improvstone wrote:
Cool .... My only regret is not being there to join you ....  

Maybe I can role play via Skype.  I could be the disembodied head in the corner  

have a word with badmike - hes gonna be the internet bod i think

Al

Would it work better with a credit card as a basis for your paypal account?  That is how I started.  Although admittedly that was a wee while ago and they have changed their practices a little since (cue, theme music from Jaws).  Good luck!

serleran wrote:Oh yeah, I set up the CC, which ties directly into the bank account, but it still lists me as unverified. I'm impressed, to say the least, at the amazing technology of suckitude. I do not, and will not, have another credit card so I can't use that.

Serl, in order to verify your paypal account you have to provide them with your bank account number and your accounts routing number(its should be the first nine numbers on the bottom of your check).  From there Paypal will send 2 ACH deposits(electronic deposits to your account), each in amount of less than $1.  This usually takes anywhere from 3 to 4 days for your account to receive them.  Once those two deposits are made to your Bank Account, you have to go back into Paypal and input their ammounts into their system.  Assuming that you enter these amounts correctly, this will verify to Paypal that the deposits were in fact made into a valid Bank Account and they will update your Paypal accounts status to "Verfied".  They will do so any other way, even if you are using your bank accounts Debit Card as its not the same.  



*Yes I worked at a bank for almost 7 years, so I know how it works all to well....*

I didn't realise this article on Patricia Pulling and BADD existed in Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Pulling

This really cracked me up:

As the popularity of D&D and other role-playing games increased, Pulling's more extreme views and statements were increasingly called into question. For example, she once told a newspaper reporter that eight percent of the people living in Richmond, Virginia were Satanists. She had arrived at that figure, she explained, by estimating four percent of adults and four percent of teens to be involved with Satanism, and adding them together to get eight percent. When the reporter informed her that mathematically that was four percent[2], not eight percent, she claimed that it did not matter because even eight percent was a "conservative" figure.

improvstone wrote:Youtube Video of Elmore if anone is interested ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKWm9wCR25E&mode=related&search=

I wish it was longer. I love Elmore's work, and Clyde Caldwell.

I'm finally not a zero eBayer. I managed to get something without being sniped (damnit, the last 13 auctions have all ended with me being outbid in the last 5 seconds... arg!) but that's ok, because I actually won two things in a row basically. Yay! Got myself T.H.E. Fighter GM2 and what should be all three volumes of Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendiums.

serleran wrote:I'm finally not a zero eBayer. I managed to get something without being sniped (damnit, the last 13 auctions have all ended with me being outbid in the last 5 seconds... arg!) but that's ok, because I actually won two things in a row basically. Yay! Got myself T.H.E. Fighter GM2 and what should be all three volumes of Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendiums.

Well done Serleran!  Being outbid in the last 5 seconds happens to all of us.  

Ususally, on the thing we really want the most.  

serleran wrote:I'm finally not a zero eBayer. I managed to get something without being sniped (damnit, the last 13 auctions have all ended with me being outbid in the last 5 seconds... arg!) but that's ok, because I actually won two things in a row basically. Yay! Got myself T.H.E. Fighter GM2 and what should be all three volumes of Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendiums.

www.auctionsniper.com

You get the first three snipes for free.  After that, you put like maybe $5 on account and most of your snipes cost 25 cents.

Totally accurate, easy to use and KAPOW!  You snipe or get sniped and even losing can be fun.

Better yet, when you place a snipe rather than bidding early you keep the price down and you still have the option to remove your planned snipe up until the very last second.

Also, no one can look over your shoulder using the "Ebay Gross Violation of Privacy" option.

Mark  

Around that same time you can no longer delete your queued snipe either.