I'm very sorry if she tipped off anyone about your cunningly concealed herd of cows.

Simon ,'Safe'


Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Laga - Nov 11, 2007 10:19:45 am PST #1817 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Holy cow that pepper is hotter than 125 times the hottest jalapeno. What a doofus.

I like all the full-animal-wrap planes but the rest of them look pretty ugly to me.


Cashmere - Nov 11, 2007 10:28:36 am PST #1818 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

CompUSA's customer service sucks donkey balls.

I need to find a new mobile phone service provider and I think I might end up with Alltel.

Lowe's can't deliver our new washer and dryer until next Friday.

The furniture place didn't call me back about coming to fix the dings in the wall made by the delivery guys delivering our new bedroom suite.

I think I've had enough of customer service drama to last a lifetime.


erikaj - Nov 11, 2007 11:06:59 am PST #1819 of 10001
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)

When you sell a car over the car over the internet, how do you know if you're being scammed? Because my brother's got a Cruiser and a buyer from the Uk. But UK guy is offering to send him about $4000 extra for "shipping costs" but I kind of think something's weird about that.


meara - Nov 11, 2007 11:09:04 am PST #1820 of 10001

That sounds pretty scammy, Erika--who buys a used car from another country? And would your brother actually ship it to the UK?


Laga - Nov 11, 2007 11:10:11 am PST #1821 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

auto buying scam


Dana - Nov 11, 2007 11:10:14 am PST #1822 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

erika, how is payment going to change hands?


tommyrot - Nov 11, 2007 11:15:29 am PST #1823 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

That's extremely scammy. That's one of the most common auto buying scams right there.


erikaj - Nov 11, 2007 11:18:04 am PST #1824 of 10001
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)

Okay, thanks. At least we can head this off before he does anything.


megan walker - Nov 11, 2007 11:18:57 am PST #1825 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I don't get how that works. Once a check "clears" a bank, how can they come after you for the money? Isn't that why, even in this electronic age, some checks take days to clear? Or, are people not really waiting for official clearance?


tommyrot - Nov 11, 2007 11:21:46 am PST #1826 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Often it's a foreign cashier's check. Many people think a cashier's check is as good as cold hard cash. They're not - they can be counterfit. The bank makes the money available as a courtesy, but when the counterfit is discovered the seller is now out the money for the check.

eta: Laga's link explains it in more detail.