If a person buys them, will the Illuminati spy on them for the rest of their lives?

Yes, but they already are, and plan to continue anyhow, so don't let that stop you.

I really should find my Church of the SubGenius expansion pack for the Illuminati game and sell it.

That's one of the things I'm selling! I'll let you know if anyone nibbles for it.

When I saw that the Marvel tarot deck was going for more than I wanted to spend, I took a chance and bid it up a little because I wanted the winning bid to be a nice round number.

It went for the lovely round number of $50 to someone who seems to deal in comics related stuff. I wonder what he expects to get for it.

The other tarot deck sold for $5, but the person hasn't paid me and it's been a week. What's the procedure when someone doesn't reply to inquiries?

That's one of the things I'm selling! I'll let you know if anyone nibbles for it.

Oh, please do.

What's the procedure when someone doesn't reply to inquiries?

eBay has a section where you can request the buyer's contact information. Get their phone # and call them. That's what eBay recommends; if that doesn't work, then eBay does have a non-paying bidder resolution process.

Get their phone # and call them

Gak!! Call somebody absolutely strange to me and tell them to send me money? I'd rather write-off the $5.

Gak!! Call somebody absolutely strange to me and tell them to send me money? I'd rather write-off the $5.

But that's the step you have to take before you leave them negative feedback. Do you want me to call the complete stranger, say I'm your auctions manager, and nag them to send you the money? I have no problem doing that.

(I recently called a seller who hadn't answered any of my emails about the item I won from her. She was very, very startled that I called, and said that she had mailed the item that very day. I give her two weeks, then I call again. I'm MEAN. )

Do you want me to call the complete stranger, say I'm your auctions manager, and nag them to send you the money? I have no problem doing that.

"Pay up or I sic the Perky Goth on you!" It's a plan. Let me give her one more week.

I'm not sure I should go any further into details there. Perfect gentleman, me.

Billytea, we wouldn't have you any other way. Or THE Other Way.

ION, deathcramps. Feh. I have ingested perscription strength Naproxin, alcohol, and caffine. Now I have a heaty pad on my tummy. I rescheduled an agency interview to tomorrow and now am going to lay here and die. If I don't fall asleep or feel a better soon I'm hitting the emergency opiates.

She was very, very startled that I called, and said that she had mailed the item that very day.

Ah, yes. The universal code for "ok, now I really, really plan to do it in the next day or two, promise." Not that I've ever done that.

But that's the step you have to take before you leave them negative feedback.

You don't have to call them. There's the non-paying bidder email that you can send through eBay. If they don't respond to that within x number of days, you can get your listing fees/eBay cut back. No phone calls are required (thank God).

Is there a Harry Potter tarot deck, or should I make one?

There is a podcast about symbolism in Harry Potter that is sort of interesting. Well, the first installment isn't, but the others are.

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