Heya,

We got a letter from My Friend's Place thanking us for the donation we made from the sale of raffle tix at F2F:

Dear Allyson,

Thank you for your generous gift of $110.00 in honor of Mr. Tim Minear from his fans at Buffistas.org on 6/12/2003. Your contribution to My Friend's Place is greatly appreciated.

Your gift makes it possible for My Friend's Place to continue its mission: to inspire and assist the homeless and high risk youth of Los Angeles to build self-sufficient lives.

Through your generosity My Friend's Place wil provide meals, clothes, and the opportunity to see a doctor or other health care professional, and guidance to homeless young people in Los Angeles.

On behalf of us at My Friend's Place, thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

David Brinkman

Executive Director

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Just confirmed Fury's attendence on the writers panel at Comicon July 19th, for those Buffistas attending, come and give my Big Daddy the Buffista love.

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Premiere magazine Buffy S4 Giveaway.

They're giving away three copies, the catch is that by entering you sign up for their online newsletter (and, I'm assuming, other spam that they don't mention). Still, free Buffy DVDs!

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Mr. Heather just recieved this e-mail.

Dear customer,

Recently we have received an order made by using your personal credit card information.

This order was made online at our official BestBuy website on 06/17/2003. Our Fraud Department has some suspicions regarding this order and we need you to visit a special Fraud Department page at our web store where you can confirm or decline this transaction by providing us with the correct information. This e-mail address has been taken from National Credit Bureau.

Click the link below to visit a special Fraud Department page to resolve the cause of the problem.

[link]

ORDER# 1095619 - STATUS: SUSPENDED

ITEMS PURCHASED

Item No: 73890

CDA-9815 In-Dash CD Player/Ai-Changer Controller Price: $387.65 Qty: 2 Total: $775.3 The order listed above has not yet been processed. The reason for the delay in processing your order is:

- UNVERIFIED SHIPPING ADDRESS

- Information provided: Shipping 41 WINHAM ST Staten Island, NY 10306 United States phone# 206-337-9843

In our effort to deter fraudulent transactions, we need your help in providing us with the correct information. Your prompt response is needed to avoid any unauthorized charges to your credit card.

Click the link below to visit a special Fraud Department page to resolve the cause of the problem.

[link]

We called Best Buy, and it is a scam for card #'s. The site should be shut down by now, but just a heads up if you've recieved anything similar.

Edit: And in a strange bit of, I dunno -but something, the e-mail comes from Drusilla Fwpreg.

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An update, or rather, further information, about the Best Buy scam: my husband got the same email (different merchandise, of course), someone hitting Best Buy with an order placed on our corporate account. This was yesterday.

My husband's business partner says he spoke with Best Buy and the scam seemed to be aimed straight at them.

This was yesterday, so the site may not be shut down yet.

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Discussion has started for the 2003 Foamies!

Jess PMoon "Buffista Movies 1: Go Monkey. Choose Monkey." Jun 19, 2003 2:51:03 pm PDT

Proposed start date for nominations is Monday, June 23rd. The list of categories is posted in the Movies thread.

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NYCistas - I will be returning to NYC with The Pee Wee Fist next Saturday, June 28. We're opening for Clem Snide and Lisa Germano at the Bowery Ballroom. We are not playing at the second show on Sunday. I can't promise that I'll be wearing pleather, but it should be fun nonetheless.

Somervillians (and surrounding 'burgs) - The same line-up will be at the Paradise in Boston next Friday, June 27.

Any questions - email me or take it to the music thread (I can never keep up with Natter).

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Attention Heartland-istas!

I will be travelling in and about your fair domain from (roughly) July 26-August 4 when I head out to Mt. Carmel Illinois for a family reunion. I'm flying in and out of Cincinnati and am looking to hit Chicago, Milwaukee, and wherever else the rare and lovely Buffista Midwesternus can be found.

Profile addy is good.

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Minor braggity-brag and pathetic plea for audiences:

One of the smaller local papers published a rather incoherent but incontestably positive review of the show I'm currently in here (two reviews on that page; "Impossible Marriage" is halfway down).

Any localistas who have even the remotest interest in coming would be hugely, vastly welcome, as we are starving for audiences and could in particular use a sizeable influx of persons with a hearty appreciation of the absurd who are not afraid to actually laugh out loud, both qualifications which I am fairly certain Buffistas do not lack.

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