 Post by **peacock2121** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:55 am

Haven't gotten it yet.

Should I start thinking it got lost?

tlynn78 · #2 Post by **tlynn78** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:56 am

YOu should probably inquire. Mine arrived over a month ago.

t.

Beebs52 · #3 Post by **Beebs52** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:12 pm

We just got ours last week. Apparently they had sent a letter prior to sending the check (Jeff saw it). Did you get a letter?

peacock2121 · #4 Post by **peacock2121** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:24 pm

Beebs52 wrote:We just got ours last week. Apparently they had sent a letter prior to sending the check (Jeff saw it). Did you get a letter?

Got no letter.

hmmmmm

nitrah55 · #5 Post by **nitrah55** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:27 pm

<groucho>
I'd be perfectly happy to check your stimulus.
</groucho>

peacock2121 · #6 Post by **peacock2121** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:28 pm

nitrah55 wrote:<groucho>
I'd be perfectly happy to check your stimulus.
</groucho>

this made me blush.

sunflower · #7 Post by **sunflower** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:33 pm

Yeah my bf was supposed to be in the first batch and when forever without hearing anything. Then finally he got a letter stating the new date he'd get it, then he actually got it a week later.

Bob Juch · #8 Post by **Bob Juch** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:39 pm

peacock2121 wrote:
nitrah55 wrote:<groucho>
I'd be perfectly happy to check your stimulus.
</groucho>
this made me blush.

I can't believe anything makes you blush.

peacock2121 · #9 Post by **peacock2121** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:27 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:
nitrah55 wrote:<groucho>
I'd be perfectly happy to check your stimulus.
</groucho>
this made me blush.
I can't believe anything makes you blush.

You don't know me very well.

SportsFan68 · #10 Post by **SportsFan68** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:35 pm

We got our about a month ago, but if we didn't, I'd be checking.

... Wait, who am I kidding. SteelersFan would be checking.

We heard that send order was based on the first two digits of the last four digits of your SSN. Mine starts with 9, his with 8.

Snaxx · #11 Post by **Snaxx** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:16 pm

IRS.GOV "Where's my stimulus payment" has resources for checking the status of your payment:

http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/ ... 65,00.html

If you filed an extension this year, do not bother though, as your stimulus payment will be processed appx 6-8 weeks after you file your return.

Snaxx

jaybee · #12 Post by **jaybee** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:24 pm

Usually it's based on the last two digits of your SSN. Mine, at 77, went out last week. The 80's go out this week and the 90's next week. Mostly. Sorta. As well as any government agency can count.

And OT: Snaxx - That's a mighty fine avatar you have there!

Snaxx · #13 Post by **Snaxx** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:29 pm

jaybee wrote:Usually it's based on the last two digits of your SSN. Mine, at 77, went out last week. The 80's go out this week and the 90's next week. Mostly. Sorta. As well as any government agency can count.

And OT: Snaxx - That's a mighty fine avatar you have there!

Thanks! See ShinyCar's b-day thread for more.

BackInTex · #14 Post by **BackInTex** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:35 am

jacorbett70 wrote:IRS.GOV "Where's my stimulus payment" has resources for checking the status of your payment:

http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/ ... 65,00.html

If you filed an extension this year, do not bother though, as your stimulus payment will be processed appx 6-8 weeks after you file your return.

Snaxx

My SSN ends in 71. Our check was scheduled to be printed on 7-4. We received it on 7-6. $2,400 was pretty stimulating.

Here's Fanny! · #15 Post by **Here's Fanny!** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:39 am

Were there two waves on this? We all got ours in May. My lovely sister (11) got hers the beginning of May while my brother and I (at sixes and sevens) got ours a week or so later. It was supposed to be two or three weeks, but they were ahead of schedule.

And all three of us got our SSN at the same time, my sister always lucks out....

MarleysGh0st · #16 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:00 am

Here's Fanny! wrote:Were there two waves on this?

Yes, people who had filled out their tax returns to request their refunds by electronic transfer got their stimulus payments first, also electronically. They they started writing real checks to the rest of us.

Here's Fanny! · #17 Post by **Here's Fanny!** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:04 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
Here's Fanny! wrote:Were there two waves on this?
Yes, people who had filled out their tax returns to request their refunds by electronic transfer got their stimulus payments first, also electronically. They they started writing real checks to the rest of us.

Thanks. I happened to think afterward that maybe the May thing was just EFT people. Of course, they had to send like three letters about it, so there went their "paperless" savings right there. Ha!

I shudder to think of (the other) ghost's response to this, but why does anyone prefer hard checks for anything now days?

