I remember the evening when I was scrolling through my Facebook page. She came by and saw me reading my birthday greetings.
'Oh, I forgot!' She exclaimed.
She'd already got all the ingredients to cook me something special. But she forgot today was the day.
I patted her hand and said, 'It's no big deal. You've done a lot taking care of me the last few months and helped me deal with the pain. I'm getting stronger now and I'm happy with my life.'
No, I didn't say exactly those words. I said far less than that. But those words came from my heart. And I was referring to the major painful experience and operation I underwent and the post operation healing process that she bore through with me.
For that I am thankful.
Friday, April 15, 2016
About Toxic People.
Toxic people are indeed worse than poisonous chemicals.
I once worked in a factory making battery separators. We had to work with Concentrated Sulfuric Acid, Phenol and Formalin. We dealt with them on a day to day basis. But none of these chemicals scared me. I was very careful when handling them. Sometimes I even did away with wearing protective gear. And as a direct result, get into minor accidents but none caused me any permanent scars; physically or mentally.
There were toxic fumes when the chemicals were processed in a reactor. After that pulp paper was dipped into the chemical and then had to go through a high temperature dryer. More toxic fumes were released into the air.
In the next process an adhesive was applied to the pulp paper. This adhesive contained a solvent called Toluene. Kids could get a 'high' sniffing this chemical which is also commonly used in glue for patching bicycle tires. Then a piece of glass-mat is stuck on the pulp paper.
When the glue is dried the product is cut into smaller pieces. During the cutting, microscopic pieces of glass fiber would fly into the air.
There you are; awful pungent smell of poisonous chemicals, corrosive fluids, and hot, dusty, itchy atmosphere. But none of these distressed me more than the toxic being that walked on two legs.
And in the end it was his toxicity that caused me to walk away from that job.
I once worked in a factory making battery separators. We had to work with Concentrated Sulfuric Acid, Phenol and Formalin. We dealt with them on a day to day basis. But none of these chemicals scared me. I was very careful when handling them. Sometimes I even did away with wearing protective gear. And as a direct result, get into minor accidents but none caused me any permanent scars; physically or mentally.
There were toxic fumes when the chemicals were processed in a reactor. After that pulp paper was dipped into the chemical and then had to go through a high temperature dryer. More toxic fumes were released into the air.
In the next process an adhesive was applied to the pulp paper. This adhesive contained a solvent called Toluene. Kids could get a 'high' sniffing this chemical which is also commonly used in glue for patching bicycle tires. Then a piece of glass-mat is stuck on the pulp paper.
When the glue is dried the product is cut into smaller pieces. During the cutting, microscopic pieces of glass fiber would fly into the air.
There you are; awful pungent smell of poisonous chemicals, corrosive fluids, and hot, dusty, itchy atmosphere. But none of these distressed me more than the toxic being that walked on two legs.
And in the end it was his toxicity that caused me to walk away from that job.
Thursday, March 31, 2016
A Pain In The Neck - The Last Resort
December 2014.
I was reading in my rattan ‘easy-chair’. When I got up I felt this nagging pain in the
old spot. Within a few minutes it got
worse and I still thought it was an ordinary pain-in-the-neck problem because I
found it hard to turn my head to the right.
A week later (19-12-2014) and still feeling pain, I went to
check with a GP. He gave me some
medication. That finished. The stiff-neck problem went away. But the nagging nerve pain that went down to
my last 2 fingers came more and more occasionally. By end of January I was already feeling
depressive. It was getting worse. That pesky problem from ten years ago was back to haunt me.
I called the office of my former Chiropractor who has
since moved to E-Gate. The reception
gave me an appointment for 4th March, 2015. I said I don’t know if I can last that
long. She cheerily said if there’s
anyone wishing to cancel their appointment, she’d call me. I haven’t heard from her yet. I tried searching on line for another
chiropractor in my area with little success.
