I've got a new (maybe) idea for a product that we use every day and I'm trying to file one.  Without talking about the idea... I have no idea what I'm doing and would love any advice anyone could offer up.

By any chance do you any of you know the answer to this question?

My girlfriend is a graduate student in Michigan. She's living here in Chicago though. She received some fellowship money this year and is entering all of her tax stuff into Turbo Tax, and it's apparently telling her that she needs to pay state income tax on this money in Michigan and again in Illinois.

That sounds completely wrong to me but I don't really know this for a fact. I would think that she either earned the money in Michigan and it is not Illinois income or she's a resident of Illinois and should be taxed as residential earnings here.

Does anyone know if this is accurate? I'm trying to save her the few hundred dollars it would cost to hire someone to file her taxes for her since it would cut significantly into the tax savings if it can be changed.

So yeah, I'm looking for free tax advice.

Thanks in advance!

Hi All, I need to raise funds for a trip and since I'm not actively collecting these I've decided to let them go.  Included are 20 figures, sealed in their baggies, plus a Jabba's pipe set and a Hoth accessory set.

See the image below:

I'm asking for $300 for the lot of them, which is only an average of $15 each.  Included are:

• Emperor Palpatine
• Salacious Crumb
• Max Rebo
• AT-ST Driver
• C-3P0 (Removable Limbs)
• Endor Rebel Soldier
• Klaatu
• Weequay
• Admiral Ackbar
• 8D8
• Han Solo (Endor)
• Nikto
• Prune Face
• AT-AT Commander
• Hoth Accessory Pack
• Anakin Skywalker
• Chief Chirpa
• B-Wing Pilot
• Han Solo (Hoth)
• Nien Numb
• General Nadine
• Jabba's Pipe and Bowl

My only hope is that they'll go to a collector who wants to keep them in the bags instead of shipping them off to AFA.

Check my feedback here and here.

Thanks for looking![/s]

Looking for mint, complete versions of these four with original weapons.  I need them to be in exceptional condition.  

• Luke needs to be white, with no paint rubs and an original helmet and gun
  
• R2-D2 needs to be white, with a nice dome, a very good sticker, and the original saber  
  
•  Yak Face needs to have no paint rubs at all and an original staff
  
•  Blue Snaggletooth... no paint rubs to the boots, belt, or hair.  I need the limbs to be  similar in tone to the body.  

Not to be difficult, but I'm picky about these.  I've been building a perfect set for years and these are the last four I need.  If they have any paint or sticker problems, they won't do.  If the weapons or accessories aren't original, I can't use them.

Given the high cost of these ones, I'll only buy if you have strong feedback here at JD or over at Rebelscum and clear photos of the figures I'd be buying.

Thanks in advance!

On July 30th I'm moving to the Windy City.

Tips, advice, favorite restaurants?   

Talk to me. 

24 figures, 3 speeder bikes, a cardboard Cantina and a cardboard Jabba's palace, two sleeves full of freeze frames, a pile of assorted super battle droid parts and a few little odds and ends.


 

Asking $45 shipped (or best offer).

Thanks!

Someone in the RS classifieds is looking for a Ceremonial Luke variant with red hair.

Does anyone know anything about this?  It was the first I've heard of it.

From Rebelscum:



This makes my day... I only have one of them and recently decided I wanted to pick up the rest, but they're going for $25 or so each on eBay at the moment.  I wonder if R4-P17 will show up.