When a person doesn't have the CORRECT facts, "what are you supposed to do"? Keep your mouth shut, I doubt if you are privy to our PM's, that's why they are PM's
Bill Smith "Mr3Cushion"
Listen to what happened to me.
I held a forum contest right here on AzBilliards a few months ago and was offering a $50 first-place prize and an autographed photo for who came with the correct answers first in a thread. It was about an AzBilliards Radiu RUnout podcast with Keith and C.J. Riley.
Here's the thread:
Runout Radio Episode 50: U.S. Open, C.J. Wiley, and Keith McCready.
The gentleman who won lived in upstate New York. I mailed him a check for $50 and an autographed photo and sent him a PM to alert him that it was en route.
Ten days later, he informed me via PM that he never received the package. I knew I made a mistake sending it regular postal delivery. I asked him if he could wait one more week to see if it came, and he agreed.
Another week goes by, and he PMs me to say he still has not recieved it. I then decide to send it via FedEx delivery, SIGNATURE REQUIRED, with a new check for $50 and a new autographed photo. Next day, he PM'd me to say he received the FedEx package okay. All is well.
Another week goes by, and I get PM from the same guy informing me that the package I originally sent with the first $50 check and photo had just arrived. I told him to destory the first check and he could keep the second picture.
Now, you'd think this would be a lesson learned for me, but, no, due to time constraints, deadlining on my job, racing against the clock, I mistakenly did the same thing with my 4Q 2012 estimated tax payment, sending it regular mail.
Towards the end of January, I noticed in my checking account that the check for 4Q estimated taxes was not cashed yet by the IRS. It was a big chunk of change. I called the IRS and spoke to a nice lady who said that she looked in several places and doesn't show it anywhere in process or that they received it. I'm thinking, AGAIN, my check is lost in the frigging mail?
Visions of tax penalities started dancing in my head. Why didn't I learn my lesson about the regular postal mail delivery for something this important! :frown:
She told me that if I could get to my local IRS and pay it before January 31st, I could avoid a larger penalty. The very next day, January 31st, I drove to my local IRS building, got there right when it opened up at 8:30 a.m. There was already a line going out of the building. Plus, no parking. I had to park six or seven blocks away. I waited in what seemed like a cheese line, waiting for a government handout.
Two hours later, they called my number, I paid the amount for 4Q 2012 estimated taxes, walked back to my car, drove home, and felt content.
About 2 months later, on March 22, I'm overdrawn. My checking account is upside-down. Seems like the original check mysterious arrived at the IRS, over 2 months after I mailed it, so they cashed it. Luckily, I had a line of credit that covered it. This was a big number, this check, and now I had overpaid my taxes.
Moral of the story. NEVER TRUST U.S. POSTAL SERVICE. Always get certified mail, return receipt requested, when you want something delivered and need proof of delivery later on, whether it's in the pool world or Uncle Sam.
