posted on July 6, 2003 06:32:54 AM new
Received this email the other day:
"The necklace just arrived and it is GORGEOUS! Ten times prettier than the picture! I couldn't be more pleased."
Well, it's always good to have a satisfied customer.
Except that two hours later, the very same person sent this:
"Let me make this simple for you, you moron. The necklace still hasn't arrived. You took my money and sent NOTHING. I want a refund NOW or I am filing fraud charges! I see that you've tried to cheat other people too! Not only that, but you're a liar and rude to boot!"
Hmmm. Okay. I copied her first email back to her and added "Um, who has the problem with manners and veracity?"
Got a shamefaced reply a bit later. Can you guess? Her HUSBAND sent the second note.
Despite my cynicism, I am generally a trusting person. I tend to believe that the person who sends the mail is the same person whose account it is. I think we probably all do.
How many weak women (or men) out there are letting their cowardly, bullying or mentally unhinged spouses use their email? And what possible excuse could there be? Shucks, just about every ISP gives you 5-8 or more mailboxes when you sign up.
I am not a bathtub full of brightly-colored machine tools on Vendio.
posted on July 6, 2003 07:50:54 AM new
I believe the problem is people sharing ebay accounts. There are people with several seperate ebay accounts and there are single ebay accounts being used by multiple people ( families mostly ).
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posted on July 6, 2003 08:18:06 AM newSooooo, she really did get the necklace or she she didn't??? Was the husband just clueless?
She really did get the necklace, and we'll never know if the husband was clueless or hoping to scam a refund now that Wifey had her necklace.
I've met men like this. Before anyone accuses me of man-hating, let me say that I adore men, especially the intelligent long-legged variety. But a few always seem to have an eye out for the main chance. These are the guys who want to invite a lot of people to their wedding because then they'll get more gifts. These are the guys who'll sell you something broken at the flea market and swear up and down that it was only used once "just to test it...works great!".
I am not a bathtub full of brightly-colored machine tools on Vendio.
posted on July 6, 2003 08:21:17 AM new
Yes Auction Ace you are right about using a single account by multiple family members.
About a year ago we heard many horrible stories about this but it seems to have slowed down. This board was full of complaints about paypal when they closed down accounts because too many people were using one account and then not paying. I hope this doesn't start again.
It is interesting how the women of the house knew that the necklace was there and the man didn't. I call that a communication gap....
posted on July 6, 2003 08:29:02 AM new
college students also share ebay account and paypal account.
by the way,most men dont pay much attention to what wife buys,unless it is a plasma tv set ,out door grill or a car or boat??
i would say this is one person with split personality ,just to see if you will refund!!
[ edited by stopwhining on Jul 6, 2003 08:30 AM ]
posted on July 6, 2003 08:54:26 AM new
Fluffy,
I have access to my husband's email account. He is just one of those people for who the computer holds very little interest. But he gives people his email address, so every now an then since I am on it all the time, he'll say, "check and see if I got any email." He also might once in awhile look for a CD on ebay or something and uses the one account we had (I just set up his own), but you're right if husband and wife share an email, surely the both know whats going on over there.
posted on July 6, 2003 09:41:46 AM new
Fluffy, I used to run into that same problem constantly.
Husband would purchase shoes for wife. Have me send them in Wife's name. Wife would get the shoes, do the happy dance, email me a nice gushy letter, and strut her stuff all over town in the shoes.
Husband would email me 2 weeks later screaming fraud, deception, scam, lawsuit or whatever else came to his mind. Being the sharp blade that he is he never noticed his wife wearing her new kicks. Hubby, wife or both, would eventually email and apologize for the insane letter.
I realized that most men don't pay much attention to what their wives wear.
posted on July 6, 2003 10:32:23 AM new
i would think if hubby is buying wife a pair of shoes or necklace as a gift,he would ask wife first if she has received it before he sent out insulting emails????????
i dont buy this excuse!
i think it could be one person or a couple scamming to get freebie!!
posted on July 7, 2003 10:08:59 AM new
no, honest, it could happen- My hubby is unusually noticing, and I could easily imagine him doing something like this...
I once got a chain letter from my sister-in-law- who knows pretty well what I think of such things- and it was complaining about the "one nation under god" ruling re: the pledge of alliegance. I am very much in favor of the seperation of church and state, and I wrote back saying that if she wanted to debate with me I would be glad to do so, but I wanted to hear it from her in her own words, and not in the form of spam. She wrote back saying that her husband sent it out- why from her account?
I said my offer still stood.
"And All Shall be Well, and All Shall be Well, and All Manner of Things Shall be Well"
posted on July 7, 2003 03:10:49 PM new
Sounds like that nightmare with the cabinet delivery...wonder if he's related?
Strange picture into the world of abuse, eh?
J
