Absolutely thrilled with a seller on eBay... what to give him? **UPDATED**

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: IgoByte
OK

I can't believe I just read all of that... 😉

😀

 

[Rob9874]

Don't take this the wrong way, as I mean no mal intent, but how do you live in CA on $30K/yr? I thought apartments were $1500/month.

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: Dezign
UPDATE! 😀

A middle-aged man (late 20's/early 30's) opened the door and said, "Dezign?" (insert my real name there 😛 )

Wait.. Late 20s is middle aged? Sh1t.. I'm going to go kill myself now..

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: Rob9874
Don't take this the wrong way, as I mean no mal intent, but how do you live in CA on $30K/yr? I thought apartments were $1500/month.

LOL... it's difficult, but possible. 🙂 I lived in the ghetto my first few months here for $400/month (private bed/bath), but moved out after 6 months because I got tired of hearing helicopters and worrying about gunshots.

I got VERY lucky and found a BEAUTIFUL apartment (3 bd/3 ba) for $1800/month, which I share with 2 sweet girls (unfortunately moving out soon, I need new roommates!). It IS possible to find places with rent $600 and below, you just have to know where to look.

I was living paycheck to paycheck for awhile, but now I'm starting to save....

 

[Rob9874]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212

Originally posted by: Dezign
UPDATE! 😀

A middle-aged man (late 20's/early 30's) opened the door and said, "Dezign?" (insert my real name there 😛 )

Wait.. Late 20s is middle aged? Sh1t.. I'm going to go kill myself now..

I didn't even catch that. Just when I was convincing myself that 28 is still young. 🙁

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212

Originally posted by: Dezign
UPDATE! 😀

A middle-aged man (late 20's/early 30's) opened the door and said, "Dezign?" (insert my real name there 😛 )

Wait.. Late 20s is middle aged? Sh1t.. I'm going to go kill myself now..

No no no no no!! Doh... *puts foot in mouth* I didn't mean that... first I wrote middle-aged, then I typed in 30's, then I cahnged it to late 20's/early 30's but forgot to delete "middle-aged". I didn't consider him old at all... heck, I'm only a few years awy from late 20's. 😛

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: Rob9874

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212

Originally posted by: Dezign
UPDATE! 😀

A middle-aged man (late 20's/early 30's) opened the door and said, "Dezign?" (insert my real name there 😛 )

Wait.. Late 20s is middle aged? Sh1t.. I'm going to go kill myself now..

I didn't even catch that. Just when I was convincing myself that 28 is still young. 🙁

Edited!!! Edited!!!!!!

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: Dezign

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212

Originally posted by: Dezign
UPDATE! 😀

A middle-aged man (late 20's/early 30's) opened the door and said, "Dezign?" (insert my real name there 😛 )

Wait.. Late 20s is middle aged? Sh1t.. I'm going to go kill myself now..

No no no no no!! Doh... *puts foot in mouth* I didn't mean that... first I wrote middle-aged, then I typed in 30's, then I cahnged it to late 20's/early 30's but forgot to delete "middle-aged". I didn't consider him old at all... heck, I'm only a few years awy from late 20's. 😛

OH KAY.. Interesting peak into your thought process(while you were thinking if you should date him or not) "Well, he's a little old.. OK, he's middle aged.. Actually, nah.. He's probably in his 30s.. Late 20s even.. Actually, he's not old at all, I'm only a few years away from late 20s! He owns a porsche!" j/k.. 🙂

 

[dquan97]

Originally posted by: Dezign


I was/am thrilled. 😀 It's just so BIG (huge improvement from the 17" used before), it'll take some getting used to... but I think I can handle it. 🙂

Reminded me of my wedding night 😉 😀

 

[manly]

LOL I remember when I was 19, I thought I was starting to get old (of course I wasn't). Of course now I do feel somewhat old. ;(

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: Dezign
UPDATE! 😀

Although that home cooking you offered (I suggested it in an earlier e-mail) sounded mighty tempting!"

He said "Well, maybe we can all get together for dinner sometime."

My friend said "Yes, maybe we can all get together for dinner sometime..." (insinuating all of us would go out, vs. just me and Mark)

Everyone shook hands, and that was that. Happy ending!! 🙂

He seemed like a very nice guy, and to thank him, maybe we should all go out to dinner? That or the gift certificate Ross suggested? I would be interested in talking to him more (about his writing career/grahic design, etc.), as long as it was on a purely platonic, eBay buyer/seller basis. 😛

Mission complete. 🙂

Sounds like he would have liked...well at lleast like to have tried your cooking.
He wants to get together for dinner = He likes you or as least interested.
Good for your friend to stick that in there.
Congrats on the happy ending & free monitor.
This reminds me of a Seinfeld episode (although admittedly practically everything reminds me of a Seinfeld episode) but how did this guy know that you and your friend weren't "together", yet he sort of asked you out in front of this guy? Purely Platonic, ebay friends?....riiiiight, let me give you a little insight into how the mind of a guy works....purely platonic friends don't exist for a guy 95% of the time. To paraphrase the words of a famous movie, "A man and a woman can never be just friends, the sex thing always gets in the way".

Anywho, congrats on a free HUGE monitor.

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: Staley8

Originally posted by: Dezign
Congrats on the happy ending & free monitor.

Hehe, sorry.. Call me immature but I had images of someone in a asian massage parlor saying "I'll give you a monitor for a 'happy ending'."

 

[DrPizza]

2 types of people with money.... those who refuse to part with a nickel, and those that recognize that monitors really don't mean a lot to them financially, and would rather give it away than sell a potentially defective monitor (although a really minor defect). Too bad there aren't more of the latter.

 

[RossMAN]

If you really wanna see him again then go out to dinner but only if you bring along a friend. You don't know this stranger, be careful.

Or if you think the cost of dinner & condoms for 2 would exceed $50 then just e-mail him a gift cert 😛

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
If you really wanna see him again then go out to dinner but only if you bring along a friend. You don't know this stranger, be careful.

Or if you think the cost of dinner & condoms for 2 would exceed $50 then just e-mail him a gift cert 😛

Condoms for 2? O_O Ross, you've been spending too much time in that "Private Topics" forum. 😉

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Dezign

Originally posted by: RossMAN
If you really wanna see him again then go out to dinner but only if you bring along a friend. You don't know this stranger, be careful.

Or if you think the cost of dinner & condoms for 2 would exceed $50 then just e-mail him a gift cert 😛

Condoms for 2? O_O Ross, you've been spending too much time in that "Private Topics" forum. 😉

You never did post pics in that private topic, did you? 🙁

Condoms for 2 = eBay seller and your male friend you brought along.

Think Oreo cookie 🙂

The dinner sounds intriguing but also can lead to complications.

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Dezign

Originally posted by: RossMAN
If you really wanna see him again then go out to dinner but only if you bring along a friend. You don't know this stranger, be careful.

Or if you think the cost of dinner & condoms for 2 would exceed $50 then just e-mail him a gift cert 😛

Condoms for 2? O_O Ross, you've been spending too much time in that "Private Topics" forum. 😉

You never did post pics in that private topic, did you? 🙁

Condoms for 2 = eBay seller and your male friend you brought along.

Think Oreo cookie 🙂

The dinner sounds intriguing but also can lead to complications.

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[Lager]

How about a nice dinner and a movie?