Monday, April 6, 2009

Would a Foo by any other name...

This guy is great.  Not only is he illiterate he also demands not to be taken for a foo.  I usually remove the location tag, but it turns out Tacom doesn't exist.  I probably could have left his phone numbers on as well without any risk of them being correct.  His post:

forean money - $40 (tacom)



i have about 40 dollars in iragy money. and would like to find someone that collects it. ive allready checked what and how much it is. so dont try to play me for a foo. call james at ***-***-**** or ***-***-**** 

And my response to our friend the Harvard Grad:

Hello,

I am a foriegn currency collector and I am very interested in your Iragy money as I have never heard of this country, nor can I find a currency exchange rate listed anywhere.  Could you please send me a description of where the country is?

This guy got back to me right away with this enlightening information:

its iraq. and sorry about the spelling i did not have the money i front of me at the time. and its the one befor saddam took over. the one with out his face one it. i have 2 25,000 dinars. wich comes out to almost 40$

How could I possibly be a bigger asshole?  See below:

Are you kidding me?  Of course I'll take it for $40.  I don't want to be rude, but in your earlier post you asked people not to take you for a foo!  Did you know that Saddam had all the money printed before he was placed on it burned?  Those bills are incredibly rare.  I think they are worth several hundred, or even thousands of dollars, depending on condition!  You'd be a foo for selling it for $40, but I'll buy them for that price for sure!!

Here is his response:

can you meet me some where on canyon road today i really need the money. and thanks for telling me that,  call me at ***-***-**** im james

I should probably lay off now, he sound pretty desperate.  Nevermind:

I tried to im you, but there is no one named James on my friends list, but honestly, I'm beginning to worry that maybe this is a bad idea.  You seem desperate for the $40, very desperate.  I'm concerned that you are just going to turn around and buy a 40 rock or a case of Thunderbird.  I don't think I can give you cash with a clear conscience, but I will give you canned food in exchange for the Dinars.  I have an ample supply of water chestnuts and cream of mushroom soup cans.  

I just want to help.

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