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Deadlord
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:36 pm

She got a ton of cash, Al.

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g026r
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:46 pm

improvstone wrote:OMG 179,000 hits on that auction ....

She got linked to on a fair number of high-traffic sites; I'm not surprised.

On the other hand, I'll be amused if this turns out to be like the wedding dress guy.

IttyBitty
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:21 pm

I found it on The Miniatures Page

http://theminiaturespage.com/

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Blackmoor
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:45 am

IttyBitty wrote:A funny read....

** expired/removed eBay auction **

OMG I can't stop laughing :lol:

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killjoy32
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:09 pm

flying_purple_monkfish wrote:ahahah watch!!! I'm so sorely tempted to watch him now.. man i'm in a childish petty mood. Wish we could get the stats on how many watchers he has now.

On 23-Aug-07 at 09:44:15 BST, seller added the following information:

**Update**

I notice that since putting these comments on, a large number of "watchers" have sprung out of the woodwork for my items. Gosh, that was a really unexpected and witty thing for you all to do (its difficult to portray in text something dripping with sarcasm but you get the idea - unless you really are f*ing stupid).

My, what wacky, alternative and original people you all are. The long winter evenings must just fly by in your houses, as you sit there drooling vacantly and congratulating yourselves on your lack of wit.

:lol:

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jasonw1239
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:14 pm

He sure knows how to sweet talk potential buyers! :lol:

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g026r
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:22 pm

I wish I had multiple accounts just so I could watch some more. :lol:

FormCritic
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:49 pm

killjoy32 wrote:
On 23-Aug-07 at 09:44:15 BST, seller added the following information:

**Update**

I notice that since putting these comments on, a large number of "watchers" have sprung out of the woodwork for my items. Gosh, that was a really unexpected and witty thing for you all to do (its difficult to portray in text something dripping with sarcasm but you get the idea - unless you really are f*ing stupid).

My, what wacky, alternative and original people you all are. The long winter evenings must just fly by in your houses, as you sit there drooling vacantly and congratulating yourselves on your lack of wit.

Wow! That guy is a charmer!

We're talkin' honey-tongued devil here!

This is a man who knows how to get customers and attract bidders!

I wish there were a way to watch him more...like maybe a setting where my Ebay watch feature stares harder or something.

My question to the seller:

Hi:

As an American, I am having trouble understanding your charming English accent.

Are you saying that you don't want people to watch your auctions? Are you possibly asking a question? Or, is it that you fear some other sort of watchers...possibly supernatural?

I mean, in English English "watcher" might mean anything from "one who watches" to "what are you" to "water" or "watch out."

You witty English people have such charming accents! Which "watcher" did you mean?

"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

JohnGaunt
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:43 pm

FormCritic wrote:This is a man who knows how to get customers and attract bidders!

I'm tempted to add him to my Favorite Sellers so I can always watch his items. So little effort for such a great reward . . .

And he doesn't know how to express sarcasm within a typed message? The man is a charmer and a genius. *eyeroll*

Magelin
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:46 pm

Wow. I was actually thinking about bidding on this, but had it on my watch list because I was hoping I could find it here in the US, without paying for international shipping.

So I sent this today, after reading his ridicule of us poor "watchers":

Dear meerkat28,

Wow. I added your item to my watch list because I wasn't sure about international shipping prices - now after reading your sarcasm and rudeness, I am certain I will not bid.

Knowing that if I put off a serious bidder myself, I would certainly come back with an explanation - something like, "Well, I am very sorry, but I get frustrated because lately I've had auctions with 20 watchers and no bids..." But instead, I get this...

Dear centerstagehobbies,

Good for you

- meerkat28

I think this meerkat guy is the first graduate of the David Whitfield School of Customer Service. Asshat.

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JohnGaunt
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:51 pm

Center_Stage_Hobbies wrote:I think this meerkat guy is the first graduate of the David Whitfield School of Customer Service.

He may simply be having a bad week. That said, he should snap out of it before he digs his hole any deeper.

Kingofpain89
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:18 pm

JohnGaunt wrote:He may simply be having a bad week. That said, he should snap out of it before he digs his hole any deeper.

Nah...guys like that are pricks for life. :evil:

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ATOM
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:26 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:
Nah...guys like that are pricks for life.

He He!

FormCritic
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:57 pm

His Reply:

Perfectly simple, my dear fellow over the pond. It was aimed at people who stick an item on watch with no intention of ever bidding for it. Hence, they don't even put in a bid if the auction ends and there were no other bids on the item. All seems rather pointless to me.
I've no objection in the slightest to people watching the items if they're interested in bidding and are keeping tabs on how the price goes up.
Hope that assuages your curiosity.

to recap: in this sense, watcher = prat with no intention of ever bidding.

A remarkably civil response seeing as I was trolling him.

Actually, I kind of like Meerkat now. :shaking2:

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Improv
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:15 pm

FormCritic wrote:His Reply:

Perfectly simple, my dear fellow over the pond. It was aimed at people who stick an item on watch with no intention of ever bidding for it. Hence, they don't even put in a bid if the auction ends and there were no other bids on the item. All seems rather pointless to me.
I've no objection in the slightest to people watching the items if they're interested in bidding and are keeping tabs on how the price goes up.
Hope that assuages your curiosity.

to recap: in this sense, watcher = prat with no intention of ever bidding.

A remarkably civil response seeing as I was trolling him.

Actually, I kind of like Meerkat now.

In looking at his auction the page counter only shows 84 hits. So the number of watchers isn't really that high. I would love to see what he message would have been if he had say 100,000 watchers. :twisted:

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le Rahib
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:56 am

This one is good :lol:

DMG "with archer shooting an arrow into the unicorn's ass"

Signed by Gygax (the book, not the archer).

That is funny !

jasonw1239
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:50 am

I wonder if the archer was there when Gary signed it? :lol:

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flying_purple_monkfish
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:24 am

man, that unicorn looks like it's about to take a dump on that tiiiny archer. Lookatthetinyarcher! either that or that unicorn is fecking huge

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