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  • #2730
    Avatar photorob
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    Just read this — it’s frickin’ awesome…

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    First of all, I am not claiming to have invented this trick. I imagine others have used it with varying degrees of success. I also want to point out that nothing here is embellished or exaggerated.

    I had tickets to a sporting event and couldn’t attend. I made a 1-day listing and clearly stated that the tickets must be picked up in person within 24 hours (the game was the evening after the auction ended, so there wasn’t any time to ship the tickets). A woman won the auction for about $600. The auction had ended at 10:00am and by 5:00pm she still hadn’t responded to my emails trying to organize the exchange. Finally, at 9:30pm, I got a one-liner email: “I overbid and my husband won’t let me buy these. Sorry and enjoy the game! :)”

    I first tried explaining that I wouldn’t have the time to resell the tickets (I already got turned down by the losing bidders). She said, “… that’s not my problem. It’s eBay, not a car dealership. I can back out if I want.” I still don’t understand the car dealership reference.

    I was pretty upset. I was basically going to be stuck with tickets to an event that I couldn’t attend. That’s when I got the idea to convince her to change her mind.

    I created a new eBay account, “Payback” we’ll call it, and sent her a message: “Hi there, I noticed you won an auction for 4 [sporting event] tickets. I meant to bid on these but couldn’t get to a computer. I wanted to take my son and dad and would be willing to give you $1,000 for the tickets. I imagine that you’ve already made plans to attend, but I figured it was worth a shot.”

    At 11:30pm she responded to Payback: “I’ll do it for $1,100, no less. I can meet you at the game if you agree. I need your phone number.”

    At 11:35pm, Payback wrote: “Deal. Here is my number…” (Thanks Google Voice for the throwaway number). She called a few minutes later and made Payback “promise” to go through with the deal. She emphasized that she’d be out a lot of money if Payback backed out. Payback swore he would never do such a thing.

    At 11:45pm, the woman emailed me: “Fine. I’ll buy them. But you have to drop them off at my house tonight. I’ll have the cash ready.” So at fucking midnight I drove to her house across town and met her on the road in front of her apartment building. She was a nasty and rude individual. Things didn’t get any better when I told her I wanted an extra $20 for the trouble of driving there at midnight (yeah, pushing my luck, I know). It became very awkward and she literally threw 31 $20 bills at me. I counted them before handing over the tickets. I said, “thanks for the great transaction” as she flipped me off while walking away.

    At 10:00am she called Payback to make sure they were still on for the exchange. Payback said that he could no longer go to the game and wouldn’t be able to do the exchange. She blew her fucking top and I swear to god started speaking in tongues. Payback said, “Ma’am, this is eBay, not a car dealership” and hung up.

    I got a rabid email 10 minutes later telling me that I was going to hell and that she’s reported me to the local police, FBI, and… the fire department. WTF?

    I never heard another word from her. I have no idea if she went to the game or not.

    Was this wrong?

    EDIT: The Rabid Email

    “Fuxking funny fucker! You know you can go to JAIL for this. YOu theef!!!!! [City] cops FBI fire and government already no. Your done. I got your number and your name. This is thefting property FUCKER!!! Give my $620 back or everything bad wiil happen – FUCK!!!!! You cant steal and get away. Refund me now or else!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You dpnt want a lawsuit. Trust me. u dont. You can have tickets jut give my my money and be done.”

    That’s the bulk of the email, word for word. There was more at the end too. She must have pressed ‘enter’ 30 times and wrote “FUCK” and the another 30 times and wrote “HELL”. Then she wrote her name which was strange.

    Awesome, no? Click the link below for more…some of the comments have some really good stories as well.

    http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/em01h/how_i_got_an_uncooperative_ebay_buyer_to_pay_for/

    #28116
    Avatar photoLarkitect
    Participant

    that’s hilarious. the only thing i would have done differently would have been to let her go to the game expecting to sell the tickets.

    My essence still senses Bucho's women.

    #28108
    Avatar photoBucho
    Participant

    I would have opened up a car dealership.

    - Women sense my power and they seek the life essence.

    #28102
    Avatar photoVersion3
    Keymaster

    I would have met her at a car dealership run by Bucho.

    #28117
    Avatar photoLarkitect
    Participant

    no offense, but i don’t think i would buy a car from bucho. there’s no telling what untoward acts have taken place between bucho’s naked body and that automobile.

    My essence still senses Bucho's women.

    #28109
    Avatar photoBucho
    Participant

    Oh there’s telling. There’s also videoing.

    - Women sense my power and they seek the life essence.

    #28111
    Avatar photoOctavious
    Participant

    That’s awesome. And I would buy a car from Bucho after what I went through.

    #28103
    Avatar photoVersion3
    Keymaster

    Who the fuck are you to buy a car from Bucho? No seriously, who the fuck are you? The last time we saw that name… I don’t want to talk about it. It’s too painful.

    #28112
    Avatar photoOctavious
    Participant

    Sorry man. Long time but I have been listening and finally got the chance to go on the forums.

    #28104
    Avatar photoVersion3
    Keymaster

    Listening to what? All of those shows I never seem to get around to putting out?

    #28113
    Avatar photoOctavious
    Participant

    And when they do, the shows are downloaded and listened to.

    #28118
    Avatar photoLarkitect
    Participant
    version3;45640 wrote:
    listening to what? All of those shows i never seem to get around to putting out?
    version3;45640 wrote:
    listening to what? All of those shows i never seem to get around to putting out?
    version3;45640 wrote:
    listening to what? All of those shows i never seem to get around to putting out?
    version3;45640 wrote:
    listening to what? All of those shows i never seem to get around to putting out?
    version3;45640 wrote:
    listening to what? All of those shows i never seem to get around to putting out?

    end of line.

    My essence still senses Bucho's women.

    #28105
    Avatar photoVersion3
    Keymaster

    you are such a Tron dork this week.

    #28110
    Avatar photoBucho
    Participant

    @Version3 45640 wrote:

    Listening to what? All of those shows I never seem to get around to putting out?

    All I want for Christmas …

    - Women sense my power and they seek the life essence.

    #28119
    Avatar photoLarkitect
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    @Version3 45653 wrote:

    you are such a Tron dork this week.

    2HcbY.jpg

    My essence still senses Bucho's women.

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