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Post by Tennesseer on Dec 25, 2014 19:45:11 GMT -5
Did poster do mean thing to bluester for this post to happen? Why is blues gone? I get more prank email since join here like FedEx Delivery waiting for me and every bank including ones with no account of mine asking me to click here to check my account. Does this place get accessed for things like that? Thieves are phishing you via your email account. It is spam. Do not click on anything that you are not completely sure of. If you get an email saying FedEx has a package waiting for you, do not click on the link nor supply any information. Call FedEx direct and ask them. The same thing with banking emails. Call the bank directly if you have any concerns. The phishing for your personal information such as social security number, or bank account number, or any other really personal information has zero to do with this message board. The internet is full of crooks. I get the occasional email supposedly from FedEx, or UPS or even the US Postal Service telling me they are having a problem delivering a package to me. I know they don't have a package for me because none of those shipping companies require an email address (as far as I know) for the recipient and to make a delivery. Only a phone number for recipient delivery information if they need to call you in case they really are having a problem delivering a package to you.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2014 21:10:43 GMT -5
I get the occasional email supposedly from FedEx, or UPS or even the US Postal Service telling me they are having a problem delivering a package to me. I know they don't have a package for me because none of those shipping companies require an email address (as far as I know) for the recipient and to make a delivery. Only a phone number for recipient delivery information if they need to call you in case they really are having a problem delivering a package to you. Like that! I get very often. I know they are fake. FedEx have my account information and call me if problem I have other fake emails that I saw others got like million dollars from government
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Post by Tennesseer on Dec 25, 2014 21:21:47 GMT -5
I get the occasional email supposedly from FedEx, or UPS or even the US Postal Service telling me they are having a problem delivering a package to me. I know they don't have a package for me because none of those shipping companies require an email address (as far as I know) for the recipient and to make a delivery. Only a phone number for recipient delivery information if they need to call you in case they really are having a problem delivering a package to you. Like that! I get very often. I know they are fake. FedEx have my account information and call me if problem I have other fake emails that I saw others got like million dollars from government Just a week ago, I finally got my first fake IRS phone call telling my I would go to jail if I did not give them a credit card number to pay off a supposed debt with the IRS. If I did not pay it within the hour, the police would be at my home in 90 minutes to take me to jail. It is a scam call and I just ignored it and put them on Call Block from future calls. They have tried to reach me four times since last week but my phone Call Block just disconnects them. The phone does not ring and the caller ID shows up on my phone and TV screen. So I know they are calling back. Some poor folks have fallen for this scam and the scammers have become rich because people do not follow up on these calls and verify with the real IRS first to see if they do owe money.
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Post by zibazinski on Dec 26, 2014 4:48:57 GMT -5
It absolutely is satisfying. I found out DF has decided to up the ante for princesses weddung, without telling me. His ex has also upped her ante but the fact remains we agreed on an amount and behind my back, he changed it. This isn't the only time he's done this. His money his business. So I decided to give my kids two very large donations of cash. My money my business. Very fair. . But not the reason I did it.
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Post by tloonya on Dec 26, 2014 10:34:11 GMT -5
Am I the only one remembering DebiMD? Those were days...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2014 11:57:42 GMT -5
Well Doxie was obvious. I think "she" has been different people throughout the years. One time she called herself quickfix. MuscleUp was a reverse liar, he tried to say he was a persona but we got the real him. There have been a few others like that. ooooh. Perhaps someday - she will return! LOL, I'm sure she has...er...will.
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Post by moon/Laura on Dec 26, 2014 12:06:19 GMT -5
Yes, it would be almost as pointless as planning and staging elaborate retributions for those who might place a prank call... That's not pointless, it's incredibly satisfying retribution for jackasses that waste my time. It's also incredibly juvenile - on a par with the children who did it to begin with.
I mean, seriously. Aren't there better things to do?
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Post by Spellbound454 on Dec 26, 2014 12:08:09 GMT -5
People who think they know everything..... are annoying to those of us who really do know everything....
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Post by shanendoah on Dec 26, 2014 12:49:45 GMT -5
I feel like I should be writing the letter from the end of the Breakfast Club. What I've learned here is that we're all : know-it-alls hypocrites contradictory full of something interested in money and personal finance
I'm certain I come across as a know-it-all on some subjects, including subjects where I probably only know a little bit. (But really, that's only like one or two subjects in the whole world.)
