posted on June 8, 2001 11:15:10 PM
Don't know about the dog doo, but I could probably supply some nice equestrian manure freshly baking in the hot Southern sun.
posted on June 9, 2001 12:19:53 AM
Valleygirl- Playboy is good, but playgirl would be even better. That would really make the wife wonder what was up!
My thoughts were along the same lines as bogalucy's, but I was thinking "frozen fish" instead of "egg". (And pity the poor postal worker who has to deliver either!) But truthfully, I think yorequest is really correct...just let it go.
posted on June 9, 2001 01:02:30 AM
I mentioned this once before. Last year I had a bad experience with a seller and my brother (who happened to live in her vicinity) was going to plant a headless flamingo on her lawn. I knew he would probably do it so I didn't give him the address.
posted on June 9, 2001 02:09:55 AM
Learn to forget and walk on, it might not screw the buyer but it will help you much more. Read Moby Dick with the spare time you'll have by dropping the matter. Ahab should have let it go.
posted on June 9, 2001 03:16:13 AM
Gee, with all this "illegal" thoughts, isn't AW kinda concerned they might be held liable as an accessory to (insert offense here).
And, as a childhood prank, if I was being bullied in school, i'd take down the guys name, and fill out those Magazine reply Cards, marking "Bill Me."
misscandle: Cayetano recently signed into law not allowing Locals to mail Soil, Rocks, or Shells to the Mainland. The State would be held liable if someone get's killed all because a Citizen of Hawaii mailed them a "Bad Luck Charm." That, and the Hawaiian groups are very protective of the 'Aina.
No wonder all those Puka Shells I keep seeing are always from the Philippines or Thailand...
:\\\\\\\"Crystalline Sliver cannot be the target of spells or abilities.
posted on June 9, 2001 07:51:14 AM
I understand how you feel, and I understand the "fun" it is to think of ways to get even, sometimes just the discussion and imagining how they would work is gratification enough.
Remember, if you are serious about doing something, you don't want to become as bad as he is. Doing things like ordering pizza to his house and such, hurts the innocent pizza shop owner - don't involve and hurt an innocent party in your frustration.
My husband and I have encountered some major injustices, but we just try to be patient, knowing it will ultimately be taken care of in the Last Big Wash! (i.e.) "It will all come out in the wash;" well when your slime ball explains himself before the Lord, such behavior won't wash.
Don't mean to get "religious" on you but remember "vengeance is Mine, said the Lord," and I always figure the Lord is better at it than I, and that keeps me safe too!
posted on June 9, 2001 09:19:18 AM
[i]Don't mean to get "religious" on you but remember "vengeance is Mine, said the Lord," and I always figure the Lord is better at it than I, and that keeps me safe too!
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And what if the deadbeat is an Atheist??
:\\\\\\\"Crystalline Sliver cannot be the target of spells or abilities.
posted on June 9, 2001 09:43:18 AM
I do agree that most times it is best not to do anything and karma has a way of catching up with the bad guys sooner or later.
I once dealt with a very difficult person and by chance a windstorm went through town and blew the roof off his house.
posted on June 9, 2001 09:52:36 AM
"And what if the deadbeat is an Atheist??"
Does that mean if there is a god that he can't handle atheists? And why would an atheist buy a rosary holder?
I agree with tracyg, you don't know what kind of screw ball you are dealing with, or what means he would go through to get even. Neither would I make any kind of "get even" phone call because almost everyone has caller ID and unidentified ID.
I know it hurts and is irritating but if you are not going to take legal action of some sort, it is best to try to forget it.
posted on June 9, 2001 10:31:44 AM
This isn't legal, and I've never done it (but thought about it) - Once someone really annoyed me (not ebay related) and I was going to sign him up to receive very expensive academic journals - The ones where it costs hundreds of dollars. Actually, regular magazines work too, since they send most of them with just a name and address, and bill later.
