View Full Version : One of the dumbest (and funniest) things I've been ever asked on Ebay.
VG_Maniac
09-29-2009, 03:19 AM
So I get onto my Ebay account today, only to find this message in my inbox. It's from an Ebay member from Quebec, Canada:
"Hi i know we don't know each other but can you do something for me. When i will want to buy an item but i can't because i don't have a credit card do you think you'll can buy the item for me and i'll pay you with money order because the item is in japan and the don't accept money order."
Seriously, I can't believe some people!
Ed Oscuro
09-29-2009, 04:20 AM
/me asks Magic 8-Ball: "Should I buy something for a stranger?"
Magic 8-Ball says "Yes"
/me breaks Magic 8-Ball.
The 1 2 P
09-29-2009, 06:34 AM
Tell him you'll buy it but let him know that shipping from Japan generally takes longer so he won't receive his item until atleast 2011.
ryborg
09-29-2009, 12:49 PM
This sounds like a pretty bad scam attempt, but if it were real, I'd do it.... for a 300% profit.
jb143
09-29-2009, 01:04 PM
This sounds like a pretty bad scam attempt, but if it were real, I'd do it.... for a 300% profit.
But 300% profit doesn't mean anything when the money order is written on toilet paper with a crayon.
Nebagram
09-29-2009, 02:45 PM
If I received that message I'd personally think 'cool, a legitimate chance to cheerfully tell someone to fuck off without fear of retribution'. :-)
ryborg
09-29-2009, 03:45 PM
But 300% profit doesn't mean anything when the money order is written on toilet paper with a crayon.
woah really
This sounds like a pretty bad scam attempt, but if it were real, I'd do it.... for a 300% profit.
jb143
09-29-2009, 04:20 PM
but if it were real
But it's obviously not real. Read what I wrote before as an extension of your post rather than a rebuttal.
Actually though, it was a failed attempt at reference to a quote in the Catch Me if You Can book. Looking it up though it was..."Frank Abagnale could write a check on toilet paper, drawn on the Confederate States Treasury, sign it 'U.R. Hooked' and cash it at any bank in town, using a Hong Kong driver's license for identification."
badinsults
09-29-2009, 05:06 PM
Sounds like someone was using Babelfish.