newParadime's quest for ipods

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: newParadime
Originally posted by: mugs
They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting the same result. Did we not tell you it was going to be a scam?

Have you at made a profit, or did the $5000 wipe it out?

I ended up breaking even, but as my dad put it, 'I spent money like a drunken sailor' on my vacation, so I kinda lost a little.

And insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a DIFFERENT result. Like getting hit in the balls always hurts. By your defintiontion, expecting this pain every time you are about to get smacked, is insane? No sir. Expecting that this one time is the time it won't hurt is insane.

~new

Yeah, you knew what I meant. :)
 

newParadigm

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Actually no, because I was expecting simialr result to the first trasnaction, when i made the second one. Yet I got stiffed with 'different' results.

You argument is nonsensical (makes no sense).

~new
 

mugs

Lifer
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Originally posted by: newParadime
Actually no, because I was expecting simialr result to the first trasnaction, when i made the second one. Yet I got stiffed with 'different' results.

You argument is nonsensical (makes no sense).

~new

It makes complete sense.

First you had the eBay auction that you thought you were going to win, that got shut down because the seller was a scammer.
Then you had the second guy - if I remember correctly, the transaction went bad at first, then a few weeks later he contacted you again and shipped first, which was obviously just to gain your confidence so he could scam you.
And now you want to do this again, after people keep telling you there's no way it's legitimate? After you've already been scammed out of all of your profits?
 

newParadigm

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Ok, i made 5 grand, then lost 5 grand, i am in a position to make all of that back plus $2500. At no risk might i add, as this supplier is agian willing to ship first.

I don't really care what you think, I didn't start this thread, so LEAVE ME Alone.


Thankyou,

Very Much,

~newParadime
 

tami

Lifer
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wait, my intentions of this thread is just to get an idea of what's going on. what i'm trying to figure out is how you are planning on getting the $5k back from the guy in england. i thought you were bringing the cops into it. if you lose that signficant sum of money, you should pursue it to the fullest. are you? or are you considering it a loss? i really wouldn't shrug my shoulders to losing $5,000.
 

newParadigm

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Originally posted by: tami
wait, my intentions of this thread is just to get an idea of what's going on. what i'm trying to figure out is how you are planning on getting the $5k back from the guy in england. i thought you were bringing the cops into it. if you lose that signficant sum of money, you should pursue it to the fullest. are you? or are you considering it a loss? i really wouldn't shrug my shoulders to losing $5,000.

I nkow your intentions for this thread, other people opinions were pissing me off

I am pursuing this loss. I am in the proccess of filling a complaint with the IFCC, and will get back to the London Police once things calm down a little bit.

I just ordered another batch of iPods with which i hope to make almost $7500. That will cover the lost $5000, and give me $2500 extra. I need to buy my own instrument, b/c im leaving high school and can't se a school Viola any more. So part of the 2500 profit will go towards that.

~new
 

KoolAidKid

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This is like watching a train wreck that happens over the course of months rather than seconds.
 

tami

Lifer
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ok. good luck. but don't get too excited... this is a dangerous business, as you have learned. don't let it become a compulsion. seriously. you don't want to be racked up in debt while you're still in high school.