Days later when there was no other option I asked neighbor the contact number for the Chinese physician he was visiting
regularly. But I had doubts about whether
he can help my case. On the morning when
I was supposed to drive over to Penang to see him I changed my mind. I searched again for another chiropractor. And I found one in Queensbay.
After the first treatment I felt I was on the right track. 4 treatments later I feel much healthier.
But it was not to be. Even though I finally went back to my former chiropractor I realized my neck condition had deteriorated to such an extent that it was beyond fixing by alternative means...
2016-01-07
After today’s chiropractic session I didn’t feel much
relief. It seems the tension is
rebuilding in my neck.
2016-01-10
Sunday. I felt the
pain was getting too intense. I called my
Chiropractor. Nobody answered. I sent a message to him via Facebook
messenger. Surprisingly he responded. But he was in KL. He told me to see his partner. I told him I couldn’t lift my head. He told me to get pain-killer. I called my bro-in-law and requested his help
to send me to chiropractor tomorrow. I
knew I couldn’t drive anymore. It was
too risky.
2016-01-11
With my head tilted to the left I went to E Gate, Penang. We arrived too early, so we had to wait. The chiropractor tried to fix my neck. She took extra effort and went through all
the procedures. But the pain remained. I still had to keep my head tilted to relief
the pain. She arranged for another
appointment for tomorrow. On the way
home I told bro-in-law I think the time has come for a decision to go for
surgery. I was still hesitating, still
doubtful.
That afternoon the heat in the house was horrendous,
especially in our dining area. It was
like an oven. The heat was coming from
the air well as the roof had only one layer of corrugated asbestos
sheeting. The on-going El Nino phenomenon
added more discomfort to my condition. At
other times it didn’t seem so hot. The
pain went from bad to worse. I tried
lying down on the cool floor. No relief
there. I went into our children’s room
and turned on the air-conditioning. I
slept all afternoon with ice-pack pressed against my neck.
2016-01-12
I had slept all night (I mean, I tried to sleep) on my
left side without a pillow, keeping my head tilted in such a way that it is
positioned lower than my shoulder. It was the last position that I could maintain
to escape the torture. When morning
came, I tried getting up. I felt
hopeless. I realized the time has come. There’s no more choice but to go for the
operation, in spite of what everybody and the medium at the temple said. I’ve reached the last resort. I told my wife my decision. I got her to call her sister and to prepare
ice-packs.
They took me to the SP General Hospital. Sis-in-law thought she could pull some
strings and get a doctor to give me a pain-killer shot or something. No such luck.
There was no friendly, familiar doctor around that she knew from her
nursing days. The emergency room looked
like a morning market in the afternoon.
There was no sense of urgency and no signs of urgency. After a while I was called in to see a young
woman whom we thought was a doctor. She
asked a few routine questions and then told us to wait. She was probably only an intern.
I lay sideways on a row of plastic chairs. A Hospital Assistant passing by grabbed a
blanket from a nearby wheel-chair and gave it to me telling me to place it
under my head. It was thoughtful of him,
but it was of no help. I was trying to
keep my head lower than my body while lying on my side. I shoved part of the blanket under my
shoulder instead.
I told sis-in-law to call my nephew, a radiologist at LGL
Hospital, Penang, to ask him if Dr Kazem was in. Yes, he was there on duty and Dr Kazem was
also present. I said let’s go. I got into the back behind the driver’s seat
so that I could partly lie down on my left side with my wife on the far left of
the seat. We kept changing
ice-packs. Along the way some of the ice
had melted. But the cold wet towels were
better than nothing.
I began to think of other things to dissociate myself
from my predicament. I thought: If only I had a guardian angel. I then realized I already have one. My mother-in-law’s face appeared in my
mind. She’s long gone from this world of
turmoil and suffering, but every time I was in trouble I thought of her. Somehow I felt I was going to be
alright. She was seeing to it that I was
being taken care of. Everything was in
place to save my day, like, here’s someone driving me to hospital. I have a veteran nurse who knew what to do
when we arrive. I do not have a medical
card, but I have someone to handle the financial requirements so that there’s
no delay in checking in. And there’s a
relative right there in the hospital who was already alerted of my coming and
who knew about the seriousness of my condition.
