Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Learn from my error...

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

Oops, forgot to add:  And in most cases it wasn't the
person's name or SS#  that triggered the call.  The people
were usually clean with no record, and the police were
not investigating them in any way - until now.

Hans.

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org> 
wrote:
> It wasn't the IRS that came around.  It was the DEA
> and the locals working with the DEA.
>
> Hans.
>
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Jim Conforti <lndshrk [at] xmission.com> 
> wrote:
>> Hans, I'm not worried about the pedigree of my funds.
>>
>> I'm on a friendly enough basis with the IRS that when they
>> were looking for my ex-wife, they came hat-in-hand to me
>> for assistance in locating her.
>>
>> No, not kidding.
>>
>> On 2/2/2010 3:44 PM, Hans E. Hansen wrote:
>>> Oh, and PS:  Just a bit of warning if you want to go the
>>> cash route.  The police always showed up after such
>>> transactions asking questions about the customer.
>>> Any unusual behaviour, firearms present, any white
>>> powder found on the money or in the trade-in, etc.  In
>>> nearly all cases, we knew nothing (remember Sargent
>>> Shulze?) about the customer other than that supplied
>>> on the paperwork.
>>>
>>> Hans.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> I was in the car business for many years.  Cash does not
>>>> impress - in fact it's a royal PITA.  IRS paperwork, counting
>>>> (usually several times with customer present to prevent
>>>> error), and security issues storing and getting to the bank.
>>>>
>>>> Nope.  We always preferred check - personal check OK
>>>> for local residents, cashier for people unknown to us, or
>>>> finance.  It really doesn't matter, but please:  No cash.
>>>>
>>>> As far as a simple offer .vs. check on the desk:  Again,
>>>> doesn't matter.  An offer is fine, and we almost never
>>>> had anybody back out of a signed offer.  It was as good
>>>> as done, as far as we were concerned.  Usually having
>>>> a guy slam a check on the desk was a tip off that he was
>>>> a jerk.
>>>>
>>>> Hans. (now out of the rat race....)
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> If you are serious, bring the IRS form with you for cash transactions
>>>>> greater than $10k.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then watch them shit.
>>>>>
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