what would you do if you bought someone a gift

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Bryophyte

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Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
My brother-in-law ebayed a gift we gave him. It really pissed me off. Now I only give him gift cards, if that.

no one wants another salad shooter.

It wasn't a thoughtless gift. He has a highly-addictive personality, and since he's off drugs and alcohol, he's turned his addictions toward ebay.
 

BrianH1

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May 24, 2005
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bid and win it, then dont pay. when he realizes who it is that won the auction...BINGO
 

mattocs

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Jan 25, 2005
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Bidding on it would be funny...do it so they don't know its you...and give it back to them.


I've never sold a gift that someone bought...but my mom gave me stuff she's won, and i've sold it on eBay.

 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
My brother-in-law ebayed a gift we gave him. It really pissed me off. Now I only give him gift cards, if that.

no one wants another salad shooter.

It wasn't a thoughtless gift. He has a highly-addictive personality, and since he's off drugs and alcohol, he's turned his addictions toward ebay.

ok well, how about giving him a gift he wants then?

I tell most don't get me gifts...if they do and I dont want it, I return it...if I can't sell it.

 

JoeKing

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Oct 9, 1999
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send them an angry 5 page letter
send them 14 emails concerning how this makes me feel
send them a video with me crying for 3 hours
write a top40 song about the situation
send them tear stained pillow
commit suicide by building a machine that would continuiously drop the gift on my head until dead. then have blood stained gift sent to person.
 

jlee

Lifer
Sep 12, 2001
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Maybe I'm missing something..but what's the big deal? If I give someone a gift, and if they don't want it..so be it - I don't want them to hang onto something I gave them just because it was a gift...it's a gift, not a burden.

$0.02
 

MX2

Lifer
Apr 11, 2004
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If it was given as a gift, then they can do it with it as they wish I suppose. I would definitely take mental note of the situation though.
 

imported_goku

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Mar 28, 2004
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Originally posted by: FeuerFrei
Why would you want to bid on the item? You'd just be paying for it twice.

Naa I don't think so, soon as they found out who the user was they'd be like "Oh sh!t".