Man Gets Revenge By Texting Works Of Shakespeare To Scammer

[AB Editor]

"Edd Joseph, 24, who lives in the city with his girlfriend, was furious when he bought a PS3 games console for £80 and the seller failed to deliver the goods."

"So Edd decided to take his revenge by sending him the entire works of the Bard - by text."

Source:
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Bristol-man-gets-revenge-texting-works/story-20823040-detail/story.html

When he started getting abusive calls from the dodgy seller, Edd "Tried to ask him if he was enjoying the plays, but he was very confused"

While it's very funny, does Edd have any way to get his money back? Should there be more laws working in the favour of online consumers. We often talk about "cyber security", but would you like to see something akin to a "cyber-bobby-on-the-beat"?

[Peaspeculiars]

Sweet and very clever revenge, however the moral of the story is: when you buy from Gumtree, pay cash on collection only.
Edd should be careful though, he will not get his money back, and the seller already knows where he lives....

[jno]

pay cash on collection only

True, neither a borrower nor a lender be.

[sp1814]

"And because he is on an unlimited texts and calls package with O2 at £37 a month, his stunt is not costing him a penny."

Lovely.

Although the best way to pay for goods on the Internet is to use a credit card. On the day that you pay for the goods on the card, pay the same amount into the card so that you won't be charged interest.

And then if there's any problem with the goods - you can call your card company, who will credit the money back to you, and THEY will chase the seller.

[Bazile]

//..On the day that you pay for the goods on the card, pay the same amount into the card so that you won't be charged interest//

Why on the day , sp?

[Inkspot]

Love it!

[ELVIS68]

Revenge?......Cor blimey, not a fella to mess with

[sp1814]

Bazile

It's just nice and easy - get the card paid off on the day that it's debited, and then you don't have to worry about paying the charge at the end of the month.

[sandyRoe]

How is that revenge? Couldn't whoever got the text just delete it?

[Tilly2]

I think it's an abuse of Shakespeare's work. Dreadful!

[sp1814]

sandyRoe

No...the great thing about when he's doing is that the recipient will be constantly hearing his phone chime or buzz (if in silent) day and night.

It would be like water torture.

He could turn off the vibrate function on his phone, but then he might miss important calls of texts.

Imagine if your phone was buzzing or pinging, every ten seconds....it would drive me insane.

Well, not really insane...but it would be irritating...

[jno]

especially if he followed up Shakespeare with the Mahabharata.

[factor-fiction]

... or with one of those long AB threads that run and run...

[sandyRoe]

Or the Mabinogian. I see

[ll_billym]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mrnumber.blocker

If anyone else fancies ripping someone off then the above highly rated app means you will never have to read Shakespeare unless you want to.

[askyourgran]

Nice one. Years ago I recall a tale of a disgruntled employee who had been sacked. On his last day he dialled the Japanese speaking clock and left the office leaving the phone connected all weekend.