..now where's my fucking xbox?
I have been known to annoy people on this forum and others about doing referral schemes for getting freebies. I'm not going to bore you with all the details but people sign up and do offers; after a select amount you can get a freebie (in my case, an Xbox360, a Wii and a DSi but I digress). 2 years back I was being a right nag about it and I was finding ways of getting more credits. One way was the eBay sale.

Basically you create a sale on eBay explaining that you are not actually selling an Xbox360 but promoting your link for them to do the same as you. I stuck the advert on "Buy it Now" for 1p and listed in the heading "No Xbox with this sale" on it, and stuck it on for a week.

2 days in I had noticed that a few people had indeed started to sign up and test stuff; aha, the system works and I'm getting a few credits on my scheme for a 20p advert on eBay. Brilliant thinks I.....

However. Some numpty tries to buy it for 1p. Great...fucks up the listing and removes it from the limelight. I PM the guy and inform him that there was no article for sale, as is currently listed about 10 times in the post in bold. "Where's my Xbox?" says he. I reply back explaining that I was just advertising the link and that no xbox was on sale. He plays dumb and demands that I either provide him the console or he'll complain to eBay and get me banned. I politely tell him to stop playing dumb.

The same evening I get a warning from eBay, which I accept and leave a message saying that I won't advertise stuff like that again on their site, and they are happy that the issue is over. Not for the numpty though, who emails me through eBay again.

"Now where's my fucking xbox? lol"

That was it, I was pissed.

So I politely borrowed his rather odd username and started trolling Google with it, and because it was quite an odd username I quickly found a forum he had registered on and on his profile found his hometown and occupation.

So I smiled and opened up eBay, happily typing in the reply then clicked "Send".

The message, simply "Why don't we both calm down and bake a cake or something?"....the baker from Banbury never did reply to that.

might be a cheaky pea
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 15:15, 4 replies)

So hang on, you're complaining because someone didn't understand you were spamming on ebay?

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 15:41, closed)

And then you started stalking them?
Weirdo.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 15:42, closed)

hey, isn't that normal behaviour for anyone?
And he was complaining about me btw.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 15:44, closed)

I'm inclined to believe the other guy was trolling him.

( idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Tue 7 Sep 2010, 17:38, closed)