IRS Left Message...I'm Headed to Prison

[Rich Riddle]

You'll look good in stripes Rich!

I need vertical stripes, not horizontal. I can't be looking fat for date night.

[John Terefenko]

Well I guess I am going to be joining you guys. I have gotten about 3 calls per day this week. They must really want me. See you all there.

[Rich Riddle]

At least we have the skill sets needed to add on to the cell block or vastly improve it.

[Mike Henderson]

Forget the IRS, one of my businesses is getting 2+ calls per day saying that our credit card merchant account is in default and they need to speak with the owner (me) immediately. No vendor will get to me without providing an account number and they aren't an actual vendor so they just keep calling. You would think after nearly 100 phone calls, they would give up but they aren't. It has come to the point where I have told the people that answer the phone to check caller ID and if it is that number just start cussing at them but they just can't bring themselves to do it.
There really should be a system where anyone that receives a phone call should be able to send 1000 volts to the caller at will.

Many (most, all?) phone systems (like ATT or Verizon) allow you to block specific phone numbers. The spam callers spoof the caller ID to get around that. If these guys are using the same phone number, just block them.

Mike

[Rich Engelhardt]

IRS Left Message...I'm Headed to Prison

Lucky you!
3 squares a day, free medical care, chance to make new and interesting friends!!!

Sure beats the heck out of assisted care! ..

(& sadly, I'm only half joking here,,,)

[Brent Cutshall]

Guess we all need to throw our skills at stonework instead of wood since there's plenty of stone in there! Dern it, can't plane stone, why prison WHY!

[Robert Delhommer Sr]

You will have plenty of company, lot of people get those messages.

[Larry Frank]

How do companies/people get away with these scams...are they all off shore? It would seem to be not too hard to follow the money.

[Frederick Skelly]

Sorry to hear it Rich. Can I have your tools?

[Rich Riddle]

Fred, you'd need to bring a moving van. Plus I am keeping all the files and hacksaws.

[Bill McNiel]

Well the IRS left an automated message indicating I am going to prison unless I call back their number with a credit card number and authorize a payment for a "substantial sum" in good faith of paying down my debt to society. Nice knowing you folks.

Rich,
I find it difficult to believe that it is the IRS that is after you, I can easily understand the CIA or FBI wanting to know why you are collecting so much data on America's Woodworkers. Rarely does a day pass when you haven't started yet another "Poll" regarding our tools, shops, work habits, thoughts, etc. Inquiring minds want to know exactly what you are doing with all the intel?
Hold on.....it just occured to me that you might work for one of the "intelligence gathering" agencies. Fess up brother man, what's the story?

[Ken Fitzgerald]

I need vertical stripes, not horizontal. I can't be looking fat for date night.

Date night in prison? Cast that thought from my brain!

[Rich Riddle]

Rich,
I find it difficult to believe that it is the IRS that is after you, I can easily understand the CIA or FBI wanting to know why you are collecting so much data on America's Woodworkers. Rarely does a day pass when you haven't started yet another "Poll" regarding our tools, shops, work habits, thoughts, etc. Inquiring minds want to know exactly what you are doing with all the intel?
Hold on.....it just occurred to me that you might work for one of the "intelligence gathering" agencies. Fess up brother man, what's the story?

If there is intelligence in woodworking, it doesn't belong to me. There are many smart folks using SMC though. Decades ago, I researched intelligence (IQ) and published on it; I'm a licensed psychologist.

[Rick Potter]

Come on people!

Get smart. No prison for me. I paid the debt in true woodworker style........wooden nickels.

[Tom Stenzel]

The reason the IRS is after all you guys is that you didn't pay taxes on the money those nice Nigerian bankers gave you. You know, the messages that there's 2 MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING that no one seems to want. Just give them your bank account number and they'll fix you up and good.

When I get my loot I just might be able to afford real wood. And buy a book on the life of Houdini in case I'm in the lockup with youse guys.

-Tom