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OT: They're not even trying anymore....
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| Topic: | OT: They're not even trying anymore.... This thread has 11 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Monday February 11, 2013 at 09:03 |
Rob Grabon Founding Member |
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WooHoo, got an awesome cold call sales lead in my inbox this morning!
"Hello Sales
I would like to request if it accepted
to place order over email for some of
your & Also advice which of these payment
you accepted,Visa, Master Card and
America Exp..
Please,advice If you ship your supplies
internationally to West Africa because I have
branch office there
I Hope to read from you asap ......
Best Wishes
Thomas"
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| Post 2 made on Monday February 11, 2013 at 09:27 |
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I just had a great idea for a website. "Nigerianize your text". You type in any normal text whether its a letter to your wife or if you are disputing a traffic ticket and simply press the nigerianize button and it spits out wildly comical nigerianized scam-email English!
"Nigerianize was a huge hit at the office party. Thanks Nigerianize!" ~Tom in North Dakota
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| Post 3 made on Monday February 11, 2013 at 09:47 |
Trunk-Slammer -Supreme Loyal Member |
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I always send a nice email back with a "good" quote and this:
"My agent will contact your agent so I can obtain your bank account numbers so my agent can obtain the funds to cover shipping. After shipping amount is paid, product will be sent along with a request for payment."
I can only hope that one day....
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| Post 4 made on Monday February 11, 2013 at 09:55 |
andrewinboulder Select Member |
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I sold a couple of items on Craiglist a couple months ago - got all sorts of Nigerianized texts. Ridiculous!
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| Post 5 made on Monday February 11, 2013 at 11:52 |
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I got one of these texts when I was selling my iPhone on CL. He offered me $50 more than I was asking, as long as I could ship it to Africa. I told him the deal changed, and that I was now asking $1600 for the phone. To my surprise, he said that was too much. I shot another text back and apologized, saying that I'd be willing to come down to $1599. He eagerly accepted and gave me the shipping instructions:-)
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| Post 6 made on Monday February 11, 2013 at 12:07 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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I commented on a CEPro article recently and I could not help myself when I got to the end of it... I did a similar thing, but focused on using marketing Newspeak (look it up if you don't know the reference). This all started when people began referring to our industry as a "space." Then we didn't create designs, but "solutions." Newspeak is described as an impoverishment of language and these terms are exactly that. I just hate it. I wonder if anyone at CEPro caught how obtuse, abstruse and ridiculous this was: I agree this software is wonderful, but there’s a physical layer in the construction space where the markup paradigm is at cross-purposes with the plurality of file editing rubrics.
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| Post 7 made on Monday February 11, 2013 at 17:22 |
juliejacobson CE Pro Magazine |
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On February 11, 2013 at 12:07, Ernie Gilman said...
I commented on a CEPro article recently and I could not help myself when I got to the end of it... I did a similar thing, but focused on using marketing Newspeak (look it up if you don't know the reference).
This all started when people began referring to our industry as a "space." Then we didn't create designs, but "solutions." Newspeak is described as an impoverishment of language and these terms are exactly that. I just hate it. I wonder if anyone at CEPro caught how obtuse, abstruse and ridiculous this was: I agree this software is wonderful, but there’s a physical layer in the construction space where the markup paradigm is at cross-purposes with the plurality of file editing rubrics. Hilarious. Was this within a story? A quote from someone? Occasionally I will quote someone saying something ridiculous like this just because it's too good to pass up, but this wasn't my handiwork. I will shortly quote a patent application, however, that refers to "a controller operatively coupled to the controllably conductive device for controlling the controllably conductive device"
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| Post 8 made on Monday February 11, 2013 at 20:06 |
Dave in Balto Super Member |
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I got one of these texts when I was selling my iPhone on CL. He offered me $50 more than I was asking, as long as I could ship it to Africa. I told him the deal changed, and that I was now asking $1600 for the phone. To my surprise, he said that was too much. I shot another text back and apologized, saying that I'd be willing to come down to $1599. He eagerly accepted and gave me the shipping instructions:-) Might not be too crazy, I was on vacation in Jamaica last year, they are paying upwards of $800 for used blackberrys
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Hey, careful man, there's a beverage here!
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| Post 9 made on Monday February 11, 2013 at 22:07 |
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On February 11, 2013 at 20:06, Dave in Balto said...
Might not be too crazy, I was on vacation in Jamaica last year, they are paying upwards of $800 for used blackberrys Or 4 bags of gunja.
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| Post 10 made on Monday February 11, 2013 at 22:19 |
Dave in Balto Super Member |
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On February 11, 2013 at 22:07, Ranger Home said...
Or 4 bags of gunja. How big are these bags? Theoretically
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Hey, careful man, there's a beverage here!
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| Post 11 made on Tuesday February 12, 2013 at 00:22 |
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| Post 12 made on Tuesday February 12, 2013 at 09:06 |
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On February 11, 2013 at 22:07, Ranger Home said...
Or 4 bags of gunja. I'm going to Jamaica! Have a couple old Blackberry's and plenty of time to spare sitting on the beach in a haze...
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