toben88
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posted on March 8, 2004 08:10:37 AM new
I am starting a new non-profit called the needy college student funds.
Its sole purpose exists to funnel money into the hands of poor graduate students at MIT who own rabbits and must sell their belongings on ebay for spare cash.
It gladly accepts all conservative, liberal, or undecided donations.
In fact if you act now you will recieve for a limited time only a genuine American flag for your donation.
Here are some quotes from students who benefited in the past from viewers like you.
"Wow - now I can afford to eat this week, no more ramen noodles for me tonight - I can afford meat. Tonight my family will eat spam." --- T
"I am so thankful for your support. I don't even care what whacked out political views you might have." --- also from T
"I can now afford the high cost of rabbit chow. My rabbit will no longer starve thanks to you anonymous donor" --- also from T
Today's recipient is a poor graduate student who decided working the graveyard shift managing a large computer network was just too boring. "I never saw my wife and dog . . . and rabbit. By applying myself in school I hope to someday get a job working during the day."
So please - give today. Anything you can do helps.
Silver membership $52.95
Gold membership $64.95
Platinum membership $135.00
Silver members will recieve a large 5 foot by 8 foot embroidered US flag.
Gold members will recieve a large 6 foot by 10 foot embroidered US flag.
Platinum members will recieve a large 8 foot by 12 foot embroidered US flag.
Please look at our website for more information. You are our only hope.
Needy College Students Fund (NCSF)
Click here for todays Awesome auctions --->Click here
Did you say flag?
[ edited by toben88 on Mar 8, 2004 08:19 AM ]
[ edited by toben88 on Mar 8, 2004 08:20 AM ]
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OhMsLucy
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posted on March 8, 2004 08:22:53 AM new
You're kidding, right?
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toben88
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posted on March 8, 2004 08:23:58 AM new
Definately not - did you go to the website?
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OhMsLucy
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posted on March 8, 2004 08:26:09 AM new
What website? Oh, you mean your eBay store.
Hah!
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kiara
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posted on March 8, 2004 08:31:42 AM new
This is a real sad attempt at spamming your auctions here for your own gain. Grow up.
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toben88
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posted on March 8, 2004 08:36:20 AM new
Sorry - its just my rabbit is starving.
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dadofstickboy
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posted on March 8, 2004 08:38:16 AM new
Eat him before he gets too skinny!
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earthmum
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posted on March 8, 2004 08:39:10 AM new
Rabbit stew is very tasty and nourishing!
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Twelvepole
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posted on March 8, 2004 08:42:19 AM new
Ding Ding Ding.... We have a winner in the "I am a Moron" contest... toben88 come over and collect your prize....
AIN'T LIFE GRAND... 
http://www.nogaymarriage.com/
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toben88
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posted on March 8, 2004 08:49:27 AM new
Here is the poor rabbit/dog in question
http://www.gotflag.com/gallery/album05/pic
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on March 8, 2004 08:58:46 AM new
Sorry - its just my rabbit is starving
You bonded with a food animal?
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OhMsLucy
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posted on March 8, 2004 09:10:59 AM new
Maybe when you sell the ex-tenant's jewelry you'll be able to buy some rabbit chow. In the meantime, let it out on the lawn. It'll either eat some grass or get nailed by a BIG MEAN DOG!
Either way, the problem is solved.
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kiara
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posted on March 8, 2004 09:38:58 AM new
piles of antique jewelry I got from my in-laws.
I don't understand why you feel a need to even mention where the jewelry came from in your auction. Even after all the advice you've been given here about the jewelry for the past year, you start out your auction by deliberately misrepresenting it. You know it isn't antique so why did you say that?
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cta
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posted on March 8, 2004 09:42:24 AM new
Can you say  !?!
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toben88
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posted on March 8, 2004 09:48:29 AM new
You bonded with a food animal?
No I dont get close to the lobster and lamb we had for dinner last week. . .
