I just wanted to express my feelings on an event that happened to me during the last few days. Basically, I posted an auction on eBay selling a Blu-Ray disc player. The item was a new item I had and although it was opened, it still had all the accessories that were originally included. I listed the item as such, “New, opened-boxed with all accessories…” and I recieved a few bids on it. When the final bid came down and the auction ended, I packed up the item and shipped it off to it’s new owner.

Shortly thereafter, I received an email from him explaining that the box was missing it’s original packing materials and user manual. To explain a little back-story–I sell items coming directly out of a warehouse and I sometimes see hundreds of the same items which I turn around and sell. In the case of these Blu-Ray players, I was opening boxes to upgrade the firmware and perform product testing. In the case of the item at hand, I mistakenly threw the packing materials away (except the box) and it was brought to my attention that the user manual had gone with it. Yes, this was my mistake.

However, the unit was sold as an open-item and that it came with the included accessories (remote, power cable, video cables and HDMI cable). Before I get into the problem, I’ll remind you that as a buyer, you should always contact the seller before bidding to ensure that everything you think should be included, but not listed will be there.

Anyway, so the buyer sends me an email stating that the aforementioned items were missing. I explained to him how this happened and even advised him that the user manual could be downloaded from the manufacturer’s website. I never recieved a response after this, but I did get a notice from PayPal stating that the buyer had issued an item dispute claiming that the item was incorrectly described and that it was missing parts. Missing parts?? Are you kidding me?!

While the dispute was still open and awaiting my response, PayPal decided to debit my account in the amount of the transaction to refund the buyer! So now I don’t have the money and I also don’t have the product. I sent in my response so they could investigate the issue and after reading my side of the story (which is basically what you read here), they decided in favor of the buyer and are requesting that he return the item while I refund his money. What’s the point of an investigation if you favor the buyer 99% of the time? What’s more alarming is that I have a valid case. Let’s look at the facts:

1. I auctioned off an open-item disc player
2. The listing described the item as such and fully listed the accessories that would be arriving in the box
3. The winner of the auction did not email any questions before bidding
4. The winner did not attempt to ask for a refund or inquire about any such remedy through myself

To top that off, eBay has changed their feedback rules to dis-allow all sellers from leaving anything but positive feedback to bidders, which basically translates into me having left positive feedback to this guy when he originally sent payment and he was allowed to post a negative comment to me stating incorrect information.

All I can say is that PayPal favors the buyer and so does eBay. If they continue to partake in this activity, they’re not going to have anymore sellers for the buyers to buy from.

Fuck you PayPal…

I was just over on Facebook and I read a little note about my birth month. I was trippin’ out because it is soooo accurate!

FEBRUARY Birthdays: Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislikes unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizes dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.

I haven’t posted in a loooonnng while, but here I am with a fitting message. FHF is back! For those less the wiser, this is Frosty, Heidi and Frank from the former 97.1 FreeFM. You can now listen to their Podcasts from the iTunes store for free. The show’s name and source has changed, but the content is still the same and Frosty is still a fat bastard! 😉

And better yet, they’re now uncensored!! Check it out at.

Sad news to report. If you haven’t heard, yesterday was the last day of FreeFM 97.1 (KLSX Los Angeles). It has now been turned into a top 40 music station. With the downfall, goes the careers of Adam Corolla, Frosty Heidi & Frank, Danny Bonaduce, Tim Conway Jr., John Boyle & Jeff Carroll and of course Tom Leykis. I don’t expect that we’ve heard the last of these talents, but for the time being, they are silent.

The Last Shows

I’ve found YouTube clips of Tom Leykis’ last 10 minutes along with Frosty, Heidi & Frank’s last 10 minutes if you’d like to hear. Tom Leykis got the final signoff (including the last “Blow me up, Tom!”), followed by the last station id and then silence. Shortly thereafter, Kanye West’s Paranoid kicked off a 10,000 song, commerical free block of music signaling the start of AMP 97.1.

I, for one, have no interest in this new format and am saddened by the loss of some great afternoon and late night talk radio.

Keep updated with the crews of the old 97.1:

• Frosty, Heidi & Frank: FrostyHeidiandFrank.com, Frank Army
• Tom Leykis: BlowMeUpTom.com, Tom’s MySpace page
• John & Jeff: JohnJeff.com
• Adam Corolla: Adam.FreeFM.com
• Danny Bonaduce: Danny’s MySpace page
• Tim Conway Jr.: TimConwayJr.com

Tomorrow night, there’s a party at my house and today I’m at Disneyland. So I’m here to say happy birthday to myself. I’d sing the song, but if I write it out here, I’d have to pay royalties on it! That song sucks anyway!

Oh well, if you find trivial things funny, you might like this post I made a while ago. It has a bunch of random things that have happened on my birthday throughout history. Check it out here.

I was just watching a commercial before turning the tv off and I happened to catch one of those famous commercials offering some commemorative coin for about $20 plus shipping and handling of course.  Now, while watching the ad, it metions you can get a newly minted coin worth $20USD and you only pay face value plus shipping.  In order for them to sell these, they tell you a couple things.  One, the coin is a limited edition collector’s item, so naturally, the value is going to be much higher than face value due to their rarity.  Second, they tell you that you can only buy five coins per caller.  This point is meant to make you think that their limited quantities are actually of a lower number than you may have originally thought.  If you’re a collector or more specifically a coin collector, this might entice you to make illegitimate attempts to secure more than five coins thinking that you duped the system and are now “ahead” of the curve for it.

Before you call the number, you might want to read on.  The company I’m referring to is the National Collector’s Mint, which I’ll call the NCM from here on out.  Some quick facts:

1. The NCM cannot produce legal tender for the United States or it’s territories.
2. NCM is a corporation with international contracts to make legal currency for other countries.
3. Their legal tender is only legal in Liberia.
4. The NCM does sell U.S. legal currency at times.

Let’s start with number one.  First of all, there’s only one entity that can produce legal tender for the United States and that’s the U.S. Mint.  While any company or individual can create custom coinage or novelty currency, none of it can be used as currency.  Number two and three; the NCM holds contracts with other countries (usually 3rd world) which allow them to create that countries legal currency.  So from time to time, they make a coin that will commemorate an event or person in the United States that actually holds value in another country (usually Liberia).  This is all legal and perfectly legit.

Number four; to add to the confusion, the NCM does offer some legal items and rare coins from time to time.  The problem is that they mix these items with the ones they create thus very likely giving the impression that the NCM is always selling legal coins.  Of course, any smart person would always read the fine print before buying anything, but this practice is still frowned upon.

Now for some simple math.  At any given time, a US dollar (USD) will fetch about 64 Liberian dollars (LRD).  What this means is that if you spend $20USD on a coin only legal in Liberia, you’ll end up getting a coin worth about $0.99USD.  This is not counting the shipping and handling.  Enjoy!

For anyone who’s not drunk for some reason and happens to be viewing my site at this hour when you should be partying, here’s a happy new year greet!! And fear not, I posted this before Christmas, so wherever I am, I can assure you I’m not posting here just for you.

If you don’t hear from me later today, call someone; I may need help.

Otherwise, enjoy this sick painting I found. It’s here to mark the very first post of 2009!

For those who care, I cannot take credit for the art above. This work was found at this link: http://colorcubic.com/blog/2008/06/07/2009-our-time-to-shine/