mjmjr25: good news, I found College Hoops for you!
noise: great I'll paypal you the $3 right now! What's yr pp addy again?
mjmjr25: well I'm gonna need a little more than $3...
noise: ugh, shipping! Duh! Sorry -- $5?
mjmjr25: $5.50 shipped, but also there was tax on the game.
noise: oh, right tax. Forgot. What's the tax in MN? Will $6 total cover it?
mjmjr25: $6.50 should cover tax yeah. But don't forget I had to drive to pick it up.
noise: oooh. Yeah. Gas. Um. What do you want then like $8?
mjmjr25: the Gamestop is kind of near my house. So $8.50 should take care of the gas.
noise: OK, $8.50... remind me of yr PP again?
mjmjr25: well wait, there's something else...
noise: ?
mjmjr25: I was late for work picking it up. Not super late or anything, but late enough that I had to miss my lunch.
noise: you lost me, Mike?
mjmjr25: well, it's just we ordered subs that day for lunch and one of my co-workers Gary had organized it a day in advance so I had already paid for my sub.
noise: couldn't you just eat it the next day?
mjmjr25: no, somebody else ate it when I didn't come in the lunch room. They must have thought it was an extra or something.
noise: so you want me to pay for your sub?
mjmjr25: You don't have to. But I mean, I did miss the sub because I was doing you a favor... as a friend.
noise: Ok, will $12 cover the game, shipping, tax, gas and sub then?
mjmjr25: It was a footlong.
noise: $14?
mjmjr25: Yep! $14.50 would cover the game, gas, sub, etc.
noise: Ok. So your PP address is...?
mjmjr25: the only thing I thought of is that these seem to be going for a lot on eBay.
noise: yeah I know. That's why I needed you to pick it up for me at GS.
mjmjr25: But I mean like a lot. I could sell this one on eBay and send you the $3 to buy your own copy at gamestop and still have some left over.
noise: But that doesn't help man. There were no copies near me at GS remember? Sigh. How about if I just send you like $20 to make it a bit more worth your effort?
mjmjr25: $20.50?
noise: fine dude. $20.50 -- I'm just glad to be getting a CIB copy. How does the case look BTW?
In my defense, there was some selective editing done.
Noise: So...stickers on the case or what?
mjmjr25: Yup, a couple, I can get 'em off no problem.
Noise: What do you use?
mjmjr25: Willpower and mind-bullets.
Noise: That's great and i'm proud of you, however, i'd prefer you use goo-gone ultimate STPT 9000. It is the ONLY thing that won't damage a case and ps3 cases are a premium for me. I'll pay you to pick up a bottle.
mjmjr25: k k, cool. Thing is though, the only place that carries that is 30 miles the other direction.
Noise: np boss, I gots you.
mjmjr25: Back, grabbed some of the goo gone - boy this stuff smells. I'm worried the baby might get sick. I took preventive measures and grabbed (6) Hauer gas masks while i'm using the goo. Those were $18ea.
Noise: aight. So, were square then - $20.50 + $8 for the goo, and $108 on the masks = $136.50 total, yeah?
mjmjr25: yeah, exactly. I guess you shouldn't be responsible for any of the oil change I had to stop and do? Dunno if I told you, I use premium oil and I change it every 80 miles. I have a club card though, so it was only $24.95 ($27.81 w/tax).
Noise: Mike. On second thought - just return it. I'd be smokin' RSG and Mark anyways. Lets' do everyone a favor and just return it to Gamestop...probably a greatest hits copy anyways :/
So as you can clearly see - i'm not the bad guy here.
