Spotted on a church marquee while driving through Millbrae today:

"Give God a Tweet--Pray!"

( Points off for using 'sheeple', otherwise brilliant )

( This is why I would homeschool if I had a kid )

( Next time chuck his typewriter out the window )

Here's to keeping the flame burning through 2009!

So you may recall my post about crazy Half.com buyers. Well, a new chapter was opened today.

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ETA: OK, things could be worse--just got an email from a friend with pictures of his Mustang that got busted up last night by some punk with a baseball bat. Nice. I think today is one of those "stay inside and keep your head down" sort of days.

I have just about had it up to here with dealing with idjits over on Half.com. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, Half.com is a subsidiary of eBay that allows you to sell your CDs, DVDs, books, or electronic gadgets for a set price. It's a nice little set-up, pretty close to an automated store. You list an item, Half.com shows you what other sellers are asking, the average selling price, the highest and lowest selling prices, and you price accordingly. When someone buys your item, Half.com charges them the price of the item plus a standard amount for shipping (which is, by default, Media Mail for the most part). At the seller's end, you get three business days to ship your item.

I have now had to deal with two mouth breathers who seem incapable of appreciating that (a) Half.com is not Amazon, and that the people they buy from might have lives that would prevent them from instantly shipping their item out, (b) that the items are coming via Media Mail, and so might take a week or two to get to them, and (c) they are damn lucky to get their stuff at all.

I say this last bit because I myself have gotten screwed over on a couple occasions by sellers. One failed to send me the DVD I ordered and never responded to my emails; I just received my refund yesterday, over a month after placing the initial order. Then there was the guy who sent me the two-disc "Dial-a-Phone" They Might Be Giants comp, but, well, forgot to put the CDs in the case. When I notified him of his error he got right back to me, promising to send the discs out "tomorrow." That was almost two weeks ago.

So when I, you know, actually abide by the Half.com shipping standards and get the packages sent out within that three business day window, and STILL get guff for it? I really have to shake my head in disbelief.

( Details of the offenders follow. Plus more ranting. )