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  • Failed ebay scam

    I have no clue if this is real or not but i found it through stumble upon and just have to share it.

    WARNING SOME LANGUAGE

    http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/index.html
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  • #2
    Sounds a little fishy to me.....
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    • #3
      It's 2:30 in the morning and I just finished reading the disaster of this Epic Tale. I believe this has credibility (I've heard of such a thing happening before but never did I get the full story like this) and I believe there are such scammers out there.

      If this particular story is true I'm glad the scammer got his come-uppance.

      But, alas, I could also believe this tale to be complete fiction. Either way, this was a wonderful story.
      Last edited by Evil Queen; 07-20-2008, 07:32 AM. Reason: Tail/Tale?
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      • #4
        If it be true - I would have gone for both suggestions - high price item which is a folder...
        And like EQ, yeah - I can see it happening! (especially the ebay responses..<sigh> ) Although, I do suspect that the whole of the story is ..... a touch embellished......
        Last edited by Slytovhand; 07-20-2008, 09:52 AM.
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        • #5
          Seems plausible enough to me. This is a common scam on ebay and the e-mails from ebay and the scammer seem a little too realistic to have been made up.

          This is an epic display of win, even if it is completely made up.
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          • #6
            I remember when that was happening well at least they were posting it if it was just happening.

            Was funny then and funny now.

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            • #7
              I laugh everytime that I read it.
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              • #8
                My zug favorite is the one where the Wal-mart got revenge after he was fired. So beautiful I shed a tear when I read it. http://www.zug.com/pranks/walmart/
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                • #9
                  Re: wagegoth's link:

                  In an attempt to frame me for theft, some of those magnificent meatheads had been using the inventory gun to scan items, increasing the inventory by one unit every morning, so that it looked like we had constant shrinkage. Pretty crafty, I must say, especially since the inventory system didn't record what time a change was made. The worst part was that the overnight manager, Darius, was apparently in on the whole scam as well.
                  That's pretty audacious. The scanners at my job also have an inventory count function, but we only use it once a year when we count the backroom for inventory.

                  Any times where a change occurred would appear on the inventory count report, if one was printed up, but again this only happens at inventory time.

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                  But enough about me.

                  As for the actual prank itself, it is absolutely childish, and I mean that in the best way possible. If only I could've been there to see it.
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                  • #10
                    Wagegoth that was an awesome find!

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                    • #11
                      P-P-P-Powerbook!
                      HAXOR the planet!
                      FIRE WIRE!

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                      • #12
                        Hey it could have happened. Just like this failed ebay scam that actually made it all the way to Judge Judy....

                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJDK6ctRjqw

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                        • #13
                          Quoth ditchdj View Post
                          Hey it could have happened. Just like this failed ebay scam that actually made it all the way to Judge Judy....

                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJDK6ctRjqw
                          Oh, I seen this one. It was great, definitely a must see.



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                          Ridiculous 2010 Predictions: Evil Queen, after escaping prison for last years prediction, goes out and waffle irons Rachel Ray to death. -- SG15Z

                          Ridiculous 2011 Prediction: Evil Queen will beat Gordon Ramsay over the head with a cast-iron skillet. -- FireHeart

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                          • #14
                            HEEEE Judge Judy rocks!

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                            • #15
                              Quoth Evil Queen View Post
                              I want to be Judge Judy.
                              Who doesn't?
                              Or Judge Mathis or Judge Joe Brown or any other TV Judge who gets to destroy people for a living.
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