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  • Intentional, or just stupid?

    Now, we see a lot of emails that are hard to read for a variety of reasons - ALL CAPS, bad spelling/grammar/punctuation/etc., but this one seemed to almost be intentionally hard to read.

    Here is the entire message. All grammar, punctuation, and even formatting are exactly how it came to us:


    Dear E -Bay , all the items seem to be reproductions or copies
    ,,,,,how
    many real items can there be for sale at 99 cents ,,,WHY WOULD ANYONE
    ESPECIALLY A SMART ANTIQUE DEALER ,,WHO SAYS he knows his stuff
    ,,,,AND THAT ,
    HE SAYS ,,,,HIS STUFF IS REAL ,WHY WOULD HE SELL ,,,, A $
    3000.00
    PIECE OF ART WORK FOR 99 CENTS
    ???????????,????????????????????????,,,,,,,I
    REST MY CASE ,,MR E BAY ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,something smells here
    something has to be very wrong ,,I just bought 2 rare Tang dynasty
    parrots for 61
    dollars ,,,,from exceedbay he says they are real and period ,,,,,,,,,I
    AM
    WAITING FOR THEM TO ARRIVE AT MY HOME ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, HE SAYS THEY
    are of
    , the ,,Tang period WHICH DATES FROM 600 to 900 ,AD , , the next
    day
    AFTER I PURCHASED THEM,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2 more dealers are selling the
    same PAIR
    OR PARROTS ,AS RARE TANG PERIOD PARROTS ,,,,,,, HOW RARE CAN THEY BE IF
    4
    MORE PARROTS ARE FOR SALE ,,,THE NEXT DAY ,???????????,,,,,,,,,,
    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    I will send you their page ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I copied their e mail page
    from
    the dealers ,,BEFORE THEY CALLED EACH OTHER UP TO MAKE THOSE PARROTS
    DISAPPEAR ,,,,,,,,,,this means they are making these fake in china
    ,THIS IS
    frauds and selling them as the real things,,,,,,,,, the real mc coys
    ,,,,,this
    is fraud and a criminal,act ,,,,,,,,to trick people ,THINKING THEY HAVE

    PURCHASED A FINE OR VALUABLE WORK OF ANTIQUE ART ,,,,,,,,,,,thank you
    again for
    reading my e mail ,,,,,,


    While he has valid points, it can be hard to take him seriously when everything is that fragmented and hard to read. He should be forced to go back to elementary school for his abuse of the poor, defenseless comma!

  • #2
    Does the part about paying "$61" for his antique parrots not set off alarm bells with him?

    If they are truely of that period and authentic, you would expect to add a few zeros to that number.

    As to the formatting? - I once had a really old PC that used to show emails all nicely formatted on my side, but be jumbled up when they were received. Could just be a glitch on that one.

    I'm also guessing that english is not his first language.
    "When did you get a gold plated toilet?"
    "We don't have a gold plated toilet"
    "Oh dear, I think I just peed in your Tuba"

    -Jasper Fforde

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    • #3
      Quoth raw456 View Post
      I'm also guessing that english is not his first language.
      No, Stupid is
      <Insert clever signature here>

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      • #4
        I could not read that.

        my brain hurts.

        Although, I wonder, is the letter writer related to anyone on PFB? Because parts of it look to be in PFB VISION!
        The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom

        Now queen of USSR-Land...

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        • #5
          People like that are the reason I stopped bothering reporting anything less than obvious account hijackings. For every well-written email, I'm sure you get a thousand like that one. Or just totally off-the-wall ones.

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          • #6
            i really hate it when people put extra commas. reading that was like nails on chalkboard
            To err is human, to blame someone else shows good management skills.

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            • #7
              Quoth Darkwish View Post
              He should be forced to go back to elementary school for his abuse of the poor, defenseless comma!
              POOR Comma! You were so young! Just point on the dolly where the bad man touched you.....
              "I'm not smiling because I'm happy. I'm smiling because every time I blink your head explodes!"
              -Red

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              • #8
                Quoth Red_Dazes View Post
                POOR Comma! You were so young! Just point on the dolly where the bad man touched you.....
                The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom

                Now queen of USSR-Land...

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                • #9
                  Quoth Red_Dazes View Post
                  POOR Comma! You were so young! Just point on the dolly where the bad man touched you.....
                  That's EXACTLY what I was thinking!

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                  • #10
                    Quoth Red_Dazes View Post
                    Just point on the dolly where the bad man touched you.....
                    Great line...can I steal that, please?

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                    • #11
                      The commas are easier on my eyes than a lot of the "chat text" I see! I can't even make myself type any of that as an example.
                      Everything will be ok in the end. If it's not ok, it's not the end.

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