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Title: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: *wheels* on April 28, 2009, 07:04:20 PM
you'll have to be quick because it will probably disappear

http://forums.ebay.com.au/topic/Ask-A-Member/Item-Not-As/500109268&start=0
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: mtnlane on April 28, 2009, 07:06:27 PM
HAHAHA Wheels - it was a cracker wasn't it  :roflmao:

Just took one  :professor: to try and spoil it
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: stemschicky on April 28, 2009, 07:07:31 PM
I wonder who estranged is lol :fishing:
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: *wheels* on April 28, 2009, 07:09:38 PM
he's spreading ...

http://forums.ebay.com.au/topic/Ask-A-Member/Help-With-Community/500109272
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: mtnlane on April 28, 2009, 07:10:59 PM
they deserve it lol - thanks for the link  ;D
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: *Ubbie Max* on April 28, 2009, 07:13:14 PM
The poster has a top sense of humour.
(http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/00020210.gif)
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: stemschicky on April 28, 2009, 07:15:33 PM
I think I know! Tis only a few who call me Sticky
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: mtnlane on April 28, 2009, 07:25:19 PM
the sense of humour is very familiar  :rofl:
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: Father Jack on April 28, 2009, 07:34:19 PM
Some other excellent contributions on this thread: http://forums.ebay.com.au/topic/Ask-A-Member/Buy-It-Now/600116768&start=0 (http://forums.ebay.com.au/topic/Ask-A-Member/Buy-It-Now/600116768&start=0)

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Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: stemschicky on April 28, 2009, 07:48:17 PM
Quote from: Feck on April 28, 2009, 07:34:19 PM
Some other excellent contributions on this thread: http://forums.ebay.com.au/topic/Ask-A-Member/Buy-It-Now/600116768&start=0 (http://forums.ebay.com.au/topic/Ask-A-Member/Buy-It-Now/600116768&start=0)

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OMG

That was one of the funniest threads I have read in ages  :t2:
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: Poison_Ivy on April 28, 2009, 11:55:20 PM
Quote from: mtnlane on April 28, 2009, 07:25:19 PM
the sense of humour is very familiar  :rofl:

Was thinking the same laney, have a I think a good idea as to who it is.

Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: *wheels* on April 29, 2009, 01:28:34 PM
Well, those informative (and entertaining) threads have sadly disappeared.

Hopefully, we'll see *estranged* light up the boards again soon.  :D
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: Estranged on April 29, 2009, 09:22:52 PM
Why are my ears burning?  :roflmao:
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: *CountessA* on April 29, 2009, 09:38:09 PM
Welcome, Estranged. Can I just say in advance... please don't tell me the ending. Please. You'll ruin it for me...!
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: Estranged on April 29, 2009, 09:44:44 PM
Hello Countess  :rose:  Would you like the name of my favourite bookseller? He should have calmed down a bit by now  :evillaugh:

Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: *CountessA* on April 29, 2009, 09:56:17 PM
Please do! I have a feeling I want to buy a book such as "800 fun ways to catalogue a collection of safety pins" and then complain because it didn't have enough psychological drama in it.
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: Estranged on April 29, 2009, 10:15:55 PM
Oh No Countess, I saw that book go for 99c just last week. The winning bidder was *boringsod88*.

My hobby is taxidermy. I'm looking for a book called 'Stuff my Weasel'. I know the plot won't end well for the Weasel but I won't be complaining.
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: *CountessA* on April 29, 2009, 10:22:16 PM
It's a happy ending for the weasel if it's a masochist.

Fascinating that you're interested in taxidermy. A bit of a Mr Venus, are you? Also interested in articulation of bones? Then I have a truly inspiring suggestion for the next book you should read (so that you can be disappointed): Dummification for Mummies.
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: Estranged on April 29, 2009, 10:34:08 PM
You won't believe this Countess. I have already read Dummification for Mummies. And you're right, I wasn't inspired at all  ;D Sent that one staight back to the seller. Wrapped in bandages !! ppfffttt. No flesh eating zombies...nothing!!!! ppffffttt.
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: Poddy on April 29, 2009, 10:37:08 PM
Contessa is that the book of The Roman Art of Dummy Spitting?

I am told the gladiators used to have a mouthpiece not unlike a dummy and if they were being beaten they would ptooooooeeee !!!! the mouthpiece in the hopes of distracting their opponent.
I am told the tactic was not very effective against seasoned opponents.

Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: *wheels* on April 29, 2009, 10:44:24 PM
At least your thread gave us a few laughs. We've been bored reading the The AU boards.  :D
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: *CountessA* on April 29, 2009, 10:46:32 PM
While that was a most interesting book, Poddy, no - these are separate editions.

My next suggestion for a book by which to be disappointed is A Journey from one AP mailbox to another from St Kilda to Epping: the illustrated edition. I'm sorry to report that there is no romance in it at all. The hero never so much as kisses anyone. The title may well give the impression it's an incredibly racy book, but this is grossly misleading.
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: Estranged on April 29, 2009, 11:01:04 PM
Oh Countess, shocking. How could they turn a story so full of passion, intrigue, lust and travel into a mind numbing, sleep inducer??? Back to the seller with that one no doubt!!!
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: *CountessA* on April 29, 2009, 11:04:21 PM
Even worse: apparently the only person who ever bought a copy of the book claimed it never arrived even though he went searching for it in every mailbox from St Kilda to Epping. He filed an Item Not Received dispute, escaped within the first 2 seconds, and received his money back so fast that he didn't even have a chance to comb his hair.

He subsequently found it HAD been delivered - but the confusion arose because he actually lived in a completely different state to that in which this gripping travel adventure novel occurred. He was, in fact, looking in the wrong AP post boxes.
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: Estranged on April 29, 2009, 11:16:21 PM
Such an easy mistake to make. Surely the seller should have had the fore-sight not to send the book at all, knowing that the buyer was going to be ultimately dissatisfied. Thank God for PayPal.................. ;D
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: imperfect on April 30, 2009, 08:43:03 AM
 :D
Title: Re: Item not as Described - thread on the AU boards
Post by: col52 on April 30, 2009, 04:43:23 PM
Good morrow plotlost Estranged.

Perchance one has found the lost plot? :bounce:

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