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No I have not seen the Truman show. And no i refuse to order anything onlinebecause i am afraid to put my credit card number on the internet. i saw a special on msnbc about eonline ordering for xmas, where they tell you how not to get burned ("order early" they said...duh) cause toysrus ran out of toys and all these kids got back-order notes for xmas. it was one of those call-in shows where people told the host of their successes or horror stories with it. apparenly it is a LIVE show. so these folks are calling in and most of them are saying it sucks because they only got part of their order in time, or it's very difficult to return or exchange things, or whatever. only one lady said it was a breeze, but she started shpping in october. so one guy calls in and he's like kind of mad, and he says I ordered a whole buncho of stuff and NOTHING arrived yet" so the host is like "Hhhm really... nothing at all?" so the caller says "Nothing! And I ordered like a whole case of Preparation H and some magazines, and nothing has come in yet." So of course they disconnect the caller at that second (CLICK!) and the host says "Everbody's a comedian" and goes on with the show. OK, is it me, or what? Like am I stupid, or what, cause I DON'T GET IT. Why in the world did he say Preparation H and magazines? I mean there must be joke somewhere in there, I don't get it. Is it funny? Can somebody explain it to me? |
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How is this relevant to the Photo Marketplace?
marika wrote: No I have not seen the Truman show. And no i refuse to order anything onlinebecause i am afraid to put my credit card number on the internet. i saw a special on msnbc about eonline ordering for xmas, where they tell you how not to get burned ("order early" they said...duh) cause toysrus ran out of toys and all these kids got back-order notes for xmas. it was one of those call-in shows where people told the host of their successes or horror stories with it. apparenly it is a LIVE show. so these folks are calling in and most of them are saying it sucks because they only got part of their order in time, or it's very difficult to return or exchange things, or whatever. only one lady said it was a breeze, but she started shpping in october. so one guy calls in and he's like kind of mad, and he says I ordered a whole buncho of stuff and NOTHING arrived yet" so the host is like "Hhhm really... nothing at all?" so the caller says "Nothing! And I ordered like a whole case of Preparation H and some magazines, and nothing has come in yet." So of course they disconnect the caller at that second (CLICK!) and the host says "Everbody's a comedian" and goes on with the show. OK, is it me, or what? Like am I stupid, or what, cause I DON'T GET IT. Why in the world did he say Preparation H and magazines? I mean there must be joke somewhere in there, I don't get it. Is it funny? Can somebody explain it to me? |
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On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:41:46 -0400, APEX wrote:
How is this relevant to the Photo Marketplace? it's relevant because a lot of things that are being sold here are being sold on the internet and i want to buy a camera but not over the internet. I thought that was preety obvious, though, and really didn't need an explanation. do you buy things on the net and give your credit card number and you don't worry about it. and everything comes in ok and no back orders or other cons like described in the story i just described yikes marika wrote: No I have not seen the Truman show. And no i refuse to order anything onlinebecause i am afraid to put my credit card number on the internet. i saw a special on msnbc about eonline ordering for xmas, where they tell you how not to get burned ("order early" they said...duh) cause toysrus ran out of toys and all these kids got back-order notes for xmas. it was one of those call-in shows where people told the host of their successes or horror stories with it. apparenly it is a LIVE show. so these folks are calling in and most of them are saying it sucks because they only got part of their order in time, or it's very difficult to return or exchange things, or whatever. only one lady said it was a breeze, but she started shpping in october. so one guy calls in and he's like kind of mad, and he says I ordered a whole buncho of stuff and NOTHING arrived yet" so the host is like "Hhhm really... nothing at all?" so the caller says "Nothing! And I ordered like a whole case of Preparation H and some magazines, and nothing has come in yet." So of course they disconnect the caller at that second (CLICK!) and the host says "Everbody's a comedian" and goes on with the show. OK, is it me, or what? Like am I stupid, or what, cause I DON'T GET IT. Why in the world did he say Preparation H and magazines? I mean there must be joke somewhere in there, I don't get it. Is it funny? Can somebody explain it to me? |
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I do order online and always from a secure server/site that I know I
