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Post by jdd2 on Dec 10, 2012 18:20:48 GMT -5
unusual spam:
<quote>
Hello,
My name is Elena, I live into little town in Russia. I have little daughter, but without husband since he left us.
Because of deep crisis in our region I losted my job and can not pay the heating bill for our apartment anymore.
We urgently need heating cause winter comes and temperature in our apartment becoming very cold.
The only way to heat our apartment, it is to use portable wood burner, because we have some savings from trees
and then we can heat our home free of charge.
But we are not able to buy a wood burner, because the cost equivalent US $ 290, and it too much for us.
I Finded your adress on the site and decided to write you this letter from our local library.
If you posses any old portable wood burner, and may be
you do not use it anymore, I pray that you can gift to us, and to delivery it to us.
I hope to your response, then I give you the address of our home for delivery.
I wish you a Happy New 2013!
Elena.
<end quote>
I'm tempted to reply that I have one, but that UPS needs a physical street address for delivery.
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Post by Village Idiot on Dec 10, 2012 22:20:27 GMT -5
And by the time a ship delivered a heavy piece of equipment like that, it'd be spring.
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Post by xyrn on Dec 11, 2012 5:47:48 GMT -5
And by the time a ship delivered a heavy piece of equipment like that, it'd be spring. Naw, use Purolator Courier. You could get a 70lb stove from Toronto (I picked a random N.American city) to Moscow (I picked a random Russian city) in just 3 business days for a mere $1582.77 (USD). There are couriers that can get anything of any size just about anywhere in the globe in about 24 hours if you're willing to pay. |
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Post by Russell Letson on Dec 11, 2012 10:59:39 GMT -5
A 70-pound stove is hardly worth the trouble. Ours weighs 400 and required two very strong guys to rassle it into the basement, where it will sit until the house collapses around it.
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Post by xyrn on Dec 11, 2012 11:31:38 GMT -5
A 70-pound stove is hardly worth the trouble. Ours weighs 400 and required two very strong guys to rassle it into the basement, where it will sit until the house collapses around it. The shipping estimator at P.C. wouldn't accept a weight greater than 70 pounds. I originally had tried to enter "300". But, there are carriers that can haul heavy stuff far and fast. Some of them originally made their name by getting machine parts (turbine blades, huge gears) to oil rigs, power plants and manufacturing facilities around the world in 24 hours. Then you're talking about $20-30K in shipping costs. But, if you've got to have it and got to have it yesterday, it's worth it. |
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Post by mccoyblues on Dec 11, 2012 11:40:18 GMT -5
Why would anybody try to scam people for a wood stove. Don't you think they would ask for something a little less conspicuous, like cash.
I'd write back and ask for their physical mailing address and their contact information so you can confirm the delivery. Try and figure out where the scam enters into the transaction.
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Post by aquaduct on Dec 11, 2012 11:48:20 GMT -5
Why would anybody try to scam people for a wood stove. Don't you think they would ask for something a little less conspicuous, like cash. I'd write back and ask for their physical mailing address and their contact information so you can confirm the delivery. Try and figure out where the scam enters into the transaction. The scam probably enters into it when the dupe realizes it costs a couple grand to ship a wood stove and just offers to send a couple hundred in cash. After all, Elena is clearly not your normal internet hack. She's just trying to heat the house for the children. |
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Post by PaulKay on Dec 11, 2012 13:49:25 GMT -5
I don't understand. A wood stove would burn up pretty fast, then what do you do...go out and get another one?
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Post by dradtke on Dec 11, 2012 17:22:12 GMT -5
I can send her some extra money as soon as I get the cash I'm expecting from a Nigerian prince I know.
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Post by Chesapeake on Dec 11, 2012 17:44:25 GMT -5
Now wouldn't you all feel bad if we wake up one morning and read that some poor widowed mother in Russia froze to death because some rich American guitar players refused to send her a wood stove. Shame! Shame!
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Post by patrick on Dec 11, 2012 17:45:10 GMT -5
WHAT A COINCIDENCE! I have a wood burning fireplace I need to get rid of!  Fireplace 1 by Patrick275, on Flickr She can stop by and pick it up anytime she likes. God, it feels good to help those in need! |
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Post by epaul on Dec 11, 2012 20:10:26 GMT -5
I don't understand. A wood stove would burn up pretty fast, then what do you do...go out and get another one? I wrote this down. I hope I remember it when the right time pops up. . |
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Post by Russell Letson on Dec 11, 2012 20:31:20 GMT -5
Install your wood stove in your house of straw--no worries at all.
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Post by Village Idiot on Dec 11, 2012 22:40:35 GMT -5
WHAT A COINCIDENCE! I have a wood burning fireplace I need to get rid of! Fireplace 1 by Patrick275, on Flickr That has got to be the largest bong I have ever seen. |
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Post by PaulKay on Dec 12, 2012 11:10:08 GMT -5
I don't understand. A wood stove would burn up pretty fast, then what do you do...go out and get another one? I wrote this down. I hope I remember it when the right time pops up. . How much wood would a wood stove burn if a wood stove could burn wood... |
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Post by Doug on Dec 12, 2012 11:19:09 GMT -5
WHAT A COINCIDENCE! I have a wood burning fireplace I need to get rid of! Fireplace 1 by Patrick275, on Flickr That has got to be the largest bong I have ever seen. You've been out of the loop for too long. ;D That's the med size now. You should see the large and grande size.  |
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Post by mnhermit on Dec 12, 2012 11:24:14 GMT -5
a wood stove is one that burns wood (like an oil stove or a gas stove), however a wooden stove would burn quite nicely  |
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Post by mnhermit on Dec 12, 2012 11:25:54 GMT -5
That has got to be the largest bong I have ever seen. You've been out of the loop for too long. ;D That's the med size now. You should see the large and grande size. ...but they're still illegal in WA |
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Post by Doug on Dec 12, 2012 19:07:26 GMT -5
You've been out of the loop for too long. ;D That's the med size now. You should see the large and grande size. ...but they're still illegal in WA What can't buy a grande in the home of the grande. |
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