Who doesn't like you, Tello? Haven't you got an obsessed fanclub thing going on here? They're all slavering for you!
If you ever drop in to Australia, I'll even buy you a wicked little drink with an umbrella in it.
Tello...NOT all Aussies talk like this.
- Well, yes, true; there are many different standards and types of usage in Australia. For that matter, I don't know any other Australian who speaks as I do. It's one of the exciting wonders of Australian English. I had a lot of fun creating the "Strine" version of the disgruntled seller's Terms of Sale - English very different to that which I usually use. But it's so vivid and expressive!
I agree Countess, the rules need to be made hole proof, and continually updated with every new scam that arrives...vigilance is the key, caution, not paranoia. Don't you agree?
Absolutely true, Imp. Unfortunately I have dealt with people who are truly paranoid - one individual (whose identity I will protect for reasons of privacy) who was convinced she was followed everywhere, and that strangers entered her apartment while she was gone, just to move things around... She left notes all over the toilet saying, "Leave me alone!" "Go away!" and so on. But in terms of vigilance and caution, we all shift our levels of acceptable risk by different levers, and who is to say whose level is the wiser?
By the way, I love the term "hole proof" in that context. Very evocative.
Roo, I will be on the lookout for a seller called "Roos_Cat". *keeps eyes peeled*
And I reiterate - what is the problem with verifying sellers? Why not verify them? It would certainly help to prevent scams.