Bad bad bad "I did it again!" (beck, you dummy, you don't have a click on every freebie you see, please STOP!")

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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So …
Here goes nothing.
I wander around the webz looking for freebies. Free samples. Free subscriptions. Free books. Free snacks. Free socks. (Yay!, toddler socks will soon be needed)

I get something nearly everyday at this point. It’s getting ridiculous.
I got chip clips today. Nice!!

Well the other day I got something labeled ‘airline cup’
No instructions. It has a USB cable.
Hmmm? Why does a cup need USB hook up?
It’s shaped like a drinking cup. Has a top.
I tug around on it. It opens.
Oh, my. You can’t put a drink in that. I don’t think.

Omg! It’s not a cup at all.:open_mouth:
The insides are pink and fleshy looking.
Oh shit.
I know what this is*. I cannot believe I got it for free. Did I get it free?
I may have clicked something untoward.
I have a card attached to my Google acct.
I better look.
There in all it’s glory is my ‘airline cup’, costing me $39.91.
From a company called ‘Jianghx, Well fitting clothing ’
This ain’t no freakin’ clothes I’ve ever seen.

I’m getting a refund. I look them up and find a customer service number.

I get someone on the phone and ask for a refund. I give him the item number, my name and stuff. He clicks away and says “Oh” and asked if it is damaged or not working, wrong size and could I give him an idea why I don’t want/or need it.
Duh? Imma girl, ordered it by mistake or size?
I choose size. I said it’s “Too small”
I swear he laughed out loud.

He says he’ll send me a return package and a mailing label. Then ‘crickets’
I asked 3 times “Are you there?”
Maybe 2 minutes go by (I’m getting my refund, I stay with the call) and finally he says “Sorry, I consulted my Lead. We don’t accept returns on ‘airline cups’ I think you’ll be happy to know we’ll provide a full refund.” I laughed out loud.
“Do you want a refund to your card or would you like an e-gift card?”
For a brief moment I considered an e-gift card. Wondering about a Well fitting clothing company selling ‘airline cups’ like this and what else they may have.

No, no, refund my card I tell him.

It begs the question, how dumb do I have to be to accidentally order this?
I don’t need contact with the outside world, clearly. :saluting_face:

BTW

it was a male masturbator *

My card was refunded.

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As soon as you said, “insides are pink and fleshy looking,” I knew what it was.

Because I’ve seen pictures.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

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How many ‘airline cups’ go thru customs that are not cups at all?
Should I expect a visit from a Customs Investigation team?

Oh, lord.

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Too small, excellent! Off the top of your head? You’re good.

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Be grateful that this means you didn’t get a refurb.

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No beating around the bush with you, huh?

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Mine would have been pristine, except for that coffee I poured in.
It seems there’s no way to clean it anyways.

Ewwww. Yuk!
I just grossed myself out.

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Not worth more than $37.56, I guarantee!

It has 10 different vibration functions, but you would never know. No instructions!

Just guessing…

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Maybe it’s a protein shake maker.:thinking:

Ewww! I re-grossed myself out!

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Before I opened the thread I expected you’d clicked on something and given your computer a fatal case of malware. I’m glad you did something much less vexing and much more entertaining. And doubly glad they’re willing to refund your money.

Maybe you could auction off your airline cup here on the 'Dope.

Seriously, there are lots of malware and scams that start with the come-on (heh) of “click here for free stuff”. It’s just a matter of when, not if, you trash your computer, or your email, or your credit card playing that game.

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Yeah. I know about those fake things.

I say I’m careful. But, clearly I make mistakes.

I’m redoubling my efforts to read and reread before I click.

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Maybe just say no to clicking?

Free things from the internet are seldom worth the price paid.

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Yes this.

Wrekian Roulette has real bad odds if Beck keeps playing. As Yakov Smirnoff used to joke:

YS: I like American Roulette much better than Russian kind. Russian odds are real killer.

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It’s a boredom thing.

I went from very active to semi-active with tons of accidents to semi-invalid needing help with almost everything in a relatively short time.
There is just so much reading and crosswords you can do.

The Dope helps. I play a game that requires lots of babysitting. I do solitaire. TV… ugh. And I don’t sleep well.

24 hours is hard to fill up some days.

And that’s just about enough of feeling sorry for myself time.

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Sounds like the same folks who brought us the “banana cleaner.”

NSFW link to a “Banana Washer for Husband”:

Banana Washer For Husband - Banana Cleaner

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Ummm?

Holy crap.

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Perfect gag gift for your guy on his next b-day: you can even label it as the company did, make him expect to have a heated coffee container or something. Just make sure any little ones (or not-so-little-ones) are not in the house at the time…

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Oh I’m hatching regifting ideas, as we speak.

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A group of us used to do a “robber Santa” gift exchange at Christmas every year. There was one gift, which got re-gifted into the exchange every year: it was a set of a half-dozen, hand-knit, tiny little sleeves, made of yarn, which the person who originally put them into the exchanged had dubbed “willy warmers.”

We stopped doing the exchange a few years ago; I don’t know who ended up with the willy warmers. :wink:

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I have to say I got immense pleasure from talking to the Customer service guy.
Named ‘Robie’
I gave him a great review. Hey, they asked.

Gotta find my fun where I can!
:smiling_face: