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grrgoyl

Another eBay saga; Seriously

Mar 07, 2011 11:04

Yes indeedy (Tery has a Facebook friend who begins every post with "So....," an in medias res kind of thing. I say it's a sign of deep-seated insecurity, wanting to make sure she's got people's attention before speaking, but let's see if it works for me ( Read more... )

people are asshats, ebay, medical transcription

Comments 19

velmaneuwirth March 7 2011, 21:14:56 UTC

Oooh I'm visiting Lee in Bristol right now and if you've seen the documentary then you'll know that's where he's from. There is stuff (works and merch) everywhere! That said, $20 is probably about the same price as if I were to get you a t-shirt from the mall here but now I know you like his stuff I shall get you a postcard or something ( ... )

grrgoyl March 8 2011, 17:31:19 UTC

How cool! A postcard would be lovely :) I ordered his book "Wall and Piece" as part of my splurge as well. It's shipping from the UK so will take a bit longer.

You know, I saw that Judge Judy awhile ago! I remember it so well, because man that woman had some balls to try to pull that off! I remember feeling especially gratified with how Judy put her in her place (wasn't she really, really smug? I can't remember, so many people are), not to mention that huge cash penalty. Judy ROCKS.

kavieshana March 9 2011, 03:55:41 UTC

It's always satisfying when the sleazeball (or, the person who is the most sleazy of the two) gets shafted! I heard that the loser doesn't actually have to pay any money though, because it's all funded by the show. Do you think that's true? If so it kind of ruins a few episodes for me.

grrgoyl March 10 2011, 18:56:09 UTC

Awww, you had to ruin it for me. I researched on my go-to site for answers, yahooanswers.com, and it seems that yes indeed, any winning money is paid by the show -- although one person says that the litigants both start off with a fee of $5000 for appearing on the show, and the loser gets the settlement taken out of that payment. So is it as punitive to lose money you never actually had? Probably not, but everyone agrees the shows don't care about justice or moral lessons as much as ratings.

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metatronis March 8 2011, 12:24:22 UTC

I'd say jail is a good theory. Or maybe he got kidnapped by dark wizards.

My favorite Banksy is the gay policemen. :D

grrgoyl March 8 2011, 17:32:17 UTC

Dark wizards FTW.

I like the gay bobbies too. I like so much of his stuff that I couldn't decide and just bought a coffee table book of all of it. :D

halfcore March 8 2011, 16:38:34 UTC

So Banksy is pretty cool. If sooo 2000's ;) But yeah, I like his political savvyness and weird admonishments.

I admire you for buying on e-Bay. I just would not have the courage or nerve for it. Especially if I'm buying more expensive items. The only thing I ever bought there was a korean hanafuda deck. I usually stick to Amazon if I need to buy something online. If I ever need anything on e-Bay I'll come to you, mkay? :D

grrgoyl March 8 2011, 17:38:39 UTC

Hey, give me a break -- we've never heard of him in America, and this documentary is a fairly recent release, so he isn't THAT ancient history. :P

eBay has its risks, but it also has a bigger selection than Amazon. And most purchases have buyer protection. I think once I had a problem with a cheap DVD I bought and they were unable to collect from the seller due to insufficient funds in their account or something, but that didn't break the bank for me. Hopefully in the case of my $189 they've added some more safeguards into the system.

And Amazon isn't foolproof either. I've also been scammed by a third-party seller on there. I remember not getting my money back and banding together with a bunch of other fellow victims to email Amazon about their seller vetting process (or lack thereof). Didn't get us anywhere, as I recall. Hopefully they've also improved their system.

halfcore March 9 2011, 09:34:47 UTC

Yes, I know. I was just teasing :)

Right, Amazon also has third-party sellers. I kind of forgot about that. I haven't bought a lot of stuff on either site, really.

grrgoyl March 9 2011, 16:42:10 UTC

;)

If you need anything on eBay, let me know. Unless it's from Dupreeks508!

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kavieshana March 9 2011, 04:13:33 UTC

Banksy? This sounds like a Monkey character.

Congrats on saving up so much money you can now afford to play the buy-two-and-send-one-back game.

I can't believe how unlucky you are with online buying. The only issue I've ever had was my $3 copy of Cunt arriving three weeks late. So what happens after eBay realizes dupreeks508 is a thief? I assume they're insured against this sort of thing. I don't remember seeing anything about this in the FAQ.

I'm inclined to agree with you about erring on the side of discretion RE the patient's kids. On the other hand, House MD would want to know the kids' names, what kind of pacifiers they use, and how often they shit.

grrgoyl March 9 2011, 16:29:21 UTC

What's Monkey? According to Wiki, real name Robin Banks, though how they know that is anyone's guess as he is highly anonymous, being the most wanted graffiti artist in England (srsly. You can get a shirt on eBay that says "I'm Banksy" (I still might)), AND Justin Timberlake said those same words just before he presented at the Oscars (get it now?)

It is lovely to be in such a position. Don't get me wrong, I'll still hunt Dupreeks to the ends of the earth for my $189, but it's a relief that I won't be struggling with bills while doing so.

What's Cunt? (blech, hate that word) Tery says with all the online shopping I do I'm statistically doomed to have more bad transactions than others, but I prefer to think it's the universe's way of encouraging my new saving habits ( ... )

kavieshana March 14 2011, 04:28:01 UTC

I agree with Jeff. SERIOUSLY? Although the fact that it was friendJeff commenting makes me think that Monkey may have aired in the UK only. It's based on "Journey to the West", which maybe you lucked out and didn't have to read for school but some of us were forced to read it. The best part of the show is the fantastic theme song:

This might explain a lot of things, actually. I may have been seeing Banksy references everywhere but haven't realized it. I think he may have been mentioned in Sherlock! So they know his name, but are utterly incapable of finding him? Maybe the government likes having him around for publicity.

Cunt is a book that I haven't begun reading yet. It was a random find from the banned books list (which is why I had to order it from Amazon.co.uk though it seems that some sellers have it on the US site now ( ... )

meamjeffyjeff March 10 2011, 21:15:26 UTC

What's Monkey?! Seriously?! (Ha! Did you see what I just did there? Because your piece was about that person that wrote 'Seriously.' and... Ah, just forget it philistine...)

Monkey was a classic late 70s Japanese TV show (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_(TV_series)) which has attained a cult following (Damon Albarn's Gorillaz even did a live opera version of it). Some people have said that it's the basis for Star Wars, but I'm not 100% sure about that.

kavieshana March 14 2011, 04:31:30 UTC

What?? A live opera version? I am of course now Googling like mad. Thanks for turning me on to that.

No DVD but... meamjeffyjeff March 20 2011, 20:37:06 UTC

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Monkey-Journey-West-Damon-Albarn/dp/B001CVCBEO/ref=sr_1_cc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300653273&sr=1-1-catcorr

There's a CD of the music, but I can't find anything DVD-ish although there is this promo for the theatrical version, so you can see what it would be like...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf03ozpK-9o