> I thought that Massachusetts had “revenue officers” posted
> just to apprehend scofflaws like you! LOL!
They did, when the Peoples Gulag of Taxachussetts was run by communist diktator Michael Dukakis.
At that time, Dukakis came up with a tax collecting scheme. He posted plain-clothed state police to troll New Hampshire store parking lots to make note of Massachusetts license plates. The Mass staties would radio the number plates to their brothers over the state line in Massachusetts, where the “tax offenders” would be pulled over and arrested.
The NH governor, I think it was Mel Thompson at the time, had the plain clothes Massachusetts state police arrested for loitering in the parking lots.
I remember seeing the news clip of the NH staties taking the Mass staties into custody in handcuffs.
No more plain clothes Mass staties in NH, unless they’re buying big ticket items themselves.
In soviet Massachusetts you do not push pencil, pencil push you.
I remember that situation well.While I'm not *one hundred percent* sure that I recall *all* the details I'm pretty sure that that was for fireworks.However,it's certainly possible that I'm *partially* correct,meaning that there was a fireworks "sting" *and* the type that you've described.Don't know how much you know about MA,or if you've ever lived here,but they only started requiring you to declare untaxed purchases on your tax return fairly recently (can't recall exactly how long).
Can you post a photo? I would laugh MAO.