posted on September 13, 2000 07:16:16 PM
Had a person win one of my auctions and when I accessed the e-mail address for the congratulatory notice the name had a very nasty word in it, begins with "F". 10 feedback, none since March. I have young children in the house and didn't appreciate the profanity, but the person did win fair and square. What do you think, just try to ignore it and hope everything works out okay? It just makes me wonder what kind of person would want to be known by a name like that. The user ID gave no clue.
posted on September 13, 2000 07:29:52 PM
lotsafuzz, you are correct of course regarding the kids. I was just shocked and I don't know why. In this day and age I should be used to things like this, but having it right up there on my PC screen made me uneasy. The way I reacted is probably exactly what the person using that name wanted. Must be getting old to let things like this get to me.
posted on September 13, 2000 07:31:52 PM
I had a buyer with one of those e-mail addys once. Had the same word in it.
She was absolutely lovely to deal with, paid quickly, we left each other very nice feedback and she came back to win another auction. Again, she paid quickly and let me know that she'd safely received her item.
I hope your buyer is as great to work with as mine!
posted on September 13, 2000 07:56:18 PM
I had one with 'toevil4you' (changed enough so that it isn't identifing anyone). Great buyer! I finally asked about the email address and turns out it was her son's email...she was having him teach her how to use the computer.
posted on September 13, 2000 08:33:37 PM
I heard claims of parts of the world where it's a common last name...
Think positive (however delusional that may be).
posted on September 13, 2000 08:50:59 PM
This is purely an aside, but I was chuckling when I read this...Let me share...
My first teaching experience was in English as a Second Language. I had students who came from all over the world, and I was treated to all sorts of customs (and FOOD!!) from native lands...
One day, a new student entered my class. He was Vietnamese. There was a large Vietnamese population in the community I taught in, so he already knew a bit about the program, and even knew a little English.
I asked him, without looking at his class schedule, "What's your name?"
"Fok Yu."
After a moment of stunned silence, I burst out laughing...
