5.31.2006

Amir's laptop continued

On Friday I posted about the lovely Amir and his piece of crap laptop he sold on eBay. Hilarity ensued! I received some great comments, they received some great comments and an Internet lynch mob not unlike the lost camera group was formed.

Everyone who has ever had a bad experience on eBay knows and embraced their fury.

Always the last to know, the mainstream media have finally picked up on it. Yesterday it was the BBC talking about police investigations into an unclear party. Today on this ismoney.co.uk a further story developed about Amir selling other faulty equipment to someone else.

Debbie McInerney, 42, from Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire, claimed she paid him £147 for an iPod in March but it never turned up. She claims Amir banked the cheque but failed to answer emails asking when the iPod would arrive.


Amir denies it... of course.

In a rather surprising showing the creator of the original blog has offered to take the site down for an apology and a refund. Ahhhh! At least there's one good guy here. But will Amir see his chance?

The saga continues.....

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi T,

Good to see you back.

I thought LTG always stated he would take down the blog if Amir apologised and refunded the money. It does sound like because of the recent media coverage Tom is starting to back down. This is not the case.

toReadtoLivetoLife

der-schwarze-blog.de said...

Btw: This story and Amirs blog made it to:

- Netherlands
- Norway
- Germany
- Turkey (did I spell that right?)
- Australia
- New Zealand
- USA

If the story is true: Is Amir crazy? It's about only 500 Euros and he is "famous" for life. The humilation. The laughs.

Everyone has his/her embarassing moments he/she wants to be forgotten. But this... WON'T :)

Anonymous said...

hello again CV;
Is it me or has the excitement/interest of the broken laptop saga begun to fade now everybody bloody knows about it!!
Had an e-mail of my mate in Jamaica asking what all the fuss was about!
"..the pleasure,the privilege,was mine."

Mart.

Criminally Vulgar said...

Hiya toReadtoLivetoLife :)

I was busy drinkin' all Bank Holiday... You know how it goes, most bars don't provide Internet access :(.

I must have missed that in the shuffle. Probably due to Amir's stunning manliness......

Such a man!

Criminally Vulgar said...

Hiya der-schwarze-blog.de:

It's phenomenal. Every day I'm getting hits from all over Europe, South America, North America, Australia... some places I've never even heard of.

That's what I love about the Internet.

Now all we need is for someone to merge Amir with tubgirl or lemon party. Then his meme-ness is complete...

Criminally Vulgar said...

Hiya Mart:

Yeah, I think it will be mostly dead in a few days unless something else happens :(.

Fame is so fleeting......

'take me out, tonight.'

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