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October 13, 2006

EMAIL Hell - I Want the Sony Laptop, but You Can Keep the Virus

by Ferdinand T Cat

This is just plain cruel. Today I received an EMAIL from someone pretending to be amazon.com telling me they were shipping me a brand new Sony VAIO laptop and my credit card will be billed for $2,482.87.

Of course, the message is a total scam, asking me to look at a PDF stored in a "self-extracting file" that actually deploys a virus.

But this is not the point. The point is that Sony VAIO laptops look really cool. Bruce would never by a VAIO because he says he doesn't want to spend extra money just to get something that looks cool. His entire wardrobe and all his office furniture is a testament to this philosophy, and you can imagine the daily visual assault I must endure when he's working at home.

I don't mind getting a phony subscription confirmation for some Russian stripper's webcam. It doesn't bother me to be told that I've bought tickets for a trip to some obscure tropical island. I am completely unphased by announcements that I've put in the successful bid on an auction for a Dixie Chicks CD. But to rub my nose in the fact that the world is full of beautiful things that my meal ticket is never going to buy: that hurts.

There has got to be a law against this sort of thing.

Respectfully submitted,

Ferdinand T. Cat

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It could be worse.
They could write something like:

"Congratulations! You have just won a years supply of cheese! Fresh and delivered daily from Wisconsin! Please click on the link below to get your cheese."


Posted by: PlutosDad [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 13, 2006 1:18 PM

Those bastiches!!!!!

I love that really tiny Viao, would love to get it, but $2k is a bit much for a toy PC.


Posted by: William Teach at October 13, 2006 1:40 PM

lol CC..o yea or a free all expenses paid trip to France..LOL..:)..thanks for the linky luv..Woman Spruce Thyself..ROFL!


Posted by: Angel [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 13, 2006 3:53 PM

Like those lil Vaios. Lovely Daughter has one and it's pretty slick.

Heck, I'd even take the virus. Some of those are pretty interesting (read it in a plain text editor :-)).


Posted by: David at October 13, 2006 8:01 PM

Pretty they are, but their innards are completely obnoxious. I have had a VAIO desktop for about four years now, and swear at it in multiple languages every time I have to crack it open.

Lousy scam, though... I suppose you could always try the cute-eyes approach... every day... for about a year...


Posted by: Linoge [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 15, 2006 3:47 PM

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