Ask Bella

[gnimbley]

Dear Bella,

What's the best way to deal with someone you respect, but is completely oblivious to their own hypocrisy, and wouldn't be that appreciative of haveing it being pointed out to them?*

Dear LMNO,

The only thing I've ever found that works in those circumstances is to become very silent when they say something hypocritical. It works most of the time, and even if it doesn't, at least you aren't participating in the hypocracy.

You could hit them with a chair. Or, alternatively, have Hoshiko do it.

[Rev. St. Syn, KSC (Ret.)]

Hoshiko > all marshall arts bods.

[Buddha's Ghost Penis]

THE HOSHIKO CANNOT DEFEAT MY IRON ROBES TECHNIQUE! I NOW DEMAND THAT YOU PROVE THIS WITH EVIDENCE!

[Rev. St. Syn, KSC (Ret.)]

PPPPPPPPPPPFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!! HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAA
HHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHA
HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAA
HHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHH
AHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAA
HHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHA
HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAA
HHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHA
vHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAA
HHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHA
HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAA
HHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHA
HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAA
HHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHA
HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAA
HHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHA
HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAA
HHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHA
HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAA
HHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAHHA

Hoshiko PWNS anything you will ever do in life or death. Get used to it.

[Eldora, Oracle of Alchemy]

That's spooky, it almost looks like you made a giant HA with all those letters

[Mangrove]

Dear Bella,

I hope you can apply your sagely powers to this gordian knot of greyfacedness. Please see e-mails below:


Me:

Hello,

Thank you for your response to my e-mail concerning
Mastercard's incompatability with Bidpay.

I've resolved the payment issue with the seller
through a money order.

Would it be possible to be unregistered with Bidpay? I
have neither a Visa nor Amex credit/debit card and
unlikely to acquire either of them any time soon. As
such, I am not going to be able to use your service.

Thank you for your assistance,

Mangrove.

Them:

Thank you for contacting BidPay.  We are writing regarding your
inquiry.

We apologize for any inconvenience. We are required to retain a history
of transactions by the credit card companies involved with our service.  
We appreciate your understanding.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please
feel free to contact us by clicking on the "Contact Us" link via the web
page at www.bidpay.com and we will be happy to assist you.

Sincerely,
bidpayservice@bidpay.com
www.BidPay.com

Well, here's the thing. I don't understand. At all. I have a credit card they don't honour. I don't want to be registered with their service for that very reason. They won't unregister me because they want to keep a record of credit card companies 'involved with their service'. Well, surely if mastercard was involved with their service, I would've paid with their crappy service and would not have written to them  

Suggestions for a suitable reply, gratefully rewarded with lots of free drinks from OB.

(As a matter of public record, Bidpay is even worse than Paypal. An international, online company that is supposed to handle auction transactions...and yet fails to support one of the largest credit cards on the planet. Fuckin' n00bz.)


Mang'

[agent compassion]

Isn't it going to be kind of difficult for them to maintain a record of a transaction that didn't happen in the first place because of card incompatibility?

[Mangrove]

Isn't it going to be kind of difficult for them to maintain a record of a transaction that didn't happen in the first place because of card incompatibility?

Precisely!

Now why won't they let me resign? WHY WON'T THEY BAN ME???

[agent compassion]

Maybe if you type in all caps, that would help

[Mangrove]

Maybe if you type in all caps, that would help

i may have to...lol..

[Bella]

Dear Mang,

This is a job for Demonica. She's the mistress of this kind of letter. Seriously, she can set you up with something so twisted, so diabolical and just plain weird, that they'll fall all over themselves to get rid of you. I like the idea of typing in all caps a lot, though.

[Mangrove]

Dear Mang,

This is a job for Demonica. She's the mistress of this kind of letter. Seriously, she can set you up with something so twisted, so diabolical and just plain weird, that they'll fall all over themselves to get rid of you. I like the idea of typing in all caps a lot, though.

Dear Bella,

You're way cooler than a drawer full of magic 8-balls    I may just need to employ Demonica for this mission!

Mang'.

[Bella]

Thanks, Mang. I'll probably be speaking with her this afternoon and I'll ask her if she's willing to accept this mission. There's nothing she enjoys more than messing with someone via writing.

[Mangrove]

Thanks, Mang. I'll probably be speaking with her this afternoon and I'll ask her if she's willing to accept this mission. There's nothing she enjoys more than messing with someone via writing.

[mr burns]  excellent..... [mr burns]

[Eldora, Oracle of Alchemy]

Thanks, Mang. I'll probably be speaking with her this afternoon and I'll ask her if she's willing to accept this mission. There's nothing she enjoys more than messing with someone via writing.

[mr burns]  excellent..... [mr burns]

I suspect that whatever Demonica comes up with will be devilishly effective, but if not, you can always contact your credit card company.  They might be interested in a company that does not accept their card, but won't delete it either