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Stupid Tax Stories

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Occasionally I go to Dave Ramsey’s website to check out the Stupid Tax Stories. I think I may be trying to feel better about my stupid tax stories by reading others stories. So I read a couple of good ones today that I thought I would share with my readers.

Swept Up in a Wave of Emotion
As my 30th birthday approached, I started looking into “executive” dating services. On my birthday, I met with a representative from “Great Expectations” and, while swept up in a wave of emotion, signed a 3-year contract. They offered me a “discounted” membership at $2,400 and helped finance it at 17% interest.

Almost immediately I regretted my decision but was unable to get out of my contract. Even worse, the dating service had very few women my age in my area! I eventually paid it off early, spending almost $3,000, but haven’t met a single woman through the service.

I have been debt free since March 2007, and women find that sexy and appealing. Dave should be a dating counselor!

 

Volunteering Cost Me $400

 

Volunteering cost me over $400 plus stress and time from work!

I was volunteering at the Scholastic Book fair in my son’s school. On this torrential rainy day, I parked my car in front of the school to help unload the books and got a $42 ticket. At the time, we didn’t even know how we were going to make ends meet, more or less have $42 for a darn ticket. Months went by and I could not get the extra money to pay for the ticket.

Four months later, I got stopped for a defective brake light on my way to take my boys to day camp. The officer told me there was an outstanding warrant for my arrest, and my license had been suspended - all because of the unpaid ticket. In short, I had to leave work, post bail of $186, go to DMV to renew my license, pay the ticket, get the brake light fixed, and pay for the increase in insurance. Over $400, plus time lost from work.

Procrastination and poverty stink. That is why my money makeover is so important to me…. not only money-wise, but weighing the long-term cost of $400 versus paying the $42 ticket.

Everyone has stupid tax stories. I know that I have many of these stories and will probably continue to till I die but my hope is that with training I will become a better handler of money and these stories will be few and far between.

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August 16, 2007 | Filed Under Stupid Tax 

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