In fact, he’s the doctor who made out my MRI report.
Yet, it was the longest journey I’d ever taken from Sungai
Petani to Penang.
When we arrived I walked into the E.R. A gang of orderlies, nurses and (I assume) a
doctor sprang into action. One lady in
blue uniform got me on a bed, checked my blood pressure and asked me lots of
questions. With sis-in-law as my
spokesperson, I requested to see Dr Kazem.
I told the reception I consulted him 10 years ago and would like to
refer to him again. They spoke to the
doctor and he instructed them to send me for an emergency MRI and wait for him. That was good for another long painful wait
and a nerve-racking endurance test inside the MRI machine. But I took comfort in that a long overdue
relief was coming soon.
Later in the afternoon the doctor came. He tried something that seemed like
humour. He said, ‘Ten years ago I told
you to have that operation but you ran away.
Why?’ I said I was afraid. Everybody and some doctors told me the operation
had only a 50:50 chance of success. I
didn’t want to mention the worst, but sis-in-law spelt it out. If it was a failure, I could end up as a
vegetable. I couldn’t take a risk with
that.
(On looking back, that was when my two older girls were
in higher education while the youngest was still in secondary school. If anything happened to me their future would
be affected. I decided I had no choice
but to find an alternative. And I did
find an alternative although that was good for ten years.)
He then explained that there’s nothing to be afraid of
now. He does hundreds of such operations
and no one has ever had any problems. In
fact, he said, your risk of facing a mishap on the Penang Bridge is greater
than the failure of this operation itself.
After all the admittance procedures and necessary
paper-work were done they wheeled me into my ward for the night. It was to be another long wait until morning.
There was a nurses’ station right outside our 4-person
ward. Music, singing and some
broadcasting was blaring away on a radio or TV.
Occasionally someone was yelling out in pain or some people were
quarrelling among themselves. Nurses
discuss jobs, off-day activities, or something.
It was like a market place. The
door could not close by itself. The
automatic door-closer had broken down. Every
few minutes someone would enter the room for something or other. My room-mate had endless visitors or talk
loudly on his mobile phone to well-wishers.
That night I tried to sleep but it was impossible. And it wasn’t just because of the noise.
At one point I managed to summon the nurse for an
ice-pack. She brought me one. Before dawn arrived I had already used up
several ice-packs.
2016-01-13
It was around 6.00am when a nurse entered the room and
asked me if I could get up and take a shower or should she give me a bath. Thrown off by that awkward question, I said
I’ll try but I need another ice-pack.
She refused to oblige and ordered me to get the shower first. Always being independent and doing things for
myself, I wasn’t about to lie back and let a nurse do such personal things for
me, as long as I could get up and walk, I could do it. I forced myself up in spite of the terrible
stabbing pain in the neck and headed for the bath-room. I couldn’t locate anything that looked like a
shower.
The nurse said, ‘That’s not the shower room. Shower-room’s next door!’ It sure was difficult trying to recognize
things in semi-darkness while you’re viewing things from a horizontal angle.
I stripped and hastily showered (if you could describe
wetting your head and body haphazardly, a shower), shivering, hissing and
groaning in pain through my clenched teeth. Quickly mopping off my wet head and body, I struggled
to put on the operation gown. That gown
was made like an apron. There was no
covering for the back. Only strings to
tie it back. It was as good as wearing
nothing, so I struggled and managed to get my pants back on. By the time I got back to my bedside the
hissing and groaning noise level coming from me had increased by several more
decibels. The nurse told me to get back
in bed.
