On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:54:04 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Bought a couple of things off Ebay recently where the seller wanted a
cheque and didn't have his address with Ebay. Fine - apart from being a
bore doing the paperwork and slow.
But what got me was both of them sent their addresses by e-mail in this
format:-

joe bloggs 15 smith street bloggsvillage east bloggsville ab1 cd2

which means I can't just cut and paste onto the envelope.

And would that be bloggsvillage east, or east bloggsville?

And why would someone want a cheque but not give details for an
electronic transfer?

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You post your trivial grievances about Ebay to an un-related NG and in the
process you reveal your careless attitude towards personal identity theft.

I offered a little bit of friendly and well-intentioned advice to which
you took exception for no apparent reason. You also wilfully made an issue
of a perfectly commonplace English expression in my post.

You showed the same kind of prickly attitude towards a similar bit of
advice from another poster.

Today's news is carrying an item about identity theft using information
and signatures provided by the Land Registry. Identity theft is big
business and it's people with your complacent attitude who feel the sting.

Cic.


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