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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At one point, Joe, ND and I were working on a Buffista Tarot Deck.

Joe was drawing them.

Good luck with the cramps of death Trudy.

I just remembered an exchange my kids had yesterday.

Emaryn: If you do X (I forgot what X was), you're doomed.

Leif: I don't want to be doomed.

I give her two weeks, then I call again. I'm MEAN.

Dude, if you were mean, you wouldn't give two weeks.

At one point, Joe, ND and I were working on a Buffista Tarot Deck

Was it just buffistas-esque, or was it like, drawings of actual buffistas on teh cards??