Again, not legal, nothing I've done, but fun to think about I suppose.
Alan
posted on June 9, 2001 03:57:28 PMit is probably a waste of time to call local police.
...it very much depends on the jurisdiction. After one bidder's check bounced, I looked (too late) at the auctions she'd bid on along with mine; there were a couple dozen. Contacted a couple sellers, they had the same experience. All I did was send an email to the Topeka, KS PD. Didn't ask 'em to do anything specific, but told 'em the situation. Two days later, they sent me a report of what occurred when they sent an officer around to look into it. (apparently the buyer was of the I-can't-be-out-of-money I've-still-got-checks school of accounting. Her husband wasn't.) Never saw any money, but the tongue-half-in-cheek police account was worth the loss.
-gaffan-
posted on June 9, 2001 08:19:02 PM
Bad check writers in Virginia can and do spend time in jail unless they take care of their worthless check within a certain time frame. And on the first offense too. I don't know if any other states are as strict though.
posted on June 9, 2001 08:47:09 PM
I'm dealing with a bad check writer in Arizona. For a Christian CD. I've even left postive feedback.
I nearly bought a gift subscription (anon.) to Playboy for my ex-fiance when he dumped me. He lives at home and his mother (a pastor) would have had a fit that would have sent him immediately to the pearly gates! LOL!
I do know that when I was in school some kids in my class (to be mean) wrote to a bunch of fat camps for information for me.
Of course, you have the guy's e-mail so you could sign him up for every spam place on the internet.
posted on June 9, 2001 08:53:09 PM I was going to sign him up to receive very expensive academic journals - The ones where it costs hundreds of dollars. Actually, regular magazines work too, since they send most of them with just a name and address, and bill later.
I commend you for not following through with that. Who would been hurt more? The distributor of those journals and magazines or the buyer that would simply refuse to pay for them.
posted on June 9, 2001 09:12:14 PM
I like the idea of the whole house sale ad!
Can you just imagine a TOS, payment must be received within 7 days, or you will receive mail for the rest of your life from scientology. or, "you will be automatically signed up for the federal penitentiaries "lonely inmates penpal program"
On a more serious note though, I would be very hesitant to do anything that could cause permanent problems, like messing with their marriage or job, although there are a few people that have caused me some big hassles, and that would be about what they deserve!!!!!!!!
posted on June 9, 2001 10:12:57 PM
1---put an ad on a dating website offering 'free massage for handsome guys' and give his phone number
2---put up a ad on a for-sale website offering a late model, in demand car for sale at a very low price and give his phone number
3---create an envelope and stationary on your computer with a return address of 'The Institute of Sexually Transmitted Disease Studies' and write in big red marker across the front---'test results' ---send it to him sealed and empty every day for a week. repeat at intervals aFter the first time to really chap his hide.
4---put some kind of ad out there on teen internet boards saying that he is having a\ big party with dozens of kegs of beer and they should spread the news, and give his address.
i have not personally done any of these so don't give me hell ;0
once though, after this guy dumped my best friend in a very ugly way, we went out in the middle of the night and smeared dog crap and clamato juice on the cloth seats of his convertible. that was the ultimate kiss-off....
posted on June 9, 2001 10:56:53 PM
Yesterday I posted that I reported a snotty bidder to ebay for shilling. Today I find that both she and her husband are NARU'd. I wanted to post a negative for her, but at least this way she can't post one for me either.
I know this sounds petty and immature, but this woman has sent so many uncalled for nasty emails that I had to block her, I was just so elated all day today.
posted on June 10, 2001 03:21:51 AM
ya reddeer! I've seen that site! Soooooooooo funny!
We also had a Rodesian (female) for 10 years. What a sweetheart! She had a defective heart valve and is gone now.........sigh. Shold be SOME value to those huge doggy 'offerings'. Think of the money you put into kibble to make all that possible!
I've even left postive feedback.