With her ‘job’ done, she left. I lay down on the bed and let myself go,
overwhelmed by the helplessness, frustration, more than a year-long of nagging
pain and all that tension. I let my tears
flow and my nose to run into a towel I managed to grab. My uncontrollable sobs came so loudly I thought
that the racket should have woken up my room-mate by now. But there seemed to be nothing coming from
him. Not even words of comfort or
encouragement. Here I was, feeling old,
helpless and totally undignified, sobbing like a baby. I felt like a mortally wounded survivor they somehow
managed to salvage from a disaster site.
After a while of lying motionless, the pain subsided and I drifted off to sleep.
Later another nurse showed up and gave me 2 tablets I
assumed to be pain-killers and allowed me a sip of water to get them down. No more food or drink intake other than that,
she said.
At around nine am, they wheeled me into an X-ray
room. Then a nurse gave me a shot I
thought to be another pain-killer. I
looked around at what looked like factory store-room with grilles separating
several enclosures. There were
production machines and workers moving about busy with their work. I thought this was supposed to be a hospital…
A while later, someone said, ‘It’s over!’ (It was actually 4 ½ hours later.) They wheeled me out of the operation room. I noticed some familiar faces lined up
outside the door but they were blurry and I couldn’t figure out who they were
until I heard Chen Yee greeted me with a hand wave and a ‘Hi…!’ I opened my eyes again later and she was
holding my hand and I managed to squeeze hers in response feeling grateful and
comforted that things are going to get better from here on.
When my lunch of fish porridge came I tried to get up and
eat but I couldn’t manage. My right hand
wouldn’t cooperate. There was a heavy
blockage in my throat. I found it hard
to open my mouth and I couldn’t swallow.
And worse of all it was difficult to breathe. Chen Yee fed me. I forced myself a few mouthfuls drank some
water and lay back exhausted.
Later when my wife and daughter heard about what happened
the night before, Chen Yee managed to get me moved to another room. This one I shared with a guy named Ganesh who
was suffering from diabetes and some other renal problems. He was a quiet chap who loves to watch TV
thrillers (like Mission Impossible) around midnight with the full sound
system. After the movie ended, I told
him if he wanted to watch some more TV, go ahead, but please turn down the
sound. He said, ‘No’. And he went to sleep.
to be continued...
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Destiny? Who's holding the steering wheel?
My belief has always been that He's left it to us to decide what we do with our lives and how we want to live. If we need help, we ask. If we have faith we get our answers or the help we need. If we get greedy, or take the wrong path, then it's our own choice too. I still believe that's the way it works. How short our lives, where the road takes us or how long we live, that's our destiny...
Friday, July 31, 2015
Dance Series #5 - Anatomy Of An Online Scam
Fortunately I managed to come away without getting my limbs blown off. Although ending up poorer by $100, I'm writing this off as payment for a very important lesson.
Here's how I walked right into a trap even though all the signs screamed at me "ALERT!!! IT'S A SCAM!!! GET OUT!!!".
No way. I've posted my paintings online for all these years and here's the first time someone is interested in my art enough to want to pay good money for it. I was blinded.
With warning lights a-flashing, bells a-ringing, whistles
a-blowing, buzzers going full blast, I still fell for it, all because my defenses went down too fast before reinforcements could come in. There were too many glaring errors and signs that made me highly suspicious and I contacted PayPal to get them to clarify some of the emails I received, all I got were standard items and tick boxes to choose from. I couldn't write in my questions because there was no blank box for me to write in. I hate using the phones because I knew I'd only get to talk to machines.
I tried asking my circle of friends but they're all online 'buyers', not 'sellers'. I even cancelled the invoice that initiated the sale. But somehow, I was like a proverbial deer being caught in the glare of a cyber-driver's headlights, knowing the danger but unable to run from it.
Finally when my mind was already busted due to doubts and worries and lack of sleep, (being a chronic worrier didn't help) I caved in because I'm too humanly decent. I couldn't live with the idea that the other person (who hinted of being wheel-chair-bound, and who may be a genuine art buyer and perhaps turn out to be a potential long-term customer) 'loos' his money because I didn't keep up my end of the deal.
