I need to vent!

[griffin]

I think that's over simplifying the issue.

Back then then Hasbro had announced that the Classics line was cancelled.

Yes, the line was cancelled, but not the moulds. Anyone who felt cheated by assuming that a cancelled line meant that Hasbro could no longer use those moulds, was ignoring/forgetting the fact that Hasbro redeco just about everything, but not necessarily within the one line.

The entire Universe line was pretty much just redecos from existing 'cancelled' lines. So were a lot of Classics and store exclusives under the Universe and Classics banner.

A cancelled line just means we won't see a certain figure in that packaging again - it does not rule out a certain figure from ever being released under a future line/banner. That's the element of short-sightedness I was referring to (assuming a cancelled line means no more of that mould to ever be used).

[1AZRAEL1]

Argh I am so annoyed right now

The more I read on this idiot Conroy, the more I hate him and his stupid internet filtering nonsense. Making my blood boil. Though I don't think I will have to worry about that much longer, once it comes into place I am sure we won't be able to see any bad mouthing of his policies because they will end up on the "Black List"

I can't wait until Bathurst, a whole week of limited internet access

[Sky Shadow]

I hate eBay right now. A US seller had half a dozen sealed items I wanted so I asked him if I could bid and how much postage to Australia would be. He told me and it was reasonable. And so for once I actually waited around for the last bit of the auctions in order to bid, and I get this message:

"This seller has set buyer requirements for this item and only sells to buyers who meet those requirements.
You are unable to bid on or buy this item because:
#
The seller doesn't ship to the country where your primary shipping address is located.

Note: If you are still interested in bidding on or buying this item, you may contact the seller and ask that they exempt you from any buyer requirements."

I already did that! What was the point in contacting him if I can't actually bid? And so I asked him in the last minutes to "please exempt me from any buyer requirements?" He said yes, but it still doesn't work. And it's too late now, so my items have gone for much less than I would have bid - in some cases less than a third as much. Like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

and this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

and this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...torefresh=true

and this:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....torefresh=true

[bruticus]

yeah, same thing happened to me before.
now i know to bid twice whenever it doesnt clearly state that the auction accepts bids from worldwide or australia.

first bid is really early on just to check that i can bid at all. it will give sufficient time to contact the seller and get that sorted.
second bid is right at the very last few seconds.

[5FDP]

I feel your pain Sky Shadow. The exact same thing happened to me with Ebay seller tencotoys.

It states in his auctions "WE WILL SHIP OUTSIDE THE U.S TO THE U.K AND CANADA. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR STANDARD RATES. THANK YOU", therefore I did and waited until the right time to bid and... "The seller doesn't ship to the country where your primary shipping address is located"

Unfortunately the right time to bid didn't give me enough time to re-contact him and get it sorted before the auction ended.

I just wanted you to know, you are not alone

[klystron]

+1.
I think the seller I was dealing with did realise he actually had to alter/edit his listing in order for me to bid, rather than just verbal giving me the go-ahead.

[Kyle]

I bought the following only a couple of weeks ago:

http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.st...ct/View/YG0371

I charged them up the first time and everything worked fine. Then I didn't touch the Wii for a couple of weeks. This morning I wanted to download Super Mario Kart from the Wii shop channel, but all the controllers' batteries were flat (which is normal for rechargables that don't hold their charge for long). So I switched on the mat to charge them up. The LEDs indicators were on and everything seemed fine. I went back after a couple of hours, and found that the batteries did not receive any charge at all! Not even a flash of blue light on the Wii remote when I pressed the A button! Kept charging for longer but there was nothing! So much for convenience... I guess I'll have to go back using Sanyo Eneloop batteries...

[liegeprime]

I just accidentally left my celphone in the train. Sure enough when I got home I called it and well what do you expect, someone's tyurned it off already and prolly threw my sim card coz my answering inbox is all im getting. I even left in the display face of the cel my home number in case somebody does find it to CALL but I guess there's very little good samaritans these days. Now Ill have to go thru the trouble of buying another celphone and having to get back that number ( Im on a plan - is it still possible to get the same number??) back plus all the number Ive stored in there. What a lonely Easter this is

[Sky Shadow]

I just accidentally left my celphone in the train. Sure enough when I got home I called it and well what do you expect, someone's tyurned it off already and prolly threw my sim card coz my answering inbox is all im getting. I even left in the display face of the cel my home number in case somebody does find it to CALL but I guess there's very little good samaritans these days. Now Ill have to go thru the trouble of buying another celphone and having to get back that number ( Im on a plan - is it still possible to get the same number??) back plus all the number Ive stored in there. What a lonely Easter this is

My sympathies, Liege.

[SharkyMcShark]

WERE YOU ABSENT THE DAY THEY TAUGHT THE OFFSIDE RULE AT REFEREE SCHOOL YOU F*$&ING IDIOT?