Maybe I was just pre-conditioned for the online payment type stuff since Judicial started requiring people to get paid by direct deposit back in 1988 and I have a family full of bankers so I'm not as goofy about 'real' money as some.

#18 Post by **littlebeast13** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:09 am

Here's Fanny! wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
Here's Fanny! wrote:Were there two waves on this?
Yes, people who had filled out their tax returns to request their refunds by electronic transfer got their stimulus payments first, also electronically. They they started writing real checks to the rest of us.
Thanks. I happened to think afterward that maybe the May thing was just EFT people. Of course, they had to send like three letters about it, so there went their "paperless" savings right there. Ha!

I shudder to think of (the other) ghost's response to this, but why does anyone prefer hard checks for anything now days?

Maybe I was just pre-conditioned for the online payment type stuff since Judicial started requiring people to get paid by direct deposit back in 1988 and I have a family full of bankers so I'm not as goofy about 'real' money as some.

Hurray for paper checks!

I'm just a Luddite at heart....

lb13

Here's Fanny! · #19 Post by **Here's Fanny!** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:16 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
Here's Fanny! wrote: Maybe I was just pre-conditioned for the online payment type stuff since Judicial started requiring people to get paid by direct deposit back in 1988 and I have a family full of bankers so I'm not as goofy about 'real' money as some.

Hurray for paper checks!

I'm just a Luddite at heart....

lb13

Ha, the funny part of this is that I started out the above paragraph with 'I'm just as much of a Luddite as anyone, but,". Then I decided that maybe I really wasn't a Luddite anymore, so I erased it.

MarleysGh0st · #20 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:20 am

Here's Fanny! wrote: I shudder to think of (the other) ghost's response to this, but why does anyone prefer hard checks for anything now days?

In my case, since I don't check my balance online, I wouldn't know when the refund check was deposited until my monthly bank statement arrived, anyway, so I figured I might as well get the paper check so I knew when I took it to the bank. But I also haven't used my check for any economic stimulus, so far.

I don't have any philosophical objection to EFT, though. I have my paycheck direct deposited and I used automatic EFT to pay my electric, phone and cable TV bills. The other ghost does have a different opinion about that, IIRC.

#21 Post by **littlebeast13** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:25 am

Here's Fanny! wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
Here's Fanny! wrote: Maybe I was just pre-conditioned for the online payment type stuff since Judicial started requiring people to get paid by direct deposit back in 1988 and I have a family full of bankers so I'm not as goofy about 'real' money as some.

Hurray for paper checks!

I'm just a Luddite at heart....

lb13
Ha, the funny part of this is that I started out the above paragraph with 'I'm just as much of a Luddite as anyone, but,". Then I decided that maybe I really wasn't a Luddite anymore, so I erased it.

Well, if either of us really were Luddites, we wouldn't be here on this fine morning now, would we. There are barns to raise, cows to milk, shoes to shod.....

I'm very much old fashioned when it comes to money transfer, though. And it ain't just WG's fault.....

lb13

MarleysGh0st · #22 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:17 am

littlebeast13 wrote:I'm very much old fashioned when it comes to money transfer, though. And it ain't just WG's fault.....

Ooooh, I got a WG hit yesterday! In two months, George has shuffled off to Buffalo!

I'm sure getting hits is routine for you, beast, but it's a rare event for me.

#23 Post by **littlebeast13** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:20 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:I'm very much old fashioned when it comes to money transfer, though. And it ain't just WG's fault.....
Ooooh, I got a WG hit yesterday! In two months, George has shuffled off to Buffalo!

I'm sure getting hits is routine for you, beast, but it's a rare event for me.

I was 5 hits shy of 6,000 as of yesterday afternoon. I'll soon find out if I got any closer since then....

lb13

ulysses5019 · #24 Post by **ulysses5019** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:23 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:I'm very much old fashioned when it comes to money transfer, though. And it ain't just WG's fault.....
Ooooh, I got a WG hit yesterday! In two months, George has shuffled off to Buffalo!

I'm sure getting hits is routine for you, beast, but it's a rare event for me.

I was 5 hits shy of 6,000 as of yesterday afternoon. I'll soon find out if I got any closer since then....

lb13

Yeah, but how many at-bats did it take?

#25 Post by **littlebeast13** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:25 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:I'm very much old fashioned when it comes to money transfer, though. And it ain't just WG's fault.....
Ooooh, I got a WG hit yesterday! In two months, George has shuffled off to Buffalo!

I'm sure getting hits is routine for you, beast, but it's a rare event for me.

I was 5 hits shy of 6,000 as of yesterday afternoon. I'll soon find out if I got any closer since then....

lb13

I'm sitting on 5,999.....

Could you check your wallet again?

lb13