I got a 52 cent check in the mail today...

[cynatnite]

It was from an old 401k that we had cashed out a while ago. I guess they found some money.

What would you do with it?

[Paulie]

1. Deposit it into an IRA in the next 90 days

Else it will be part of your taxable income and a 10% penalty.

Unless you're over 59 and a half.

How much was the stamp again?

[lastlib]

5. this is the correct answer!

The IRS will come looking for that, even if it costs them thousands of dollars to squeeze it out of you. Trust me on this, I worked for them many years ago. Their motto is, "We don't care."

[rug]

2. Buy a stamp.

[Ptah]

13. Why not buy ten stamps?

[patricia92243]

3. Don't spend it all in the same place :)

[digonswine]

4. That reminds me-

my older brother received a bill from the phone company for a penny. He still has the photocopy. It was sent through the mail--all there was at the time.

Just don't spend it all in one place.

[csziggy]

7. My sister would get revenge on the phone company by overpaying a penny

Then she'd demand a refund. She has revenge honed to a fine point.

[Ino]

9. Oh, I love that!

Does she have any more revenge strategies?

[csziggy]

10. Tons - I plan to never get on her bad side. It would be unpleasant

Her best time was when she bought a new van that had a leak in the windshield. The service department simply would or could not fix it. After months of trying to get it dealt with, trying to work with the dealer on taking back the van (more than half the mileage was driving it to the dealer to leave it with the service department) she made an appointment with the dealership owner.

The same day she notified a local TV station and painted LEMON" down the side. She went in with the TV crew, talked to the owner and offered to take him on a ride in the van he claimed his service department had fully repaired. He agreed to go for the ride, but when he saw what she had painted on the van, he refused. Twenty four hours later, his people called, took the van back refunded ALL her money, and got a promise from her to never buy another vehicle from them again.

Like I said - I plan to NEVER get on her bad side!

[davidpdx]

16. She needs to channel that and teach a class

@ $100 a pop

[pinboy3niner]

6. The IRS once sent me a tax refund check in the amount of $ .02

Naturally my first thought was, "Woo-hoo! Now Mom can have that operation!"

[Art_from_Ark]

11. They were just giving you

their two cents' worth

[pinboy3niner]

12. Heh. They sure were.

Friends advised me to frame it, but after a while I just cashed it. I couldn't bear the idea of being responsible for America's books being out of balance.

[trackfan]

8. Last year I got a health insurance rebate check for $.01

I actually took it to the bank and deposited it just to amuse myself and he teller.

[kairos12]

14. Endorse over to Mitt. I hear he is building an underground garage in La Jolla.

[Initech]

15. I got a $3.17 overdraft check from my bank after refinancing my car.

Hmmm... not much I can do with it.