(I’ve never heard of someone working as a freelance salesperson)

“Freelance salesman” as in “This guy owes fines and restitution that will get taken if we pay him legitimately, so we give him cash under the table”

Dealer needs to either pay back the kid of give him a car, full stop. Their first fuckup was hiring this con man, and their second fuckup was letting him pull this stunt right under their noses. Either that or the whole dealer is run by con artists, which isn’t unlikely.

In my experience it takes months to get the title when you buy from a dealer. They don’t give it to you right on the lot, they mail it to you later.

I paid cash for a car and they threw on temp tags and told me it would probably be 2-3 weeks before I got the title in the mail. My temp tags expired before I ever saw that title, I ended up getting a ticket because they dragged their feet mailing a piece of paper. 

I’ve never purchased a car from a dealership and gotten the title right away. Just a bill of sale. And if it were sold through the dealer they could have stepped in before the sale was through and said “yo. You owe money for this car and can’t sell it” or there would be a contract and they’d have no right to reposess…

“Freelance salesman” as in “We don’t want to pay employment taxes, so we’re going to 1099 this guy even though he meets the definition of an employee?”

Boba Fett is Luke Skywalker’s fourth cousin twice removed. Beru was technically Padme’s aunt although neither of them knew this. R2-D2's grandfather was a mouse droid.

Here’s a little tip to help actors who just took a damn job and don’t know how to handle Star Wars nerds asking questions about deep lore: If someone asks if your character is related to some other character vaguely like them, the answer is yes. Always yes. Everyone in Star Wars is always related. 

While it’s possible John did this on his own, he’s also wealthy and knows how to party. I bet there’s half a dozen other folks on that order which makes all the sense in the world; if some rich athlete is paying for it there’s no need to be reasonable with what you’re ordering.

When you’re feeding an entire sports team at the White House, It’s really easy to run up that kind of bill.

“...with the most recent buyer picking it up at the end of the season”

I grew up near a tiny marina. My sister and I would walk to it during the summer and hang out. There was an ancient woman in the area that had a giant boat in the front yard that we walked by to the marine. The Boat looked exactly like the Minnow (picture below), including the giant hole.

According to the article, they’re on pace to make their money back in 33 years.

But Sony’s also apparently on an aggressive acquisition spree, which I’m assuming gives them a ton of power in negotiations with existing streaming services. Hell, I’m expecting them to launch their own any day now.

And also—related to heirs—managing the ins and outs of music publishing rights is a pain in the ass, especially now with streaming in the equation. This way, rather than leaving the kids a headache, he can leave them a fortune. 

Springsteen and Sony could probably avoid paying taxes entirely if they wanted to be dicks about it. Springsteen’s catalogue just needs to be in the name of a holding company, which he runs. He can then transfer control of the company to Sony, which doesn’t count as a sale. (This is pretty common in real estate.)

You know, there are times where things feel so hopeless, i.e., Man, no matter how many laws are passed, no matter how many elections are won, the corporations will just find ways around it—especially with the Supreme Court gladly lickin’ private-sector boots.

You as the owner make some crappy game like this, you then secretly hire out thieves or whoever to steal credit card info and pay through the game, you as the owner then cash out the money. That’s what I mean.

This shit is just sad as fuck.

as long as it wasn’t like this sad Lockheed/NASA bird: