"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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Nerds on eBay at their best.

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I sell this guy a video card, then I message him with "HELLO. HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE ITEM?"

This is his response:

Yes. I have not installed it yet, so if you're fishing for feedback,
you'll just have to wait until the item is installed and tested. I don't
appreciate being yelled at, just for feedback.....(you wrote in all caps
and that is an accepted sign in the messaging community as yelling)


So I write him back:

THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE. I'M GLAD YOU RECEIVED IT. BE ASSURED THAT
I'M NOT YELLING AT YOU, IN FACT, WE CAN SPEAK ON THE PHONE AND YOU CAN
ELIMINATE INAPPROPRIATE GUESSING.. SATISFACTION IS MY NUMBER 1 GOAL.. IF
YOU HAVE A MINUTE PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW YOU LIKED THE PACKAGING, AND IF
THE SHIPPING WAS FAST ENOUGH. THANKS AGAIN.




I don't leave feedback until they leave positive feedback, for obvious reasons.. How to and when to ask them for positive feedback so that they don't get defensive like that?
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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... OR YOU CAN WRITE LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE, and not worry about asking for positive feedback.

you're not one of the people who leave retaliatory feedback are you? if you are, i hate you.
 

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No, I'm Not Writing Like "normal People" - And Whatever That Means.. All Cops Always, It's A Marketing Technique That Tells Them I'm So Cool I Only Write In All Caps.. I Learned This From A Very Successful Man Who Would Have His Caps Lock On All The Time.

Basically, I'm too fvcking cool to give a fvck. You give a fvck, among other things.. You hate me? WTF is that?? Playahater.
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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When You Profit 500+k A Year And Write In All Caps And Sleep With Beautiful Women, And Don't Call People Names Because It's Something That Low Value People Like Doing.. I'd Ask You What's That, But I Don't Want You To Call Me A Name Again.. It's ok, I know you're learning, I'll spare you the embarrassment.



Ok whatever, no matter who you are, just let me know if you write to your buyers for feedback?


Here is more stuff from this guy, and I'm just having fun here.

No offense, but I'm not inappropriately guessing. All caps text is
considered yelling in the messaging world. You explicitly wrote in caps.
No guessing there. Inappropriate assumption, may be so, but I follow
messaging conventions, I only caps my text if needed. IF I DID IT HERE,
I'D EXPECT YOU TO TAKE IT AS YELLING. It's standard etiquette just as
there is in the telephone call world, and the face-to-face world. These
"rules" are there so you can inflect your "voice" in the messaging world.
That is why there is underlining, strikeout, italics, and color for text as
well. If you want to still not have to capitalize your text appropriately,
all lowercase is much more pleasing, and it's just as lazy as all caps.
Again no offense, but if you want to write a note to be taken seriously,
you properly punctuate and capitalize, just as you would to write your
parents a letter. If I wrote this whole thing with all caps and cruddy
punctuation, you'd probably take it less seriously.
My response:

WOW, I WASN'T AWARE THERE WAS ALL THIS SCIENCE BEHIND A SIMPLE E-MAIL.. MY
APPOLOGIES.. HOW DO YOU KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT THIS?

UNFORTUNATELY IT WOULD
TAKE ME TOO LONG TO LEARN ALL THOSE THINGS.. I ONCE RESPONDED TO AN ONLINE
PERSONAL AD OF A VERY BAUTIFUL LADY, AND I WROTE TO HER LIKE I ALWAYS WRITE
ON COMPUTER.. MAN, SHE GAVE ME HELL FOR THAT.. I TOLD HER, OK LADY, YOU
OBVIOUSLY MISSING THE POINT, SO YOUR LOSS.. I THEN WENT ON TO MEET 10
OTHER LADIES FROM THE SAME SITE.. WEEKS LATER THAT GIRL WROTE TO ME AGAIN
SAYING HOW SORRY SHE WAS FOR BEING SO HARD ON ME, I TOLD HER I UNDERSTAND
AND WE WENT ON MEETING EACH OTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME AT A COFFEE SHOP, SHE
WAS IMPRESSED WITH ME AND ALL THAT.. BUT I TOLD HER I CHANGED MY MIND, SHE
LOOKED DIFFERENT IN PERSON THAT ON HER PICTURES, AND WASN'T AS HOT, PLUS
SHE WAS BORRING.. THUS, I NEVER LEARNED ALL THAT SCIENCE BEHIND E-MAIL,
WHATEVER..

