FF ramblings

[ria_oaks]

I happened to check Rpgamer.com a few minutes ago and noticed that FFIII:DS comes out today (I haven't really been keeping track...). I'm probably just being too over-emotional, but this day feels rather historic in the RPG world - the last Final Fantasy that wasn't released in the US is finally here. I checked, and it's been approximately 16.5 years since FFIII was released in Japan - well, better late than never, I guess. XD I mean sure, I played it years ago on a translated ROM and I won't be buying this version anytime soon (lack of a DS... and lack of time to play. woe.), but it's still cool to think that it's here. It's sort of a pity that the original version of the game will never make it here, most likely (how hard would it have been to include the orignal version in the new game, really...?), but the new version looks pretty spiffy. Hopefully I'll get to play it someday.

3 FF games in the past 2 weeks, 2 of which are new to the US (FFXII and FFIII:DS) and one of which only ever made it here in a mangled fashion (FFV Advance) - makes me miss the days when I could play all the time... I haven't really been into gaming as much the last few years, largely because of a. lack of time during school, b. other interests take up my free time, and c. i'm lazy., but I still get excited hearing about games and still want to play when I get the chance. I'm way behind on all the games I'm playing, but I still plan to ask for either FFXII or Disgaea 2 for Christmas (leaning towards the latter - FFXII will be easy enough to find for years to come, and it'll get cheap fairly quickly, whereas Disgaea 2 will start disappearing soon...). I am sorely tempted by FFXII, though - it's been getting fantastic reviews, and hell, it's FFXII! We've been waiting for this game for years, and it's finally here... and I really can't justify the time or money to get it. Part of me, too, is still a bit uncertain about it - but most of the reviews have said that the game is nothing like (and much better than) anything we've seen of it to this point, including the demo. I plan to give it a chance eventually, but can't do it yet.

And... I'm procrastinating. Back to my Farscape paper... it's due tomorrow at 9, so I need to get moving. Up to 5 pages, need about 12 - and I'm still blathering on about the context, haven't even gotten to analysing the series itself! Ehehehe. baaack to work.

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[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, and it's directed by Tim Burton. Almost forgot that, and it's one of the most important points. XD

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Haha.. A segment on the news about regifting. They even showed that Seinfeld scene.

My Dad was going along with the scam; neither one of us has any experience with selling items over Paypal. Good thing he didn't give out any critical information.

I'll dress like a terrorist. Watch people move out of the way.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I don't remember a Seinfeld regifting scene - which was that? Amazingly I still come across eps I haven't seen, so... :)

Oh, you mean it wasn't an email scam? He was trying to do something through Paypal and it wasn't legit? That sucks. Email scams are easy enough; I just don't trust anything that comes from Paypal/Ebay/etc unless I've double checked it through their website.

Or watch them taser you to death. Just don't go to YVR. XD

[bk635.livejournal.com]

The term originated from a Seinfeld episode. The episode where Dr. Tim Whatley gives Jerry a label-maker that was originally given to Whatley by Elaine. Elaine calls him a regifter.

Yeah, he was trying to sell a camera. Some "woman" contacted him via email saying that she wanted to buy it because she needed it for a photoshoot (What? A photographer without a camera?). My Dad wanted to meet with her and sell it to her in person to avoid the hassel of shipping and everything, but she kept dodging around the idea, insisting that we use Paypal.

So he gave her his Paypal address and received a fake payment confirmation from a "@paypal .com" address (note the space), confirming that Paypal had received the money, and is waiting for my Dad to email them the tracking number as verification that the package was sent, in order for the transaction to be reflected in his Paypal account; he was supposed to send the number to "paydeutschland@europe.com." The email specified that he had to send the number within 48 hours, and that the shipping address of the woman was in Nigeria.

The thing is though, we were stuck as to how to actually ship it. The email reported that she sent the money to Paypal, along with an additional $300 for shipping and handling via Purolator. We weren't sure if he had to go to the post office and they'd handle everything or not. Paypal had a walkthrough for how to ship, part of which explained how you could print out your own shipping label. It involved pushing a "Print Label" button on the transaction's entry in your Paypal Account History, which was obviously still blank.

So I looked at the email from the fake Paypal address closer - it looked legit, something which you wouldn't really bring notice to if you just skimmed it. But it was riddled with spelling and grammar errors, and at second glance looked extremely unprofessional. Finally I copied a few suspicious lines into Google and there you go - quite a few hits.

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[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Yikes. First thing I would have done, upon getting that email, would be going to my Paypal account and seeing if anything was listed under pending or whatever... if not, I'd know it was fake. But yeah, that sucks. Glad you worked it out and didn't send off the camera. :)

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we're just going to ignore any further emails. Because neither one of us had any selling experience, there was always the notion that it could be legit. I hope it isn't legit now, because if it is, we're about to screw a very unlucky photographer over. :\

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

I sincerely doubt it was legit. Anyway, your Paypal account would show if money had been deposited to it - if it hasn't been, then you know it's fake. :)

Go check out my latest post. Want to buy a print of a certain famous (someday, anyway) artist's painting on eBay? Only one up so far, but we're working on it! ^_^