It\'s another severe storm warning but the damn things keep packing it up before they hit Brisbane. The one last night went both North and South of me and tonight it just went North. Anyway I was on the rooftop of Indooroopilly shopping center and managed a couple of photos. May as well put them up.
Goodnight.
Maz

My ADSL lost sync at lunch time yesterday. 24 hours later and it\'s still down. So here is my token update for the month.

So whats new with everyone out there in the interweb?

Maz

So the ebay protection stuff is a load of crap. Just another lie to get you to use paypal (which is basically owned by ebay) so that they can take more of your money while you buy online.



I bought something on ebay, a motherboard, and it was DOA. I contacted the seller who said I should send it back which I promptly did. Since I did this the seller has ceased all contact and isn't sorting this out. I figure I'd put in a PayPal dispute claim because it's meant to be a secure way to shop online so that you don't get ripped off using ebay. Well after wasting a few weeks waiting for the seller to respond to my complaint I raised a dispute with PayPal, who send me an email telling me to post the item back. Despite the dispute history saying that I had already posted the motherboard back.

Now here's the kicker. PayPal won't go any further with the dispute until I send the item now. Which is difficult to do when it is already sent. Now the only way PayPal will give any money back is if the seller says they ripped me off. Basically not going to happen. Raising a dispute also removes my ability to leave feedback for the item.

Update: The official response from PayPal

Let this be a warning to anyone who thinks they can get anything back from "PayPal buyer protection". IT'S A LIE!
Ebay is not a "safe way to shop online"!
Don't believe any of their bullshit PR.

At 2am you catch yourself saying:


I think I might be a little late to work tomorrow. Maybe not, I did do a lot of sleeping on the weekend so maybe it'll all work itself out. depends how long the conversation goes from here... I don't hold out much hope.
Maz

Just an update to say I AM alive. There's not much more to it than that. I have a few more projects on the go but until something gets some momentum there is bugger all point talking about them. I lack the motivation to keep working on any of them and besides, no one is reading this site anymore. I care so little that I won't even be back to check the comments.

Now rather than wasting anymore of my time I'll submit this and see if it's still working.
Maz