Author Topic: This was suprising (Read 16936 times)

Athrun Zala · « **Reply #25 on:** March 20, 2008, 02:17:39 AM »

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This other time I bought an awesome new game and when I brought it home, I learned I had to ship the system to a certain company to repair it just to play the game

What the HELL game was this?

I'll give you three guesses

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EasyCure · « **Reply #26 on:** March 20, 2008, 09:07:40 AM »

My ex once bought me the NES themed GBA on ebay and when it arrived it was the original box and guess what was inside!!!

some cardboard and a rock. also a letter. the letter read something like "I'm sorry to have duped you the day I did, you may not forgive me for taking your money but please understand i HAD to do it. My 7 year old daughter desperately needs a new (organ) and we can't afford the surgeory. Ever since my wife left us and i lost my job, I've had nothing but bad luck. If i lose my daughter I'll lose everything I have."

she tried to get her money back but i felt bad for the guy and let him go with it. hell that was even the best damned rock i'd ever played with!

not really. she got her money back and tried again from another ebay user and didnt get swindled. I got my GBA in the end

Chozo Ghost · « **Reply #27 on:** March 20, 2008, 12:14:49 PM »

That story about the daughter needing the organ transplant sounds sad, but it most likely was just a lie. I don't trust anything that people say online... and if he needed money for an organ transplant there are legal ways of soliciting assistance. It was just a scam.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #28 on:** March 20, 2008, 12:43:22 PM »

Quote from: EasyCure on March 20, 2008, 09:07:40 AM

My ex once bought me the NES themed GBA on ebay and when it arrived it was the original box and guess what was inside!!!

some cardboard and a rock. also a letter. the letter read something like "I'm sorry to have duped you the day I did, you may not forgive me for taking your money but please understand i HAD to do it. My 7 year old daughter desperately needs a new (organ) and we can't afford the surgeory. Ever since my wife left us and i lost my job, I've had nothing but bad luck. If i lose my daughter I'll lose everything I have."

she tried to get her money back but i felt bad for the guy and let him go with it. hell that was even the best damned rock i'd ever played with!

not really. she got her money back and tried again from another ebay user and didnt get swindled. I got my GBA in the end

Even if the story was real resorting to scamming people is just plain low. Like Chozo said, there are ways to help children deal with their diseases, and many of them are cost effective.

If something like that happened I would give the guy a good talking to.

EasyCure · « **Reply #29 on:** March 20, 2008, 12:43:41 PM »

oh it was totally a scam. did i really come off as believing it? no way. even if it was real, there'd be no way anyone would be stupid enough to fall for it and not fight to get her money back. since she used paypal she was able to get credited immidiately

Nemo · « **Reply #30 on:** March 20, 2008, 02:55:33 PM »

The design on that Maxwell disc is superior.

Chozo Ghost · « **Reply #31 on:** March 20, 2008, 03:21:12 PM »

It would be kinda cool if you buy a new game and open it up and instead of the game you find an ancient scroll that tells you how to find Atlantis or something like that.

walkingdead2 · « **Reply #32 on:** March 20, 2008, 08:49:59 PM »

Quote from: Chozo Ghost on March 20, 2008, 03:21:12 PM

It would be kinda cool if you buy a new game and open it up and instead of the game you find an ancient scroll that tells you how to find Atlantis or something like that.

yea why did i get a block of wood? my family was poor we should have gotten a gold bar... or maybe a recording contract with atlantic records. that would have been sweet. thats how it always happens in the movies.

Chozo Ghost · « **Reply #33 on:** March 21, 2008, 01:47:16 AM »

Nintendo should have a contest with golden tickets in their games and whoever gets these tickets gets to go on a tour of their video game factory with Miyamoto as the guide.

They probably got Oompa Loompas working there too.

DAaaMan64 · « **Reply #34 on:** March 21, 2008, 02:17:15 AM »

Quote from: Chozo Ghost on March 21, 2008, 01:47:16 AM

Nintendo should have a contest with golden tickets in their games and whoever gets these tickets gets to go on a tour of their video game factory with Miyamoto as the guide. They probably got Oompa Loompas working there too.

Hey just because Japanese people are short doesn't mean they're yellow!

... oh wait.

oh man that was bad, sorry mods

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory is a good movie.

IceCold · « **Reply #35 on:** March 21, 2008, 04:09:34 AM »

It was a book first, with Charlie instead of Willy Wonka in the title..

