Economic Stimulus Check

I am very disappointed in mine. On the IRS web sight I calculated mine and said $1200. I recieved $900. My son got a letter aying he would get a check so I did not question. He never got a check and after 4 hours on hold, being disconnected, and a very rude agent hanging up on me I finally got an agent to explain. I did not recieve for my son as he is over 16. He did not get one, even though he worked a little and file because I claimed him on my taxes. The leaves quite a few young people out. A way for the government to save money. The way they have done things is very wrong.

Wow, that's nice. Every American gets one of these? I thought the US economy was in bad shape, how can they afford it? I wish I lived there so I could get a nice big fat cheque.

Hi there Fishmomma, My husband received also exact amount but we prefer to pay it to some of our bills..It was very tempting if we tried to hold it for awhile..LOL!

I got my stimulus check last month. I used part of it to plate my car with then I bought some groceries and gave my husband some money for gas for his pickup it didn't take long to spend it.

I put mine in savings. Have fun with your Wii, those things are cool!

What's an economic stimulus check? It's really interesting but I've never heard of it before. You're very lucky to get it I guess. Maybe you can celebrate but make sure to keep it simple. Times are really hard nowadays so you should save at least 60% of the cheque for those rainy days. :) I'd love to have a Wii it's fun to play with friends and family.

We received our stimulus check a few weeks ago. We used it for building materials on our house that we're adding onto. Right now our children are sharing the upstairs loft and we're adding on a couple bedrooms and a living room. It is so needed because our house is really small before the add on.

We put ours in the bank for a little while. We are getting a new HD TV, surround sound system, a new TV stand and a new DVD player with it soon. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

We got ours a few weeks ago, the whole thing pretty much went to bills. Which is where we figured it would go. But it actually came in really handy cause the bills we spent it on were double bills because we just moved so we had bills from our old place and new place coming in at the same time, otherwise our bank account would be sitting at a nice fat $0.00. Of the $1800 I think we might have $300 left over.

My husband and I didn't receive ours yet, but we did receive a notice in the mail the other day that we should receive it within the next few days. I sure hope it is for the right amount as we plan on using most of it, if not all of it, for my car to be repaired. Though with the way things are going with the economy my husband and I will probably use it to live on instead.

We on a much needed vacation with our earnings. We went to the Grand Canyon and Laughlin Nevada. We spend 4 nights in Airzona and 2 ningts in Laughlin. We did not win any money gambling but had fun anyway. I got to swim in the hotel pool all by my self no one was in the pool. I was going to do my laps in the adult pool which was crowded but when I walked through the family pool area it was empty. Yoohoo I stayed and did my laps all by my load some. I loved the Grand Canyon we had never been. I loved seeing the foliage and the deep hole in the ground. I got to talk to some American Indians and ask them questions about their tribes. I was happy traveling with my hubby and grown daughter.

I just turned 18 in June, and I had to do taxes this year, so i hope I'll get a check, lol. xD If I do get one, I will give some to my mom, to help out with bills and stuff, put some in savings and spend the rest on clothes and food or something. xD

They confiscated mine, because I owe for last year's taxes. Oh well, it helps pay it off a little bit!

well the checks are based on mainly your filing status. a single person gets 600. and if you have kids you get $300 for each child. and if you are married then you of course it is a joint check but if you break it down then you get $600 a piece. i got mine in may and i just paid off some bills with mine.

My husband and I did ot receive one because I am not an American, and I do not have a social security umber, and we filed joinly. That really sucks. We were penalized for behing honest. I hate that we were screwed because some illegal immigrants screwed things up for us. I have an American Tax ID number, so that should be good enough, but for some reason it is not.

Mine should be at my house today! Or so I hope--- :) I've been waiting patiently. I got the letter that said around the 11th- I am not 100% sure what I will do with it yet... I'm thinking a mini vacation and then school clothes and shopping :) I'm not sure. I'm working another site as well as this one- and making some good cash- this is going to the vacation too- so I'm not sure. I might just put it in my savings account- or pay off a bill. Glad you got yours :)

It took forever but we finally received ours. We used it to pay off or pay down a lot of the little bills. I enjoyed paying off things so they are not weighing on my mind anymore. Quite frankly, it was not enough to take care of everything. But a little relief is better than none.