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

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

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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