"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:55:26 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Keith G" wrote
Well said. He emailed me off-eBay thus:

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Betreff: Question about postage for item #9743860509 - EAR 834L Valve
Line
Stage - no reserveHi Neothen
Thanks for your answer.You can avoid of foregn transaction but you can
get
better price if you sell inside EU.I saw that you accept paypal. I think
that it is very secure vay,but **** happens ( to my friends also).Antile
now I was only buyer and don't have expirience with selling so maybe you
wright.Cheers and be carefull
My real n ame is XXXX-XXXXXX XXXXXXXX
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I replied politely to say that, with all the scams and fraud, it just
isn't worth the hassle. (The 'me auld china' was implied, but not
said...)
How long is it going to take for these clowns to realise that some of us
soft old Brits are getting just a tad arsed off with all the 'officially
sanctioned, twerp-encouraged, non-indigenous' ****take in this
country....??

(****, we've even lost the right to Freedom Of Speech...!!)


Oops!

That was like one of those word games where you have to change 'EBAY
SCAMMERS' into 'IMMIGRATION RANT' in five steps, changing only one letter
at
a time!!

:-)



You still live in England, though. I don't here in London.


No, I grew up in England. Since the Mad Cow tapped into the innate greed of
the individual and sold society and our very 'Englishness' (polite,
friendly, helpful, kindly, modest, self-effacing &c.) down the river, I
don't what this 'country' is called - 'Up For Grabs Plc'...???