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[fresh_42]

Maybe you were working in $\mathbb Z_2$ ? ;).

This is the first thing you exclude when you say Lie algebra. Otherwise it will be an adventure.

 

[skyshrimp]

I advertised a PS4 Pro with a wireless controller for collection for £200. Someone asked if they could have it for £180 and I agreed. He wanted to know first if the warranty seals were intact so it was covered by his hone insurance.

He collected it and emailed the next day to say it he couldn’t insert any discs. He said it only accepted a disc a few seconds after powering it up and asked me for advice. I accepted a return and refunded him. It was then that I realized he gave me his faulty unit and kept mine that was in good working order.

That’s why he made sure the warranty seals were intact so he could pass his off as mine. He probably swapped the serial number stickers too.

 

[WWGD]

I advertised a PS4 Pro with a wireless controller for collection for £200. Someone asked if they could have it for £180 and I agreed. He wanted to know first if the warranty seals were intact so it was covered by his hone insurance.

He collected it and emailed the next day to say it he couldn’t insert any discs. He said it only accepted a disc a few seconds after powering it up and asked me for advice. I accepted a return and refunded him. It was then that I realized he gave me his faulty unit and kept mine that was in good working order.

That’s why he made sure the warranty seals were intact so he could pass his off as mine. He probably swapped the serial number stickers too.

Sorry man, tough break. If you met him online and possible, give him a nasty review.

 

[WWGD]

Gary Gray is the only combo I know where the name is an anagram of the last name.

 

[fresh_42]

Spam can be funny. Ok, with the elections ahead I get dozens of political spam, but two others are funny:

The Smithsonian writes me since years: "Betty, we want you back!" I have no idea who this Betty is and when I should have had contact to the institute except that I might have surfed on their sites.

Another one complains: "We have difficulties to deliver your parcel."
That is one I understand. Of course they have difficulties to deliver, I didn't order one.

 

[WWGD]

Spam can be funny. Ok, with the elections ahead I get dozens of political spam, but two others are funny:

The Smithsonian writes me since years: "Betty, we want you back!" I have no idea who this Betty is and when I should have had contact to the institute except that I might have surfed on their sites.

Another one complains: "We have difficulties to deliver your parcel."
That is one I understand. Of course they have difficulties to deliver, I didn't order one.

Careful with the parcel one. Maybe a scam or expecting you to open a link.

 

[WWGD]

I get receipts in my gmail account from places to which I never gave my email address. Maybe just google keeping yrack of too many things.

 

[Keith_McClary]

gave me his faulty unit and kept mine that was in good working order.

This is one of the common scams I read about recently. It put me off trying to sell.
10 eBay Scams to Be Aware Of

 

[WWGD]

This is one of the common scams I read about recently. It put me off trying to sell.
10 eBay Scams to Be Aware Of

I've never sold. Aren't members required to register and then may be reported if they do such things?

 

[WWGD]

I see this lady feeding the pigeons some bread. I say, lady , "Please stop, they are vermin". She says , " But they need to eat". Me: " So do rats, roaches and mice".

 

[Tom.G]

Received snail mail recently saying that my automobile warranty coverage was expiring and that it was URGENT for me to call this toll-free number.

• Straight into the trash.
• Received another one.
• Straight into the trash.
• Started receiving phone calls leaving a message by a computer-generated female voice saying the same thing. (I don't answer calls from unknown callers. If it's important they can leave a message, so this was unusual. Even leaving a phone number!)
• This continued every 3 or 4 days for about 3 weeks.
• Then they gave up.

I entered the phone number in a web search and it came back as a scam with the number usually changing every few days.

One of the few uses of Caller-ID. And the scammers complain that no one answers the phone anymore. With anywhere from zero to 8 scam calls a day it's no wonder... and it's an unlisted number.

 

[WWGD]

Received snail mail recently saying that my automobile warranty coverage was expiring and that it was URGENT for me to call this toll-free number.

• Straight into the trash.
• Received another one.
• Straight into the trash.
• Started receiving phone calls leaving a message by a computer-generated female voice saying the same thing. (I don't answer calls from unknown callers. If it's important they can leave a message, so this was unusual. Even leaving a phone number!)
• This continued every 3 or 4 days for about 3 weeks.
• Then they gave up.

I entered the phone number in a web search and it came back as a scam with the number usually changing every few days.

One of the few uses of Caller-ID. And the scammers complain that no one answers the phone anymore. With anywhere from zero to 8 scam calls a day it's no wonder... and it's an unlisted number.

Can't they spoof their number?

 

[diogenesNY]

I get cell phone calls all the time with recorded messages urgently warning me that my car warranty is about to expire. I drive a car that is old enough to drink and do most of my own auto repair. Not that I would likely otherwise be fooled... the call comes from my own 3 digit exchange, which for various reasons is most unlikely. Would never buy anything over the phone anyway, but still, almost humorous in its superficial bogusness. I also get a significant number of robo calls that start out with a less then melodic series of musical notes, followed by a woman speaking Chinese. (I do not understand or speak Chinese).

