[ale] WAY OT: Nirvana Outcesticide CD's?

[cfowler]

These items were not your "bargains"  One was an $8 DVD.  To me $8 is
reasonable for a used DVD.  The other was a $15 piece of used software. 
that sounds reasonable too.  Why go out and spend $20 on a new DVD when
I can get it used cheaper.

On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 02:53, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> Call me naive, but maybe you shouldn't try to buy "pirated" things in 
> the first place.  Anything worth having is worth earning.  I can't help 
> but think that you got what you deserved by trying to find a "bargain" 
> on a "pirated" item.  If I were you, I would write it off to your own 
> stupidity and consider it an affordable lesson.  Afterall, who was the 
> smarter person in your "pirated" transaction?  You? or the asian guy 
> that con'ed you out of your cash.
> 
> Sounds like poetic justice to me.  I guess there really is a sucker born 
> every minute.  
> 
> Cheers,
> CB
> 
> 
> 
> cfowler wrote:
> 
> >I"ve bought 2 pirated things on ebay now.  It seems that even though
> >Ebay wants to make you think they have this great system in place to
> >protect buyers with insurance there seems to be no easy way to find out
> >on their website how to use it.  Or at least it seems that way to me. 
> >To actually apply for it, you have to go to extreme lengths filling out
> >forms and I think you even have to pay a $25 fee.  I've never lost alot
> >so I just never went down than path.  Maybe I'm wrong and there is an
> >easier way.
> >
> >Both times I purchased from someone in the US but my shipment was mailed
> >from Asia.  I knew it was fake before I even opened the package.  Duh!
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 22:29, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Yeah, trying to find a contact is nuts there.  They have 30 different
> >>forms to go through, etc.
> >>
> >>Aparantly she thinks she can just ignore me now, I'm getting messages
> >>from AOL that she's not accepting email from my account.  Good thing I
> >>own rdlg.net and know how to set up with all the free providers...
> >>
> >>I've bounced abuse at ebay, abuse at hotmail, etc.  RIAA.org gets an email
> >>monday.
> >>
> >>
> >>Thus spake Matt Magee (mnmagee at earthlink.net):
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Contact Ebay.  They have protection for such things.  Not quite sure about 
> >>>3.5 mo. though.
> >>>
> >>>On Friday 03 January 2003 03:30 pm, you wrote:
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>Ok, I think my brother in law just got scam'd on Ebay.  He bid on a very
> >>>>rare 5 CD Nirvana set.  The case looks nice and pretty but the front of
> >>>>all 5 CD's are blank as if freshly burned.  The person also took 3.5
> >>>>months getting him the CD's.
> >>>>
> >>>>Has anyone seen these CD's and able to verify if the fronts should be
> >>>>blank?  I've seen some odd designs before but never completely blank.
> >>>>
> >>>>:wq!
> >>>>
> >>>>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>Robert L. Harris                     | PGP Key ID: FC96D405
> >>>>
> >>>>DISCLAIMER:
> >>>>      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> >>>>FYI:
> >>>> perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>----------------------------------------
> >>>Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; charset="us-ascii"; 
> >>>name="Attachment: 1"
> >>>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >>>Content-Description: 
> >>>----------------------------------------
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> >>
> >>:wq!
> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>Robert L. Harris                     | PGP Key ID: FC96D405
> >>                               
> >>DISCLAIMER:
> >>      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> >>FYI:
> >> perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
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