Post by Dillzio on Mar 23, 2010 3:29:09 GMT 1
After loosing my plane, I tried to place an ad in the paper asking if anyone had seen it, and for them to give me a call.
I first tried to place the ad online, but waited for a call back about it that never came. I then called them to find out what was going on, but they didn't have any record of my online ad, so they took it over the phone. Then they said they can only take payment by credit card, but I don't have a credit card. I was then sent to the local newsagent to place the ad with them, and then as if as this hadn't been bad enough, after all that wasted time and frustration the ad doesn't even get printed in the paper!
After a couple of angry phone calls, they agreed to give my my money back and place the ad for free. My ad appeared in yesterday's paper in the 'lost' section, and read "Model plane (RC), Paddocks Wetlands area, Para Hills. Call Dylan 0448***475". I was actually flying in at a massive oval adjoining the wetlands, but the wind was blowing that way so I thought that's where the plane most likely would have ended up.
I got a response alright, only not the type I wanted. :-(
I started getting SMSs from some guy called Shaun, who was 31, and he wanted to know how old I was and if I was gay, and if I was single, and if I wanted a boyfriend. At first I thought it was a mate of mine playing a joke on me, so I replied "yes, and I'm keen. call me on my house phone. (gave him my friends home phone number) and call me Stevie", but then it got worse. He started sending me pictures of himself, including a picture of his 'member', and he kept asking for pictures of me - he sent me 20 friggin messages within an hour! I asked him where he got my number from, and he said the lost section of the paper.
It turns out that, after dark, The Paddocks Wetlands area is known as a hang out for gay men to have casual sex, and this sick wierdo misinterpreted my ad in the paper as some sort of code! Go on guys, have a good laugh, but I for one am not impressed.
I reported the guy to the cops for the dirty messages he sent me, and am getting his number barred from my phone. He kept sending me messages asking for pics of me, so I sent him one back saying "I'm not gay you f*#king freak! What sort of a sick weirdo propositions someone from the lost section of the local paper anyway?". Thankfully, the messages have now stopped.
Why do I have such bad luck with my plane? Who else could place an ad in the paper for his lost plane, and end up being sent a picture of a gay man's peni$?
Perhaps I need to find a new hobby
I first tried to place the ad online, but waited for a call back about it that never came. I then called them to find out what was going on, but they didn't have any record of my online ad, so they took it over the phone. Then they said they can only take payment by credit card, but I don't have a credit card. I was then sent to the local newsagent to place the ad with them, and then as if as this hadn't been bad enough, after all that wasted time and frustration the ad doesn't even get printed in the paper!
After a couple of angry phone calls, they agreed to give my my money back and place the ad for free. My ad appeared in yesterday's paper in the 'lost' section, and read "Model plane (RC), Paddocks Wetlands area, Para Hills. Call Dylan 0448***475". I was actually flying in at a massive oval adjoining the wetlands, but the wind was blowing that way so I thought that's where the plane most likely would have ended up.
I got a response alright, only not the type I wanted. :-(
I started getting SMSs from some guy called Shaun, who was 31, and he wanted to know how old I was and if I was gay, and if I was single, and if I wanted a boyfriend. At first I thought it was a mate of mine playing a joke on me, so I replied "yes, and I'm keen. call me on my house phone. (gave him my friends home phone number) and call me Stevie", but then it got worse. He started sending me pictures of himself, including a picture of his 'member', and he kept asking for pictures of me - he sent me 20 friggin messages within an hour! I asked him where he got my number from, and he said the lost section of the paper.
It turns out that, after dark, The Paddocks Wetlands area is known as a hang out for gay men to have casual sex, and this sick wierdo misinterpreted my ad in the paper as some sort of code! Go on guys, have a good laugh, but I for one am not impressed.
I reported the guy to the cops for the dirty messages he sent me, and am getting his number barred from my phone. He kept sending me messages asking for pics of me, so I sent him one back saying "I'm not gay you f*#king freak! What sort of a sick weirdo propositions someone from the lost section of the local paper anyway?". Thankfully, the messages have now stopped.
Why do I have such bad luck with my plane? Who else could place an ad in the paper for his lost plane, and end up being sent a picture of a gay man's peni$?
Perhaps I need to find a new hobby
Seriously though. Don't give up hope, and maybe start to build another one or save and buy another one. I know easier said than done when unemployed or underemployed and the economy is rough. Maybe start buying parts at a time, or look on e-bay just don't quit. 