--diogenesNY

 

[Borg]

I got a notice that my warranty was expired on a three month old vehicle. Sure.

 

[WWGD]

I got a notice that my warranty was expired on a three month old vehicle. Sure.

At least you own one. I get the same calls and don't own one.

 

[WWGD]

I try to avoid politics at all times , specially in recent times. But it seems just-about everything has been politicized nowadays.

 

[Tom.G]

Can't they spoof their number?

Sure can, they can be too easily traced/caught if using their real number. They generally insert a name and number that is not in service into the Caller ID. Sometimes they pick a number that is live for some hapless soul. The hapless soul then turns in a VERY MAD hapless soul when all the potential suckers call to raise H*ll!

The technology used is a computer to auto-dial over the Internet and play a recording, often a computer-synthesized female voice. Since they are creating all the data packets, anything wanted can be inserted. At least in the developed world, most of the phone companies these days send everything over the Internet anyhow. That makes it extemely cheap and easy to set up a few computers in a poor country, out of the target legal jurisdiction, and rake in the occassional sucker.

If a person answers one of these calls, the call is forwarded to a 'Closer.' A Closer is a live sales person that is quite experienced in getting people to believe his story and send money. They really are specialists!

Cheers,
Tom

 

[Borg]

Speaking of cars, I sold the Prius yesterday that I bought new in 2006. It served us well over the years and we hope the same for the new owner. It was like saying goodbye to an old friend.

 

[jbriggs444]

They really are specialists!

For some reason they never seem to know what vehicle they are calling about, what credit card account they are calling about or what computer they are calling about. One guy was skeptical about my claimed Commodore 64.

 

[WWGD]

With the disappeatence of Analog clocks, wonder if generation Z( I think born around 2018 or after) will know the meaning of ' Clockwise/Counterclockwise).

And what would be the name of the generation after Z?

 

[skyshrimp]

I'm still thinking about creating my own drinks.

I need to order citric acid, malic acid, phosphoric acid, taurine, B12 powder, sorbitol and other cool stuff off of eBay.

I want to make sour fruit ice drinks. I can make it easily by buying a large slush puppie and adding an energy drink, but I want to make specific sugar free flavours like lychee etc.

 

[fresh_42]

With the disappeatence of Analog clocks, wonder if generation Z( I think born around 2018 or after) will know the meaning of ' Clockwise/Counterclockwise).

And what would be the name of the generation after Z?

What is a clock?

 

[WWGD]

What is a clock?

Like a watch, just on a wall. Or, if like most people, off the wall.

 

[WWGD]

I'm still thinking about creating my own drinks.

I need to order citric acid, malic acid, phosphoric acid, taurine, B12 powder, sorbitol and other cool stuff off of eBay.

I want to make sour fruit ice drinks. I can make it easily by buying a large slush puppie and adding an energy drink, but I want to make specific sugar free flavours like lychee etc.

You mean for a business?

 

[WWGD]

The irony.
Just read a statement: Everyone who speaks in absolutes is an idiot. So, does the barber shave himself?

 

[fresh_42]

Does anyone remember when Corvid-Sars-2 came into life? There is reasonable astronomic evidence that Jesus was actually born 7 BC (Saturn Jupiter conjunction). This means December 2012 was actually December 2019. And wasn't there something with the Maya? Now let's also take the Gregorian shift into account ...

 

[WWGD]

Does anyone remember when Corvid-Sars-2 came into life? There is reasonable astronomic evidence that Jesus was actually born 7 BC (Saturn Jupiter conjunction). This means December 2012 was actually December 2019. And wasn't there something with the Maya? Now let's also take the Gregorian shift into account ...

So, Jesus was born before Jesus? Jesus!

 

[WWGD]

Seems one of the 3 Baltic countries offers a virtual citizenship. I'm too lazy, maybe @nuuskur can tell us a bit about it (If you're familiar with it; please ignore otherwise)? #$% Internet took away the excuse for not looking things up and must admit of lazyness.

 

[nuuskur]

There is e-Residency. It is not equivalent to citizenship, but it does allow one to make use of e-services e.g sign documents digitally. This allows one to conduct formalities from a distance, so foreign entrepeneurs are into Estonian e-Residency. I don't know too much about it, because I have citizenship :P

 

[WWGD]

There is e-Residency. It is not equivalent to citizenship, but it does allow one to make use of e-services e.g sign documents digitally. This allows one to conduct formalities from a distance, so foreign entrepeneurs are into Estonian e-Residency. I don't know too much about it, because I have citizenship :P

I read you have a pretty good tech scene there too, right? And very fast internet. I assume so, since you can do all your government paperwork online. Pretty secure too.