can trust (places that use PayPal, for example). Usually they have their icon in the url window like Google is showing right now in the left-hand side of the url. I bought a Nikon D100 a while back thru Ebay for less than 1/2 of what I would have payed for it in my area. It's an older model, yes, but it does what I need it to do. It's also good to ensure that your browser is the most recent. If you get a message and if you think there is a scam, or con, happening don't enter any sensitive information (i.e. name, address, bank acct., credit card #). Before I click on the link I look at the bottom of my browser window to see where it leads. If it's not www.ebay.com, or www.paypal.com, I'll forward the message to Ebay's (or PayPal's) security team. These scamming/spamming jerks usually don't get what they deserve, but I feel it's a good thing to keep security up to date. On closing I'll say that most places (like banks, Ebay and PayPal) never ask for you to click on links or to disclose private information through an email message. Hope that helps. APEX marika wrote: On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:41:46 -0400, APEX wrote: How is this relevant to the Photo Marketplace? it's relevant because a lot of things that are being sold here are being sold on the internet and i want to buy a camera but not over the internet. I thought that was preety obvious, though, and really didn't need an explanation. do you buy things on the net and give your credit card number and you don't worry about it. and everything comes in ok and no back orders or other cons like described in the story i just described yikes marika wrote: No I have not seen the Truman show. And no i refuse to order anything onlinebecause i am afraid to put my credit card number on the internet. i saw a special on msnbc about eonline ordering for xmas, where they tell you how not to get burned ("order early" they said...duh) cause toysrus ran out of toys and all these kids got back-order notes for xmas. it was one of those call-in shows where people told the host of their successes or horror stories with it. apparenly it is a LIVE show. so these folks are calling in and most of them are saying it sucks because they only got part of their order in time, or it's very difficult to return or exchange things, or whatever. only one lady said it was a breeze, but she started shpping in october. so one guy calls in and he's like kind of mad, and he says I ordered a whole buncho of stuff and NOTHING arrived yet" so the host is like "Hhhm really... nothing at all?" so the caller says "Nothing! And I ordered like a whole case of Preparation H and some magazines, and nothing has come in yet." So of course they disconnect the caller at that second (CLICK!) and the host says "Everbody's a comedian" and goes on with the show. OK, is it me, or what? Like am I stupid, or what, cause I DON'T GET IT. Why in the world did he say Preparation H and magazines? I mean there must be joke somewhere in there, I don't get it. Is it funny? Can somebody explain it to me? |
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On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:22:03 -0400, APEX wrote:
I do order online and always from a secure server/site that I know I can trust (places that use PayPal, for example). Usually they have their icon in the url window like Google is showing right now in the left-hand side of the url. I bought a Nikon D100 a while back thru Ebay for less than 1/2 of what I would have payed for it in my area. It's an older model, yes, but it does what I need it to do. It's also good to ensure that your browser is the most recent. If you get a message and if you think there is a scam, or con, happening don't enter any sensitive information (i.e. name, address, bank acct., credit card #). Before I click on the link I look at the bottom of my browser window to see where it leads. If it's not www.ebay.com, or www.paypal.com, I'll forward the message to Ebay's (or PayPal's) security team. These scamming/spamming jerks usually don't get what they deserve, but I feel it's a good thing to keep security up to date. On closing I'll say that most places (like banks, Ebay and PayPal) never ask for you to click on links or to disclose private information through an email message. Hope that helps. APEX marika wrote: On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:41:46 -0400, APEX wrote: How is this relevant to the Photo Marketplace? it's relevant because a lot of things that are being sold here are being sold on the internet and i want to buy a camera but not over the internet. I thought that was preety obvious, though, and really didn't need an explanation. do you buy things on the net and give your credit card number and you don't worry about it. and everything comes in ok and no back orders or other cons like described in the story i just described yikes marika wrote: No I have not seen the Truman show. And no i refuse to order anything onlinebecause i am afraid to put my credit card number on the internet. i saw a special on msnbc about eonline ordering for xmas, where they tell you how not to get burned ("order early" they said...duh) cause toysrus ran out of toys and all these kids got back-order notes for xmas. it was one of those call-in shows where people told the host of their successes or horror stories with it. apparenly it is a LIVE show. so these folks are calling in and most of them are saying it sucks because they only got part of their order in time, or it's very difficult to return or exchange things, or whatever. only one lady said it was a breeze, but she started shpping in october. so one guy calls in and he's like kind of mad, and he says I ordered a whole buncho of stuff and NOTHING arrived yet" so the host is like "Hhhm really... nothing at all?" so the caller says "Nothing! And I ordered like a whole case of Preparation H and some magazines, and nothing has come in yet." So of course they disconnect the caller at that second (CLICK!) and the host says "Everbody's a comedian" and goes on with the show. OK, is it me, or what? Like am I stupid, or what, cause I DON'T GET IT. Why in the world did he say Preparation H and magazines? I mean there must be joke somewhere in there, I don't get it. Is it funny? Can somebody explain it to me? Yes good stuff thank you.... and I agree with it. |
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