I KNOW YOU PROBABLY THINK IT'S SO SAD. I APPOLOGIZE THAT YOU
FIND MY WRITING OFFENSIVE. IT'S JUST AN E-MAIL, AND I WRITE MUCH BETTER BY
HAND. PLUS YOU'RE LIKE THE SECOND PERSON TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS.

WELL,
I HOPE YOU LIKED MY AUCTION AND THAT YOU LIKE THE SHIPPING AND PACKAGING..
I ENJOYED LEARNING THIS NEW PERSPECTIVE ON E-MAILS FROM YOU, THANK YOU FOR
THAT..



I was thinking about limiting my caps for text inside auction and not e-mails, but not for this one.. For this guy, it's too late, I'm writing all caps.. Besides, I like all cops, he's like the only one complaining... Again, nerd..

There is a reason why that guy I mentioned before sells so much, he's a player, and all caps, believe me, all caps, all the time.. Like a persona thing, oblivious, perceived as a goofy jew or something like that.. Safe to do business with..
 

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Kev07 said:
Learn how to write before sending messages fishing for feedback on ebay.

Oh you so serious and scientific. We're trying to have fun with what we do, how about you?
 

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You just said two people have complained...that's what most would call bad business.
 

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"WOW, I WASN'T AWARE THERE WAS ALL THIS SCIENCE BEHIND A SIMPLE E-MAIL.. MY
APPOLOGIES.. HOW DO YOU KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT THIS?

UNFORTUNATELY IT WOULD
TAKE ME TOO LONG TO LEARN ALL THOSE THINGS.. I ONCE RESPONDED TO AN ONLINE
PERSONAL AD OF A VERY BAUTIFUL LADY, AND I WROTE TO HER LIKE I ALWAYS WRITE
ON COMPUTER.. MAN, SHE GAVE ME HELL FOR THAT.. I TOLD HER, OK LADY, YOU
OBVIOUSLY MISSING THE POINT, SO YOUR LOSS.. I THEN WENT ON TO MEET 10
OTHER LADIES FROM THE SAME SITE.. WEEKS LATER THAT GIRL WROTE TO ME AGAIN
SAYING HOW SORRY SHE WAS FOR BEING SO HARD ON ME, I TOLD HER I UNDERSTAND
AND WE WENT ON MEETING EACH OTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME AT A COFFEE SHOP, SHE
WAS IMPRESSED WITH ME AND ALL THAT.. BUT I TOLD HER I CHANGED MY MIND, SHE
LOOKED DIFFERENT IN PERSON THAT ON HER PICTURES, AND WASN'T AS HOT, PLUS
SHE WAS BORRING.. THUS, I NEVER LEARNED ALL THAT SCIENCE BEHIND E-MAIL,
WHATEVER..

I KNOW YOU PROBABLY THINK IT'S SO SAD. I APPOLOGIZE THAT YOU
FIND MY WRITING OFFENSIVE. IT'S JUST AN E-MAIL, AND I WRITE MUCH BETTER BY
HAND. PLUS YOU'RE LIKE THE SECOND PERSON TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS.

WELL,
I HOPE YOU LIKED MY AUCTION AND THAT YOU LIKE THE SHIPPING AND PACKAGING..
I ENJOYED LEARNING THIS NEW PERSPECTIVE ON E-MAILS FROM YOU, THANK YOU FOR
THAT.."


I bet the guy on the other end was just like... "Uh ... huh... ... ... ... ... ..."
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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You were a prick to the guy.

He may've been a nerd, but he's also your customer. And the customer is always right.




Prick.
 

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hi elstud, viper, etc.

nice trolling... and how u ask about something then freak out at the answers.
 

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Writing in all caps when dealing through Ebay is a bad idea. There's a lot of Nigerian scammers on ebay and you know what one of their traits are? Writing in all caps.
 

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is there a way to ban ip adresses?

this is obviously the same guy as martin_sherwood, djslvt, there have been others i cant remember the name.

its the same pattern, posting outrageous threads or stupid comments, just to draw attention to himself or make other people argue. its not directly insulting, that would be an immediate ban, instead of sometihng 90% controversial, so there is still a 10% chance hes not a troll, just a moron.


mr.wolf is on my ignore list, yet just by replies to his threads I can tell his comments are dumb.
 

“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”

Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.

Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers.  Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.

I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.

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