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08-20-21, 06:59 AM
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08-20-21, 08:33 AM
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Good one, that is hilarious!!
08-31-21, 11:06 AM
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Well, I had a unique non-encounter yesterday.
I've been hunting for a cell phone upgrade for a while. I found one in a town about 70 miles directly south. I had to go to another city about 170 miles southeast, which could take me through the town with the phone.
Anyway, so I organized my return trip to snag the phone, and started getting messages back:
Me: Meet in about 3 hours. 6:30ish
send your address.
Seller: I'm still at work
Me: when do you get off?
Seller: If your willing to pay me now I can have u meet my wife..i just dont want her getting the money
Seller: I'll be off around 830
Me: best to do cash on pickup.
when do you get off work?
breaks?
Me: 8:30 is fine.
where?
Seller: Hey my wife will meet u right now
Me: 10 minutes
where?
$450
Seller: At Wal-Mart in Roseburg but u gonna pay me please..i have her get the money she'll spend it
Seller: What's up my wife is ready
Me: I'm at Walmart
Seller: Could I pay half to me at least...u dont understand the money will be gone if she gets it all lol
Me: how do want me to pay you?
I can pay once phone is in hand.
I thought you said you would be off work at 8:30
Well, a few more back and forths.
The guy nor his wife never showed up.
It is a mighty sad state of affairs if one can't send the wife to Walmart and expect her to collect the money.
Anyway, I think the guy wanted me to send cash sight unseen, and the "wife" might show up with the phone, assuming he was actually married.
I've been hunting for a cell phone upgrade for a while. I found one in a town about 70 miles directly south. I had to go to another city about 170 miles southeast, which could take me through the town with the phone.
Anyway, so I organized my return trip to snag the phone, and started getting messages back:
Me: Meet in about 3 hours. 6:30ish
send your address.
Seller: I'm still at work
Me: when do you get off?
Seller: If your willing to pay me now I can have u meet my wife..i just dont want her getting the money
Seller: I'll be off around 830
Me: best to do cash on pickup.
when do you get off work?
breaks?
Me: 8:30 is fine.
where?
Seller: Hey my wife will meet u right now
Me: 10 minutes
where?
$450
Seller: At Wal-Mart in Roseburg but u gonna pay me please..i have her get the money she'll spend it
Seller: What's up my wife is ready
Me: I'm at Walmart
Seller: Could I pay half to me at least...u dont understand the money will be gone if she gets it all lol
Me: how do want me to pay you?
I can pay once phone is in hand.
I thought you said you would be off work at 8:30
Well, a few more back and forths.
The guy nor his wife never showed up.
It is a mighty sad state of affairs if one can't send the wife to Walmart and expect her to collect the money.
Anyway, I think the guy wanted me to send cash sight unseen, and the "wife" might show up with the phone, assuming he was actually married.
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08-31-21, 11:26 AM
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Well, I had a unique non-encounter yesterday.
(snip)
Well, a few more back and forths.
The guy nor his wife never showed up.
It is a mighty sad state of affairs if one can't send the wife to Walmart and expect her to collect the money.
Anyway, I think the guy wanted me to send cash sight unseen, and the "wife" might show up with the phone, assuming he was actually married.
(snip)
Well, a few more back and forths.
The guy nor his wife never showed up.
It is a mighty sad state of affairs if one can't send the wife to Walmart and expect her to collect the money.
Anyway, I think the guy wanted me to send cash sight unseen, and the "wife" might show up with the phone, assuming he was actually married.
100% that's it. I can't believe people actually try and find a dumb buyer who will send them some money ahead of receiving the item.
08-31-21, 03:12 PM
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So for those of you Facebook users, just how the heck do you search for anything? If I am browsing in the Hobbies/bicycles section, and I search for 'Nishiki' I get bags of rice. When I search for 'Bianchi' I get half a page of gun holsters etc. If I search for Bridgestone, you can guess the results. How do you restrict the search to just the bicycles category? Also- the search result is pretty random. If I am searching for 'Bianchi bike' more than half the page is non-Bianchi bikes and non-Bianchi bike parts. If I sort the results by 'Recommended' I get pretty pertinent results, but I don't see the newest ads. If I sort by Date listed, I get the newest listings, but it's full of unrelated results; and I am clearly missing a lot of listings.
09-01-21, 07:07 AM
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Well, I had a unique non-encounter yesterday.
I've been hunting for a cell phone upgrade for a while. I found one in a town about 70 miles directly south. I had to go to another city about 170 miles southeast, which could take me through the town with the phone.
Anyway, so I organized my return trip to snag the phone, and started getting messages back:
Me: Meet in about 3 hours. 6:30ish
send your address.
Seller: I'm still at work
Me: when do you get off?
Seller: If your willing to pay me now I can have u meet my wife..i just dont want her getting the money
Seller: I'll be off around 830
Me: best to do cash on pickup.
when do you get off work?
breaks?
Me: 8:30 is fine.
where?
Seller: Hey my wife will meet u right now
Me: 10 minutes
where?
$450
Seller: At Wal-Mart in Roseburg but u gonna pay me please..i have her get the money she'll spend it
Seller: What's up my wife is ready
Me: I'm at Walmart
Seller: Could I pay half to me at least...u dont understand the money will be gone if she gets it all lol
Me: how do want me to pay you?
I can pay once phone is in hand.
I thought you said you would be off work at 8:30
Well, a few more back and forths.
The guy nor his wife never showed up.
It is a mighty sad state of affairs if one can't send the wife to Walmart and expect her to collect the money.
Anyway, I think the guy wanted me to send cash sight unseen, and the "wife" might show up with the phone, assuming he was actually married.
I've been hunting for a cell phone upgrade for a while. I found one in a town about 70 miles directly south. I had to go to another city about 170 miles southeast, which could take me through the town with the phone.
Anyway, so I organized my return trip to snag the phone, and started getting messages back:
Me: Meet in about 3 hours. 6:30ish
send your address.
Seller: I'm still at work
Me: when do you get off?
Seller: If your willing to pay me now I can have u meet my wife..i just dont want her getting the money
Seller: I'll be off around 830
Me: best to do cash on pickup.
when do you get off work?
breaks?
Me: 8:30 is fine.
where?
Seller: Hey my wife will meet u right now
Me: 10 minutes
where?
$450
Seller: At Wal-Mart in Roseburg but u gonna pay me please..i have her get the money she'll spend it
Seller: What's up my wife is ready
Me: I'm at Walmart
Seller: Could I pay half to me at least...u dont understand the money will be gone if she gets it all lol
Me: how do want me to pay you?
I can pay once phone is in hand.
I thought you said you would be off work at 8:30
Well, a few more back and forths.
The guy nor his wife never showed up.
It is a mighty sad state of affairs if one can't send the wife to Walmart and expect her to collect the money.
Anyway, I think the guy wanted me to send cash sight unseen, and the "wife" might show up with the phone, assuming he was actually married.
09-01-21, 07:23 PM
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So for those of you Facebook users, just how the heck do you search for anything? If I am browsing in the Hobbies/bicycles section, and I search for 'Nishiki' I get bags of rice. When I search for 'Bianchi' I get half a page of gun holsters etc. If I search for Bridgestone, you can guess the results. How do you restrict the search to just the bicycles category? Also- the search result is pretty random. If I am searching for 'Bianchi bike' more than half the page is non-Bianchi bikes and non-Bianchi bike parts. If I sort the results by 'Recommended' I get pretty pertinent results, but I don't see the newest ads. If I sort by Date listed, I get the newest listings, but it's full of unrelated results; and I am clearly missing a lot of listings.