I tried asking my circle of friends but they're all online 'buyers', not 'sellers'. I even cancelled the invoice that initiated the sale. But somehow, I was like a proverbial deer being caught in the glare of a cyber-driver's headlights, knowing the danger but unable to run from it.
Finally when my mind was already busted due to doubts and worries and lack of sleep, (being a chronic worrier didn't help) I caved in because I'm too humanly decent. I couldn't live with the idea that the other person (who hinted of being wheel-chair-bound, and who may be a genuine art buyer and perhaps turn out to be a potential long-term customer) 'loos' his money because I didn't keep up my end of the deal.
My reinforcement troops
from PayPal arrived 20 hours too late.
Fortunately Paypal volunteered to compensate me for half my losses.
I'm now writing this so that all fellow artists and crafts-people trying to sell their products online (who may be as dumb as me) can learn something from this and WALK away from a deal if it smells too good to be true.
And please just keep walking and don't look back like what I did!!!
And please just keep walking and don't look back like what I did!!!
So, here's the anatomy report.... with myself as the pathologist.
It started off with an email from www.Artbreak.com, the website where I post all my artworks up for sale.
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Artbreak Mailer Jul 15
Congratulations! Someone expressed interest in buying your work, Dance Series 5, at the url:
http://www.artbreak.com/work/show/727883
The intested party listed their name and email address as:
James (james.william220@outlook.com)
Message from buyer:
I'm interested in your Painting(Dance Series 5),How long have you owned it and how much are you asking for it?please i can only pay using Paypal.email me pictures. james.william220@outlook.com
Artbreak takes no commission from artists and charges no commission to buyers. The buyer purchases the work directly from the artist.
After a sale is initiated through Artbreak, it's up to you and the buyer to complete the transaction. Make sure that shipping arrangements and payment details have been agreed to by both parties before finalizing the sale.
Artbreak takes no commission and can take no responsibility for transactions. We recommend using PayPal, which offers free purchase protection up to $2000.
If you have received this email in error, please contact support@artbreak.com.
Thanks,
Artbreak Staff
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Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:54:20 +0000
From: lianchyeteh@yahoo.com
To: james.william220@outlook.com
Subject: Dance Series #5
Hi Mr William,
Thanks for your interest in my painting. I painted it recently (7th May 2015) and it's still unframed.
Size: 42cm X 29.5cm
Medium: Color pencils & ink on cartridge paper.
Medium: Color pencils & ink on cartridge paper.
I'm offering it for sale at USD$300 (mailing costs excluded).
Let me know of other details you need from me.
Please advice what country you're residing in.
regards,
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To TLC
Thanks for your respond,can you framed it for me and get back to me with the final asking price after the frame and including your pay invoice or paypal email so i can make the payment once..I have a private courier agent that will come for the pickup after payment has been made, so no shipping included. I'll need your name, the pickup address or location for the pick up.
Thanks
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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 09:40:19 +0100
From: lianchyeteh@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Dance Series #5
To: james.william220@outlook.com
Hi,
l am out of state this week. I will take care of this when I get back next week. Will contact you again with details. Thanks.
LC Teh
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From:"william james"
Date:Thu, 16 Jul, 2015 at 19:34
Subject:Dance Series #5
Alright..email me back once you are around i will be waiting for your respond,Your Name?Date:Thu, 16 Jul, 2015 at 19:34
Subject:Dance Series #5
Able God
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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 00:39:01 +0100
From: lianchyeteh@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Dance Series #5
To: james.william220@outlook.com
I am Teh Lian Chye, residing in Kedah, Malaysia. Where is your location?
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July 24, 2015 - Friday. I had the painting framed and packed it ready for shipment. Then I created an invoice in my PayPal account. What happened next, I let the correspondence tell the story....
