I'm pretty much done with buying things for other people, either group orders or store exclusives or whatever. Too many headaches, too much pressure and no rewards. I can probably find other ways to try and make people like me.
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I'm pretty much done with buying things for other people, either group orders or store exclusives or whatever. Too many headaches, too much pressure and no rewards. I can probably find other ways to try and make people like me.
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I know what you mean. It's no too bad to do it on the rare occasion, and for a handful of people (and it feels good to help out fellow collectors), but doing it too often for heaps of people just ends up costing you too much time and money (emphasis on the time factor, as it can take hours coordinating with people for details & payment, and just packing and posting a half a dozen items). For me, the next BotCon will just be buying what I have time for at the convention, and auctioning them off on the board when I get back.
Don't worry, we still like you.
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Make a OTCA rap and people will like you?Originally Posted by Paulbot
Yeah same with Griff I'm still happy you sold me RR Frenzy!
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my optimus primal as to right hands
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Two of my favourite quotes:
"Nobody said anything to me about a reward."
"Let no act of kindness go unpunished."
Yeah, I've done a few group orders too...
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Which brings us to where we are today...
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I really miss the days when libraries were 'Quiet zones', instead of noisy-kids-bogans-and-screaming-babies zones.
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I'm house sitting, which is kind of fun, but I have no Internet connection. Sure I can use my phone but that's a limited experience. I'm not doing it long enough to justify getting a usb modem or anything. Just having withdrawal symptoms!
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I had the same problem earlier in the year, my girl and I both ended up using my phone for our internet needs and after 2 weeks house sitting I had a $270 phone bill. should of brought usb modemI'm house sitting, which is kind of fun, but I have no Internet connection. Sure I can use my phone but that's a limited experience. I'm not doing it long enough to justify getting a usb modem or anything. Just having withdrawal symptoms!
Hunting:
Beast Wars/Machines/Neo/Second
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Mother******s. Got a scam sent to my phone.
From GMX
"Congratulations your mobile have qon US$9,8M for FIFA 2022 Int'l Award. To claim contact Mrs.A.Bellver via: wbre@gala.net"
I thought it sounded fishy. A quick search of the email address came across many pages of fraud warning forums and Consumer watchdog stuff. So if you get a message with it, don't contact them.
Apparently this kind of scam has been going on for months under different guises. I refer you to consumerwatchdogbw.blogspot
F***** scammers, how did they get a hold of my mobile phone number? They probably send it out to every number to see who responds.
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Or maybe you put your phone number down on some form for some company that sneakily states in their TOS they give out your details to anyone. I hate scammers too, I remember there was this one where these Indian people would call you and start telling you you had a virus on your computer and you HAD to go to their website and buy their product (probably full of viruses). They didn't even know whether I had a computer or not and they just kept rushing to tell me to go to their website and they were outright rude. I knew it was a scam and I told them I was a computer tech that knew how to get rid of viruses, they were still adamant so I told them to F off and hope they die with retroperistalsis.
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