#873
6:40 pm, Saturday, July 21st, 2007That deadbeat buyer on eBay finally responded. After I opened an “unpaid item” dispute for the auction, of course. (I couldn’t do it till now since you have to wait a week from the end of the auction.) I sent invoices and messages to this guy on several occasions and he blew me off every time. But within 35 minutes of opening the dispute, he responds with this:
I would like to mail a certified check, I am changing credit cards and would like to get the payment out by monday morning.
Nevermind that the auction very clearly stated in two places that I only accept PayPal. I suspect the “certified check” thing is a scam or an attempt to delay his imminent “unpaid item strike” and negative feedback. What is wrong with people? Why would you bid on something you’re not capable of paying for? I told him he could use PayPal with a checking account, but I doubt he cares. He’s prolly just some half-retarded would-be 419er.
I ended up not going to Hairspray, but I did skim the 1988 original TiVo grabbed off TBS. It sucked hard enough that I think I’ll just wait to rent or download the 2007 movie. It had a strange cast; Ricki Lake (who’s a staggeringly inept actor), Sonny Bono (who was actually good), Jerry Stiller, and, funnily enough, a young Josh Charles (AKA Dan Rydell from Sports Night). I really liked the Broadway musical but it amazes me that anyone thought the movie was worth adapting in the first place.
I think John Waters is hilarious by himself, but his movies are terrible. I don’t understand why he uses them to push such pointlessly axiomatic morals. Segregation is bad, don’t belittle people because of their appearance, do what makes you feel good provided it doesn’t hurt anyone, etc. Was there some big “bring back segregation” movement in the late 80s that I’m not aware of? It seems like such an odd issue to dwell on in modern times.
A Dirty Shame, which I saw last month, seemed to be on the brink of saying something insightful about repression and hedonism, but managed to smother any potentially-interesting themes with pathetically cheap, bawdy gags.
Before I wrap this up: Who knew Jon Lovitz was this awesome?
July 21st, 2007 at 11:29 pm
If the cashier’s check is drawn off a major bank, you could get in contact with that bank to check to see if the check is legit.
If you don’t want to deal with a cashier’s check, just ignore the guy, file a non-paying bidder against him, recoup your fees, and move on. You can NPB him, based on the fact that he is (apparently) not willing to meet your demands by using an accepted form of payment.
July 22nd, 2007 at 8:34 am
I already closed the dispute (had to in order to get the FVF). I’m really not willing to indulge/accommodate irresponsible people like that.