The Ramblings of Ken

I just thought that everyone would like to know about the continued correspondence between me and jcity730 on eBay about his dishonest selling of an item on eBay.

jcity730:
[blockquote]LOOK OBVIOUSLY IF YOU DONT WANT TO BID DONT BID BUT DONT EMAIL TELLING WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO THE PHONE IS A V-CAST PHONE AND THE PIX ARE THERE SO IF YOU DONT WANT IT DONT BID ON IT!!![/blockquote]
Me:
[blockquote]As soon as you stop telling me that I can't read, then I will stop telling you what to do with the phone. Obviously you can't read that the phone says Motorola on it, not LG. Learn to read when you are setting up your item to sell.[/blockquote]
jcity730:
[blockquote]get a life[/blockquote]

The next LAN party will be at my house in Richmond on January 5th, 2007. We'll start at about 6:30 pm. Come on over and prepare to "get dead."

I'm looking to buy an LG VX8600 phone on eBay. I probably won't end up really doing it, because they are all going for more than $200. In my quest to get this phone, however, I ran into an idiot who looks like he's trying to make a lot of money on a Motorola phone, by listing it as a new LG VX8600. [url=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=005&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=150074273334&rd=1&rd=1]Check it out[/url]! He's got the item listed as a VX8600, as this picture of the listing title clearly shows:



But these pictures clearly show a Motorola phone! What the heck?




The best part is that he "found this phone outside," which means he stole it and he's trying to sell it on eBay when he should be returning it to the wireless carrier so that they can get it back to the rightful owner. I've been e-mailing him and telling him to change his listing and stop selling it as well. He just calls me a retard and tells me that I can't read. Here's the correspondence between us:

Me:
[blockquote]So you basically stole this phone and you are selling it on ebay now? How would the ESN ever be cleared for activation?[/blockquote]
jcity730:
[blockquote]NO CORRECTION I DIDNT STEAL THE PHONE OK!!!! THE PHONE WAS FOUND OUTSIDE OK SO DONT ASSUME THINGS AND DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND DON'T BID ON IT OK !!! HAVE A NICE DAY!!![/blockquote]
Me:
[blockquote]It is very easy to find out who a cell phone belongs to by contacting the carrier. Return it to its rightful owner.[/blockquote]
jcity730:
[blockquote]listen do not email me again ok if you do not want the phone bid on something else instead of harrassing me !!!!!!![/blockquote]
Me:
[blockquote]That's not an LG VX8600! It's a Motorola phone! It says Motorola all over it! Why are you selling it with the description of a VX8600?[/blockquote]
jcity730:
[blockquote]obviously you can't read the auction it says up for grabs is an used VERIZON V-CAST PHONE GREY IN COLOR THE PICTURES ARE THERE IF YOU DONT WANT IT DONT BID ON IT!!!![/blockquote]
Me:
[blockquote]Obviously you don't know how to post properly on ebay. The title to your listing, what people see when they click on your listing, is LG VX8600 (Verizon Wireless). And the description shows an LG VX8600 with all of the specifications of that phone, not the Motorola phone that you are selling. Look at your listing again, because you are misleading people. Change your listing to say Motorola Razr and not LG VX8600.[/blockquote]

I haven't received a reply to my last e-mail to jcity730. The item currently has a bid of $134.50 and has 2 days, 14 hours left. I just wish there was some way that I could get word out to all of these bidders that they are not getting what they think they are getting! This is really frustrating to me. Tell me, who is the idiot that can't read here?

I want a phone that does dial up networking over Bluetooth. I have been on a quest to get my current phone to do "DUN" over Bluetooth. Well, to my atonishment, on December 11, 2006, Verizon posted a new Bluetooth functionality chart at [url=http://support.vzw.com/pdf/BT_Chart_Handsets.pdf]http://support.vzw.com/pdf/BT_Chart_Handsets.pdf[/url/> and it shows the Samsung SCH-A950 as supporting DUN over Bluetooth! I was rejoicing! They released a software update to unlock the phone's potential! I e-mailed Verizon customer support in an attempt to find out what I need to do to make my phone work using DUN over Bluetooth. To my dismay, they responded:

[blockquote] Thank you for contacting our Verizon Wireless website. We are happy to assist you with your question regarding using the Samsung A950 as a modem.

We apologize for the confusion. Unfortunately, the Samsung A950 is not supported for tethered modem usage via USB cable or Bluetooth. Sorry that incorrect information was provided at the link. We will need to get this link corrected. Currently the Samsung A990 and A930 are supported tethered modem usage with our BroadbandAccess Connect option at $59.99 per month.

If you have further questions or concerns, please write to us again through www.VerizonWireless.com. We appreciate your business and thank you for choosing Verizon Wireless.

Sincerely,

Bernard
Verizon Wireless
Data Technical Support[/blockquote]

Dang it! They made a mistake? What? Why would they change their chart and change the A950 to show that it supported DUN over Bluetooth? This doesn't make any sense! Anyway, to sum it up, Verizon got my hopes up high and then brought them crashing down!

For more coverage on this topic see my [url=http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1069849]Howardforums posting[/url].

Just in case Verizon changes the Bluetooth Compatability Chart (which they said they would do, but they haven't yet), here is a copy of the one that they had up: [url=http://www.tigrao.org/stuff/BT_Chart_Handsets.pdf]http://www.tigrao.org/stuff/BT_Chart_Handsets.pdf[/url].

(Image taken from the Verizon Wireless support site)

It is that time again! It's time for some gaming goodness!

The party will be at Bob's house in Providence. Call me or contact me for the address. You know how to get a hold of me if you are reading this page. :) We are doing it on Tuesday, December 19th, at 6:00 pm. Come on over and join us!

Are you ready to die?

Sigh... after nearly 25 days I rebooted my computer. The high uptime (high for me at least) is no more. Oh well, at least I got this screen capture to prove that it was up for almost 25 days. I had to reboot because I installed a newer virus scan software and I also installed the Windows Updates that came out today. Hmmm... I think that the last time I rebooted was because of Windows Updates as well. I suppose we have to have a reason to reboot our computers every now and then...

The Utah Runnin' Utes come to Logan tonight to take on the Utah State Aggies! The Aggies at 6-1 look like they should walk all over the Utes who are at 3-3. I'll be there to cheer on our Aggies as they look to move to 7-1 this year in a great start of a season that looks to be very promising! Go Aggies, kick the crap out of those Utes!

Oh, and by the way, next Saturday we take on the BYU Cougars...heh heh... I love these in state rivalries! BYU will also go down on their home floor!

Any comments from those of you out there in the internet world on how the Aggies will do this year?

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