Getting F**KED by the state of Connecticut

[dzilla77]

Originally Posted by molson

Or maybe with a bag with a dollar sign on it filled with cash.

When you drop it off, you should also give them a mask and toy gun. Before you hand over the money, tell them to put the mask on and point the gun at you.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Have you considered paying it in pennies?

SI

Hire a truck to pay it in nickels and inform the local TV news and have a friend there to put it online. Least you can do is embarrass them - they might even be so embarrassed they decline to accept payment.

Seriously.

[stevew]

Bring in 9000 loose dollar bills

[cuervo72]

MAKE IT RAIN

[Logan]

Hey Lathum, not sure if you missed this among all the posts but I'm legitimately curious...

Originally Posted by Logan

They originally claimed you owed nearly $9900, now it's $8311. What got knocked down?

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Logan

Hey Lathum, not sure if you missed this among all the posts but I'm legitimately curious...

I did.

So basically they are only submitting collection for one of the cars, the one with the higher bill. To date they hace ignored the other one, which is much lower. That leads me to believe even further they completely know what they are doing by letting the bill get so high from interest, then coming after you.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by dawgfan

Since Lathum lived in Seattle for a while, he probably remembers a local TV consumer protection guy named Jesse Jones ("Get Jesse") - this is exactly the kind of thing he'd be all over if it were a local issue. There has to be someone in the North East that has a similar niche that would fall all over themselves to report this case.

haha, lots of get Jesse jokes were made with my friends in Seattle over this.

for some reason I'm not laughing as much about it now.

[DaddyTorgo]

I still don't get how this is legal - they basically don't have to notify you (thus giving you no opportunity to pay it off) until they decide that they want to?

That just seems...fundamentally wrong.

Note to self - never move to CT.

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by Noop

Hmm not a taking... but definitely I think he deserved notice of the tax

FWIW, my instincts are the same as yours here.

But, things get weird when cities/states are involved. And if a couple of local lawyers say that this fight isn't worth having, then I would tend to agree with them.

[Logan]

I guess I'm still unclear on what the original tax was owed for. Were you supposed to pay tax on a car you purchased/sold and never did? Is there basically a use tax for owning cars in CT that people are supposed to be paying annually?

Maybe it's because I haven't owned a car in years, but I'm having trouble understanding this, not even taking into account the ridiculous interest, penalties, failure to notify BS, etc.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Logan

I guess I'm still unclear on what the original tax was owed for. Were you supposed to pay tax on a car you purchased/sold and never did? Is there basically a use tax for owning cars in CT that people are supposed to be paying annually?

Maybe it's because I haven't owned a car in years, but I'm having trouble understanding this, not even taking into account the ridiculous interest, penalties, failure to notify BS, etc.

there is an annual motor vehicle tax. The city says they send a bill, but either way you are responsible for knowing about it and paying it, even if it is 13 years later.

[Logan]

Got it, thanks. And yeah that sucks.

[molson]

I think in most MA cities you have to pay an excise tax of $25 for every $1,000 worth of car annually or something (and I think there were some exemptions for part of it because it never came out to be that much). It was a pain in the ass to get that bill, I can't imagine paying $2,300 for 18 months or 2 years or whatever. Waterbury's not exactly a rich city.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by molson

I think in most MA cities you have to pay an excise tax of $25 for every $1,000 worth of car annually or something (and I think there were some exemptions for part of it because it never came out to be that much). It was a pain in the ass to get that bill, I can't imagine paying $2,300 for 18 months or 2 years or whatever. Waterbury's not exactly a rich city.

well part of the amount is them charging me for after I moved awy. And even though I can show them insurance cards, utility bills, leases, etc... they refuse to take those years off snce the car wasn't actually registered yet.