Craigslist Nightmare... [message #11576] |
Sun, 09 August 2009 13:34 |
Shaun_Musings
Messages: 323 Registered: April 2009 Location: Reading, MA
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Okay, okay, I'm all for sellers trying to figure out if their potential customer is a nigerian scammer, but this is ridiculous!
I emailed a guy in North Easton about a Kustom 2x15 speaker cabinet. No casters, but I'm sure one of my friends here will help me with that (hint, hint). No pictures on Cl, either, so I sent him an offer of 75$. He accepted.
Next day he asked when I wanted to pick it up, and to give him a call. I replied that since I don't hear well out of my left ear (which is what I use the phone with) and so I replied that I'd be calling through MassRelay. He got pissed, for whatever reason, and so I quickly replied again, saying to give me his address and I'd pick it up tonight. His reply? 'Found your videos on youtube and your science-fiction stories, so I guess you're legit.' I don't think I had this much background check since I was working for Newton north High School in 2005! I'll take the cab, give him his money and hope he doesn't have an axe in his hand. Good grief!!!
Shaun
Born on the Baaaaayou (Ok, in Massachusetts)
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Re: Craigslist Nightmare... [message #11579 is a reply to message #11576] |
Sun, 09 August 2009 14:29 |
rodak
Messages: 515 Registered: October 2001 Location: Georgia
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Forgive my curiosity, but if you don't hear well in your left ear, why is that the one you use for the phone? What's MassRelay, and what does that have to do with which ear you hear out of?
www.combo-organ.com
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Re: Craigslist Nightmare... [message #11586 is a reply to message #11579] |
Sun, 09 August 2009 17:37 |
Shaun_Musings
Messages: 323 Registered: April 2009 Location: Reading, MA
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I use that one because there's a hearing aid in my right ear =)
Also, because his number was a cellular phone, the volume is often very different from a (gasp!) landline, which are seeing dimished use on a regular basis.
MassRelay is a service for the deaf and hard of hearing. If a deaf person wants to call me, I have a television that enables me to use sign language to talk to them. However, if I want to talk to a deaf person, I have to use a relay. Really, I only had to use it because at work there are NO phones... well, because everyone is deaf.
Let me spare a response from someone out there: I CAN hear myself playing guitar. I usually feel the vibrations on the strings, and plugging it into an amp lets me hear them normally. However, playing at satisfying volumes is impossible because there are ancients living upstairs and downstairs and still call it 'that darned rock music!'
=) Shaun
Born on the Baaaaayou (Ok, in Massachusetts)
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Re: Craigslist Nightmare... [message #11592 is a reply to message #11576] |
Sun, 09 August 2009 23:54 |
Shaun_Musings
Messages: 323 Registered: April 2009 Location: Reading, MA
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Well, despite my intial post, everything went well! The Kustom is a K-200, no casters (help!) and it doesn't have the original handles, but whoever put them on did an incredible job, so they'll stay. I didn't realize the 200s were tapered slightly towards the end.
The guy I bought it from looks like he moves a lot of gear around, so he must have more dealings withthe nigerians than I do, lol. I'm just curious, and out of sheer boredom, does anyone have any horror stories to share? I mean real ones? This was just a case of miscommunication.
(Called the guy with the B4... He's gonna hold it for me!!!!)
Shaun
Born on the Baaaaayou (Ok, in Massachusetts)
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Re: Craigslist Nightmare... [message #11659 is a reply to message #11636] |
Thu, 20 August 2009 19:57 |
Shaun_Musings
Messages: 323 Registered: April 2009 Location: Reading, MA
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Wha? An a4? I want that!
La la.. In Kustom News, I'm getting my B2 on Monday. Its not the A4.. Hint hint, but it'll do for now... total damage? 100$ and a red OE-30 that I hardly play anymore B)
Born on the Baaaaayou (Ok, in Massachusetts)
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