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #36 on:** March 21, 2008, 04:29:22 AM »

Yes, but the book didn't have Gene Wilder, making it worthless in comparison.

EasyCure · « **Reply #37 on:** March 21, 2008, 08:41:17 AM »

Quote from: insanolord on March 21, 2008, 04:29:22 AM

Yes, but the book didn't have Gene Wilder, making it worthless in comparison.

exactly, and the remake was horrible and everyone involved in it should be burned alive, then the ashes should be pissed on and thrown into the sewers.

oh and the music was crap.

Chozo Ghost · « **Reply #38 on:** March 21, 2008, 11:58:50 AM »

Quote from: insanolord on March 21, 2008, 04:29:22 AM

Yes, but the book didn't have Gene Wilder, making it worthless in comparison.

Don't you mean the book didn't have the Edward Scissorhands guy?

But yeah, the remake was absolute garbage...

Spak-Spang · « **Reply #39 on:** March 21, 2008, 01:06:32 PM »

True...but the Oompa songs in the new movie were directly from the book this time...so you should blame the original writer then.

animecyberrat · « **Reply #40 on:** March 21, 2008, 01:14:16 PM »

I have hated every movie with Johny Depp in it except 2 movies, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Pirates 2 Dead Man's Chest. Everything else he has done I have hated.

But I loved the original Willy Wonk movie, that was good stuff. Never heard of the book, now Imma have to track that down.

Ceric · « **Reply #41 on:** March 21, 2008, 01:34:02 PM »

Quote from: animecyberrat on March 21, 2008, 01:14:16 PM

I have hated every movie with Johny Depp in it except 2 movies, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Pirates 2 Dead Man's Chest. Everything else he has done I have hated.

But I loved the original Willy Wonk movie, that was good stuff. Never heard of the book, now Imma have to track that down.

I like the original Pirates and none of the ones after it.

animecyberrat · « **Reply #42 on:** March 21, 2008, 01:38:37 PM »

well, your entitled to your own opinion, no matter how wrong it is.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #43 on:** March 21, 2008, 01:43:40 PM »

Quote from: animecyberrat on March 21, 2008, 01:38:37 PM

well, your entitled to your own opinion, no matter how wrong it is.

And you would know what that is like. :-P

animecyberrat · « **Reply #44 on:** March 21, 2008, 02:37:09 PM »

Hey, I am an expert at being wrong ok.

Maverick · « **Reply #45 on:** March 21, 2008, 06:26:24 PM »

Although I too hated the remake, I do enjoy the part with the killer Squirrels.

Kairon · « **Reply #46 on:** March 21, 2008, 06:51:19 PM »

The remake was well done, but nothing will ever match the original Gene Wilder awesomeness.

Also, I'd enjoy a Pirates of the Caribbean movie if only they took out Kiera Knightley and Orlando Bloom. Nothing against them as actors, but their parts in the story just detract from Johnny Depp screen time.

Maverick · « **Reply #47 on:** March 21, 2008, 06:59:25 PM »

I feel the same about their parts as I do about Luke Skywalker in the original SW trilogy. Luke is the reason all this is happening and the focus of the story, but all I really wanted to do was watch Han Solo kick ass and get down with Leia.

Chozo Ghost · « **Reply #48 on:** March 21, 2008, 08:48:17 PM »

Quote from: animecyberrat on March 21, 2008, 01:14:16 PM

But I loved the original Willy Wonk movie, that was good stuff. Never heard of the book, now Imma have to track that down.

The author's name was Roald Dahl. He also wrote the book "James and the Giant Peach" which was also made into a movie a few years ago. I'm not sure what else he wrote, but he seems to be good with weird and imaginative stuff.

blackfootsteps · « **Reply #49 on:** March 22, 2008, 02:00:37 AM »

Quote from: Chozo Ghost on March 21, 2008, 08:48:17 PM

Quote from: animecyberrat on March 21, 2008, 01:14:16 PM
But I loved the original Willy Wonk movie, that was good stuff. Never heard of the book, now Imma have to track that down.

The author's name was Roald Dahl. He also wrote the book "James and the Giant Peach" which was also made into a movie a few years ago. I'm not sure what else he wrote, but he seems to be good with weird and imaginative stuff.

There's also a direct sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.

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Author Topic: This was suprising (Read 16936 times)