Annoyances

[zaktoo]

Some things are just too annoying for words. Two that come to mind immediately are the random use of "quotation marks" to "highlight" words and the feeble exclamation of the mentally disadvantaged: "my bad!". What other things that people do annoy you?

[shirepro]

BRMB have a campaign on which is, apparenty "well funny". I think is is well grammatically crap.

[wedg1e]

Miserable cnuts on Ebay who haven't the common decency to reply to my emails, such as the one where, at the end of an auction that attracted no bids, I mailed the seller with an offer.
A simple 'no thanks' would have sufficed, but the ar5epipe blanked me, so should he relist the item he can poke it up his 5h1tter, I won't be bidding.
As he sold another item at around the same time, I contacted the buyer of that who had a prompt response from the seller, so I know it's not that he's on holiday... 2@.

[kingr seven]

wedg1e said:

Miserable cnuts on Ebay who haven't the common decency to reply to my emails, such as the one where, at the end of an auction that attracted no bids, I mailed the seller with an offer. A simple 'no thanks' would have sufficed, but the ar5epipe blanked me, so should he relist the item he can poke it up his 5h1tter, I won't be bidding. As he sold another item at around the same time, I contacted the buyer of that who had a prompt response from the seller, so I know it's not that he's on holiday... 2@.

In defence of the seller, I sell a reasonable ammount on ebay, and I've given up even responding to most people offering to buy stuff outside of ebay, because it's always a total waste of time. Either I get people thinking I'll sell them something for a quarter of what it's worth just because I started the bidding low, or they give a halfway sensible offer, I accept, they then fiddle around asking stupid questions before going quiet. It's just not worth the grief.

If it's a sensible and polite offer, I'd usually at least email back to say "no thanks" though.

Kingr

[wedg1e]

kingr seven said:

wedg1e said: Miserable cnuts on Ebay who haven't the common decency to reply to my emails, such as the one where, at the end of an auction that attracted no bids, I mailed the seller with an offer. A simple 'no thanks' would have sufficed, but the ar5epipe blanked me, so should he relist the item he can poke it up his 5h1tter, I won't be bidding. As he sold another item at around the same time, I contacted the buyer of that who had a prompt response from the seller, so I know it's not that he's on holiday... 2@. In defence of the seller, I sell a reasonable ammount on ebay, and I've given up even responding to most people offering to buy stuff outside of ebay, because it's always a total waste of time. Either I get people thinking I'll sell them something for a quarter of what it's worth just because I started the bidding low, or they give a halfway sensible offer, I accept, they then fiddle around asking stupid questions before going quiet. It's just not worth the grief. If it's a sensible and polite offer, I'd usually at least email back to say "no thanks" though. Kingr

I appreciate that; in this case it was 'spares or repair', had a £50 start bid and a 'Buy It Now' that was a bit of a larf given that he'd almot admitted it was scrap.
I offered £150 as an opening gambit but would have gone higher (though not to his original BIN)...