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toben88
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posted on March 8, 2004 10:00:54 AM new
I did get the jewelry from my in-laws - my father in law is the landlord
Those peices are antique - atleast i consider items 30 yrs old antiques
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trai
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posted on March 8, 2004 10:15:21 AM new
atleast i consider items 30 yrs old antiques
Come on, are you really this dysfunctional or what?? It has to be at least one hundred years old to be called that.
But then what can one expect of a spammer. Where did you study ethics? Enron 101?
Just say that its a vintage lot because that is what it is.
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Damariscotta
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posted on March 8, 2004 11:47:57 AM new
>>you start out your auction by deliberately misrepresenting it.>>
The marketing hook here may be to get bidders thinking that the lot is better than it looks, and they are going to "put one over" on the poor, ignorant seller ("Wow, they must not know that is Navajo silver!" . Judging by the seller's location (a town in the Boston area), there must be at least 50 jewelers/antique dealers within five miles of their home. If they don't know anything about this jewelry, it is because they do not WANT to know anything about it. As our Boston area consumer reporter would say "Buyer Beware!".
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parklane64
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posted on March 8, 2004 01:00:59 PM new
There was a movie with a scarecrow that had a song to fit the OP. Darn, now what was that movie? Something about a wizard.
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OhMsLucy
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posted on March 8, 2004 01:08:47 PM new
It'll be interesting to see how the jewelry auction ends up and what is left in the way of feedback.
I sold my 15 pounds of nonsense-mostly broken-only good for crafts costume jewelry for $31. Of course mine was accurately described and not misrepresented in the least.
Lucy
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tomwiii
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posted on March 8, 2004 04:30:56 PM new
Ralphie:
"Did somebody say rabbit?"
Yum, yum! Drool, drool!
Who pays? http://tinyurl.com/3a6mv
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trai
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posted on March 8, 2004 04:37:47 PM new
Hmmmm, roasted rabbit...yum yum Getting hungry.
[ edited by trai on Mar 8, 2004 04:45 PM ]
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classicrock000
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posted on March 8, 2004 06:49:52 PM new
EEEEHHHHHHHH.........WHATS UP DOC???????
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stonecold613
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posted on March 10, 2004 09:15:38 PM new
This is one thread that I would actually back PETA. Ok, the only one.
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pelorus
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posted on March 11, 2004 06:21:58 AM new
I wonder if toben knows how much trouble he can get in by calling his org. "non-profit," when it is highly unlikely he has registered as such with the IRS.
Taking money for personal gain and calling it non-profit is a big no-no.
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sanmar
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posted on March 11, 2004 10:51:39 AM new
I really don't know why Vendio allows these stupid threads to exist. Talk about spamm you slice this & fry it for breakfast.
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stopwhining
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posted on March 11, 2004 11:14:37 AM new
some recipient said ,
Wow - now I can afford to eat this week, no more ramen noodles for me tonight - I can afford meat. Tonight my family will eat spam." --- T
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c'mon,stop giving toben a hard time,those are very nice patriotic flags!!
SANMAR,
if looks like you are the only one who can post here.so i am the most NEGATIVE person on this board??
you dont like what you hear,KISS MY ASS!!!!
-sig file -------the lobster in the boiling pot of water who tries to prevent the others from climbing out.
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rustygumbo
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posted on March 11, 2004 02:47:22 PM new
Is this just for MIT students? I think Ebay sellers are a dying breed. Sales have been slipping now for the last two months (expected 50% of the drop). Perhaps we should start a starving Ebay Seller fund.
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stopwhining
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posted on March 11, 2004 06:30:33 PM new
MIT students once they graduate ,move on to high paying jobs.
eat ramien noodles now,and feast on sushi and filet mignon later.
what about mom and dad??
have you ever heard of harvard students asking for a handout??
-sig file -------the lobster in the boiling pot of water who tries to prevent the others from climbing out.
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