neonmania
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posted on July 6, 2003 12:30:21 PM
Just got an instant message from a buyer asking the status of the item he purchased. I asked if he had checked his mail since I send out notices when payment is recieved and again when order is shipped. He said he had receieved nothing in the mail - he had recieved an email notice but nothing in the mail letting him know.
Did this rocket scientist really beilieve that I sent himm a notice via snail mail as well?
I think I am going to add a common sense quiz to my auctions. Three questions related to common sense situations and a little common sense scale that states "You must be THIS logical to bid this auction. 
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
- Thomas Edison
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trai
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posted on July 6, 2003 12:36:39 PM
You must be THIS logical to bid this auction.
LOL,that's good but it would leave out 75% of the bidders. 
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kraftdinner
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posted on July 6, 2003 02:45:36 PM
That's funny neon!! Yes, you should add on that all buyers have to have an I.Q. as high as President Bush's. 
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neroter12
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posted on July 6, 2003 02:53:55 PM
LOL, that is funny Neon.
But remember some older folks are getting in on the ebay game now and they dont know what to expect. You say mail and they think snail mail. You'd be amazed at the amount of people who are still very computer illiterate yet.
Worked as a video professor rep and heard over and over in the year 2002: "I just got my first computer." I was stunned at the volume of those calls across this country!
(Lots of older folks whose kids decided they needed a computer but wouldnt help them learn to use it. ::shrug:: )
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Twelvepole
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posted on July 6, 2003 02:56:38 PM
Yes, you should add on that all buyers have to have an I.Q. as high as President Bush's
That would mean no Canadian would be able to bid... 
AIN'T LIFE GRAND...
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kraftdinner
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posted on July 6, 2003 03:08:57 PM
"That would mean no Canadian would be able to bid..."
Wow, you're quick Carrot Top!!
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neonmania
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posted on July 6, 2003 03:15:11 PM
Neroter - If this was an item appropriate to an older crowd I would be more forgiving of such mistakes however this particular item is something that as a general rule, appeals to a demograpghic of net savvy males under 35. I also highly doubt that a more "mature" bidder would begin his IM with "hey dude"
Krafty - LOL! But I wanted to set the bar a little higher than functional idiots
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
- Thomas Edison
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Roadsmith
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posted on July 6, 2003 04:11:38 PM
For a couple of years our son, at entry level in Silicon Valley, worked at Intuit in one of 75 or so cubicles. He would lie on his back, stare at the high ceiling, and walk newcomers to the computer world through their troubles. He said we'd be amazed how many brand-new owners would say the computer doesn't work etc. etc., and his stock answer was first you have to plug it in, THEN turn it on. They honestly weren't aware of that "quirk."
But when I think how little I knew at first, years ago, I have a lot of sympathy. Everyone has to be new at some time, right?
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neroter12
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posted on July 6, 2003 05:21:36 PM
LOL Neon...no, dont think they'd start with hey dude!! rofl
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neroter12
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posted on July 6, 2003 05:23:25 PM
Roads,
yah i think there is a tendency to take it for granted after awhile  ) (like everything else)
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neonmania
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posted on July 6, 2003 07:57:48 PM
Roads - did he also tell you about the people calling to ask where the "Any Key" was? I always thought that ws a joke until I had a new hire ask me that question. It took me 10 minutes to stop laughing before I could answer.
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
- Thomas Edison
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Twelvepole
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posted on July 6, 2003 08:02:53 PM
Don't forget about that nifty little cup holder that goes in and out with the touch of a button...
AIN'T LIFE GRAND...
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neonmania
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posted on July 6, 2003 08:43:57 PM
ROFL!! Twelve - that is one of my all time favorites!
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
- Thomas Edison
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sanmar
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posted on July 6, 2003 11:10:46 PM
neomania; Don't be calling anyone a "rocket scientest" until you can spell RECEIVE correctly. " i before e except after c or in neighbor or weigh". You misspelled it 3 times in 2 sentenuses.
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KarenMx
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posted on July 6, 2003 11:26:52 PM
" i before e except after c or in neighbor or weigh"
seize
leisure
protein
caffeine
heifer
height
forfeit
weird
neither
either
beige
veil
vein
I could go on....
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neonmania
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posted on July 6, 2003 11:42:41 PM
Sanmar - That word is the bane of my existance (so is typing in general for that matter). I spell it wrong all the time. My brain knows how to spell it but my fingers refuse to learn.
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
- Thomas Edison
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msincognito
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posted on July 7, 2003 10:16:33 AM
This thread reminds me of the infamous prank played by Spy Magazine (note to self: Check eBay for back issues of Spy) in which they called tech support for different computer companies and pretended to be the users from Hades.
There was one call in which the reporter pretended that she thought her computer was possessed, and another where the caller said "OK, now, where do I plug the foot pedal in?" (I believe the "cup holder" story actually got started from the Spy article.)
For ongoing chuckles, check out the Computer Stupidities site which has quite a few actual calls to tech support logged.
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We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.
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drcomm
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posted on July 7, 2003 10:33:25 AM
I did help desk for a local ISP for awhile.
My two favorites:
Yes indeed you MUST be connected to the internet or you cannot send or receive email or open a web page.
The guy who sat in front of his computer after connecting to the net for 15-20 minutes waiting for "The Internet" to pop up in his face, then called us, absolutely furious, that he'd been ripped off.
I think there are probably still dents in the wall near where I sat from my head hitting it.
Still, it was great when you helped someone new and they were thrilled with their new skills!
Deana
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nanntique
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posted on July 7, 2003 12:12:58 PM
In the mean time, right after we all have the 'I and E' placement down pat, we can figure out how to spell 'sentenuses'!
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sanmar
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posted on July 7, 2003 12:19:03 PM
I know that it is sentences, but my fingers don't always go where I want them to go.
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blueyes29
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posted on July 7, 2003 12:26:58 PM
I say a heartfelt "THANKS" practically every day to the kind "techies" at AT&T who worked me through various computer problems when I was a newbie...they were kind, patient and long-suffering. One interesting comment made to me when I was apologizing for my stupidity was that someone like me (who knew nothing and admitted it) was MUCH preferred over someone a tad bit more knowledgeable. THOSE folks tended to question the directions and think they knew more than the techies.
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profe51
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posted on July 8, 2003 02:51:57 PM
I had a pencil once that couldn't spell...I through it aweigh.
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What luck for the leaders that men do not think. - Adolph Hitler
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