My name is Judy and I have an ebay problem. It's not out of hand quite yet, but I am addicted to ebay the way I used to be compulsive about my missed connections. Mostly I look for antique medical charts and models. But today I found something quite different and downright weird—even for ebay.
Some dude is selling you, the ebay buyer, the chance to help him get sober for the holidays. Apparently sobriety runs about $250.00 these days. Because I can't imagine this is going to stay online for very long, I'll paste his plea after the jump. (So far there are no takers.)
!!PLEASE HELP ME WITH DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT!!
IN A NUT SHELL IM A 28 YEAR OLD THAT FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS I HAVE BEEN
STRUGGLING WITH INTENSE ALCOHOL ADDICTION THAT HAS LEAD ME TO MEDICAL DETOX TWICE AND AS OF SEPT.1ST 2006 IVE
BEEN SOBER AND AM GETTING BACK ON MY FEET. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE
REQUIRED TREATMENT (P.R.I) TO GET MY DRIVER LICENSE BACK AND GET BACK TO WORK IS QUITE
EXPENSIVE I AM NOW ENROLLED AND HAVE ABOUT 2 MONTHS LEFT TO
GO!!!PLEASE!!!HELP ME!!! <(WINNING BIDDER WILL RECEIVE A PHOTOCOPY OF
MY CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ.
<<SERIOUS
BIDDERS ONLY>>FOR THIS IS AS REAL AS IT GETS. (REMEMBER READ
THIS AUCTION CAREFULLY FOR YOU ARE BIDDING ON A PHOTOCOPY OF
MY CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION ONLY. MAYBE THINK OF IT AS DOING YOUR
GOOD DEED FOR THE DAY. I MYSELF BELIVE KARMA WILL COME BACK AROUND.
ONCE AGAIN THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ.
This is truly a sign that the end is near.
Posted by: The Rev. Spyro | December 22, 2006 at 01:19 PM
"for this is as real as it gets." yahoooooo!
merry christmas, dategirl! i'm watching a commercial about hair-shaft diameter and waiting for the james bond movie to come back. and i'm procrastinating on writing. know anything about that?
thanks for all the good reading this year. xoxo
Posted by: kate | December 24, 2006 at 06:34 PM
I am having a missed connection with my annual viewing of "A Christmas Carol," specifically the creepy, really old version that gave me nightmares as a child. The only movies on by the same name are moder, Hallmark specials about lonely single women named Carol. Who look like Brooke Shields. WTF??
Posted by: jules | December 25, 2006 at 11:29 AM