I've been a hypocrite. I don't know if I've had any big "change my view/opinion" moments on the board, but I've certainly had them in life, where I was certain I believed one thing/would behave in a certain way, etc, and then when confronted with a situation did something else entirely. I have learned, changed, grown, and probably regressed some, too. So I know that opinions I hold now are different than opinions I held before, and are probably different from opinions I will hold in the future. I'm good with that- for me and for other people. Life, and these boards, would be really boring if people couldn't change their minds.
I have posted things that seemed contradictory. I get it. In life, most issues come with so many miles of background that it is pretty much impossible to give the honest WHOLE situation on the board. I give as much info as seems relevant or that I'm willing to share. And then, in response to questions, will give answers that are contradictory, at least to people who only get the info I'm giving them online. In RL, with all the other information, whether it seems relevant or not for purposes of posting on these boards, it's not so much contradictory as concessionary or something along those lines.
Personally, I am still full of the amazing cayenne ginger snap cookies my friend brought to my house yesterday. They are brown and spicy.
I love coming here to learn about how other people view personal finance. What they do may not work for me, but it may help me out some day, regardless, so I try to listen to everything, and then take my writing teacher's advice about critique. It's my life. I have control. If I know I'm not going to take the advice, that's fine. Just smile and nod.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Dec 26, 2014 13:06:27 GMT -5
I am not employed, but I am a lizard! <---about people leaving the board. Good luck to all of you, if you happen to be lurking occasionally.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2014 13:14:56 GMT -5
There are things in my life that have happened that I would never believe had it not happened to me, I try to keep that in mind when someone is telling me something where my BS meter is going off, follow up questions can usually confirm doubts but some people have a gift for hiding the truth.
I'm full of it at work, not that I lie, but I sure don't reveal much about my personal life. I don't have any reason or desire to lie here, even if I did it would be too much work to keep the lies straight and not contradict previous posts.
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Post by suesinfl on Dec 26, 2014 13:54:52 GMT -5
I've been a hypocrite. I don't know if I've had any big "change my view/opinion" moments on the board, but I've certainly had them in life, where I was certain I believed one thing/would behave in a certain way, etc, and then when confronted with a situation did something else entirely. I have learned, changed, grown, and probably regressed some, too. So I know that opinions I hold now are different than opinions I held before, and are probably different from opinions I will hold in the future. I'm good with that- for me and for other people. Life, and these boards, would be really boring if people couldn't change their minds.
I so could have written this. Some of the things that I swore I'd never do, say, or think in my 20s, changed as I've gotten older.
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Post by moon/Laura on Dec 26, 2014 15:20:04 GMT -5
You stooping to their level isn't really going to teach them anything either, other than it's fun to yank your chain.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2014 15:28:54 GMT -5
I just hang up and go about my day and not waste any more time on it...
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Post by moon/Laura on Dec 26, 2014 16:38:39 GMT -5
If it bothered you that much then contact their parents like everyone else said to do. You said before that you didn't want to do that because they weren't that bad or whatever.. but it sounds like they WERE that bad. so do the adult thing and get their parents involved. you want to nip it in the bud, then that's the way to do it. not put out some stupid ad on craigslist.
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Post by milee on Dec 26, 2014 17:59:06 GMT -5
Am I the only one remembering DebiMD? Remember when DebMD claimed that she rinsed and reused baggies that had held raw chicken? I'm still a little traumatized by that image.
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Post by Bonny on Dec 26, 2014 18:07:33 GMT -5
Am I the only one remembering DebiMD? Remember when DebMD claimed that she rinsed and reused baggies that had held raw chicken? I'm still a little traumatized by that image. LOL, I thought you were going to say that she rinsed and reused bandages!
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Post by milee on Dec 26, 2014 18:09:56 GMT -5
Remember when DebMD claimed that she rinsed and reused baggies that had held raw chicken? I'm still a little traumatized by that image. LOL, I thought you were going to say that she rinsed and reused bandages! That's not any worse than the raw chicken Salmonella baggies...
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 27, 2014 23:24:39 GMT -5
You stooping to their level isn't really going to teach them anything either, other than it's fun to yank your chain. Were you ever bullied in school? Every parent says to ignore it and it will go away. That doesn't actually work though because the bully gets enjoyment from treating you like garbage. If you turn around and whoop their ass they go away, because nobody gets enjoyment from an ass whooping. People change their behavior if there are consequences for it. We hung up on them multiple times. They would call back immediately. So we started leaving them on hold until they hung up, which tied up my phone line. They called like 15 times, while my staff and I were trying to run an event. As soon as we put the ad on Craigslist they stopped. Juvenile? Yeah, but it worked where ignoring them didn't. These kind of feuds are really only limited by time, will, imagination, and how much each party has to lose. You're an adult with a full-time business. It sounds like they're just punk teenagers. You'd better hope you have them beat on 'will', since the other three factors are undoubtedly in their favour. That's presuming your counter-prank is even targeting the right people. If I was going to make a prank call, I'd do it from a public phone, a friend's house, or a disposable cell. People with the right connections can trace phone calls, even from private callers. Possibly they've prank called dozens of people and have no specific idea of who's retaliating, but depending on how quickly you retaliated and the frequency of their pranks, I'd wager you're at least on a very short list.
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Post by andi9899 on Dec 28, 2014 9:33:46 GMT -5
Am I the only one remembering DebiMD? Remember when DebMD claimed that she rinsed and reused baggies that had held raw chicken? I'm still a little traumatized by that image. My mom washes baggies with the dishes and reuses them. It's really gross. I don't know how much better it is that she uses soap instead of just rinsing them, but it's still bad IMO. She grew up pretty poor, but I still couldn't bring myself to do it.
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Post by DagnyT on Dec 28, 2014 17:20:19 GMT -5
So - aside from your playdates with your new friends - how did the biz do this season? Will dark, inc live to see another chirstmas season? Store was busy all the way through Christmas Eve. I was closed Thu and Fri, yesterday was busy as well. Yay! Hope it stays busy!!
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Dec 28, 2014 17:25:19 GMT -5
Am I the only one remembering DebMD? Those were days... She's impossible to forget.
Now there's someone who really was full of S#!+ .
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Post by sesfw on Dec 28, 2014 18:56:16 GMT -5
I haven't read all the pages in this thread but this topic is why I've sworn off the P&M board.
I think everyone there has brown eyes ....... that's how high some of the cr*p goes.
But it's the name of the game and most of the time I can laugh about it.
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Post by NastyWoman on Dec 28, 2014 20:45:29 GMT -5
I haven't read all the pages in this thread but this topic is why I've sworn off the P&M board.
I think everyone there has brown eyes ....... that's how high some of the cr*p goes.
But it's the name of the game and most of the time I can laugh about it. Hey! I resemble that remark. I have brown eyes (kinda) and I am potty trained
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Post by Opti on Dec 28, 2014 22:54:28 GMT -5
I haven't read all the pages in this thread but this topic is why I've sworn off the P&M board.
I think everyone there has brown eyes ....... that's how high some of the cr*p goes.
But it's the name of the game and most of the time I can laugh about it. Hey! I resemble that remark. I have brown eyes (kinda) and I am potty trained Remember to flush. It keeps the crap down.
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Post by mmhmm on Dec 28, 2014 23:00:19 GMT -5
So - aside from your playdates with your new friends - how did the biz do this season? Will dark, inc live to see another chirstmas season? Store was busy all the way through Christmas Eve. I was closed Thu and Fri, yesterday was busy as well. Yay! Glad to hear business was good, hon. Hope it stays that way. I've got all appendages crossed!
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Post by mmhmm on Dec 28, 2014 23:01:52 GMT -5
I haven't read all the pages in this thread but this topic is why I've sworn off the P&M board.
I think everyone there has brown eyes ....... that's how high some of the cr*p goes.
But it's the name of the game and most of the time I can laugh about it. LOL! Politics (there is no P&M anymore) isn't near as bad as it once was! That said, seems to me like most folks see only those who don't agree with them as being fulla feces.
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Post by tloonya on Jan 2, 2015 11:20:12 GMT -5
Am I the only one remembering DebMD? Those were days... She's impossible to forget.
Now there's someone who really was full of S#!+ . Imagine if she in case WAS an MD?
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Post by ZaireinHD on Jan 2, 2015 22:32:42 GMT -5
funny I would like to be one that makes $250k per year working as something that people have no idea would pay that much only requiring a High School diploma with $1 mil in savings and growing every year
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Post by tloonya on Jan 3, 2015 10:05:12 GMT -5
Remember when DebMD claimed that she rinsed and reused baggies that had held raw chicken? I'm still a little traumatized by that image. My mom washes baggies with the dishes and reuses them. It's really gross. I don't know how much better it is that she uses soap instead of just rinsing them, but it's still bad IMO. She grew up pretty poor, but I still couldn't bring myself to do it. I came from the place where we used to carry plastic bags with design on them like if it was LV or Prada purses! So washing baggies with soap and drying on a clothesline pinned - a breeze! No yucky feeling whatsoever.
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