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You've sent an invoice
Dear Lian-chye Teh,
Your invoice (0001) has just
been sent to james.william220@outlook.com. Please note that it may take a
few moments for this transaction to appear in your account.
Summary of your invoice
| Sent to | james.william220@outlook.com |
| Sent from | Lian-chye Teh |
| lianchyeteh@yahoo.com | |
| Invoice number | 0001 |
| Date payment is due | Jul 24, 2015 |
| Amount | $338.00 USD |
Yours sincerely,
PayPal
PayPal
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william james Jul 24 at 4:13 PM
Cheers.
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:24:33 +0000
From: lianchyeteh@yahoo.com
To: james.william220@outlook.com
Subject: Re: ABOUT TO MAKE THE PAYMENT ??
I just found out our govt levies a 6% GST (General services tax) on all money transfers thru Western Union.
I just made the payments of $590.00 USD into your account and Pay-pal emailed me confirming this. So please check your PayPal email address (lianchyeteh@yahoo.com) inbox,spam mail for the Pay Pal confirmation email. Pay-pal said that they would be holding the money i sent because of the excess payments that i made which was the money for pick up, i will need you to proceed and Wire the excess which is $152.00 USD to my pick up agent to enable them make a booking for the picked up of the item.Remember that you will wire the agent fee to them via Western Union Money transfer as that is there method of payment.So please do send the $152.00 USD through western union money transfer and use the remaining change of $50.00 USD as Western Union charges.You can easily Walk to the local post office or any outlet around you.After you have sent the money please get back to me asap with the western union details, the MTCN number which you will be given by western union after you have sent the money as well as the sender's name and address so i can forward it back to PayPal for your money to be put through or you can email it to PayPal directly,that is alright as well.
Here is my pick up agent's info that you will need to send the money to through western union money transfer:
Name:Bryan James Sullivan
Orange California
Zip code:92867
UNITED STATE.
I will need the address where the item will be picked up,as my pick up agent will contact you to book a pick up time after they have received payments but they will have to book a time that is convenient for you. Is really nice doing business with you
Best Regard...
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 15:36:33 +0000
From: lianchyeteh@yahoo.com
To: james.william220@outlook.com
Subject: Re: PAYMENT MADE ???
I
will do as required as soon as the banks open on Monday. It's Friday
night over here right now. But can you please instruct Pay-pal to
release the $152 for the Western Union charges, otherwise I would be
cashing out of my own pocket. With our currency at it's lowest level,
this calculates out to a big sum for me. I don't mind paying for the
GST charges first. Thanks.
regards,
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After the money has been send please get
MTCN number:
Sender's Name :
Sender's address:
Amount Send After western union charges
waiting for your fast respond...
Thanks..
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Dear Lian-chye Teh,
Congratulation our Valued Customer, your fund will be in your account as soon as you got the courier agent fee send and get back to us with the information given to you by western union and we are very sorry for what this might cause you and we hereby to let you know that our customer is important to us so make sure you get the money sent and get back to us so that we can credit your account with the sum of $590.00 USD immediately..
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Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 05:23:39 +0000
From: lianchyeteh@yahoo.com
To: james.william220@outlook.com
Subject: Re: READ AND UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!!
Sir,
I
do understand about scams. I'm only a retired part-timer trying to
moonlight as an artist. $152 (excluding GST) is more than my half
month's pay. I promised to do all it takes to get you that painting but
that means only the leg work, not the financial risks.
I haven't seen any money in my account yet. This seems like Paypal is only protecting the buyer.
Much
as I'd love to close this deal, I can't afford to risk that kind of
money. If we can't work out a better way to finalize this, let's just
write this off as experience and list ourselves as unwitting victims of
online scams. Maybe only the big corporations like E-Bay and Amazon can
do this business with success.
Sorry it doesn't work out. Thanks anyway.
regards,
LC Teh
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Regards
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Dear:Colin Smith ,
We are the pick-up agent that will be picking the item bought from you by our client (James William) all information are tallied, and we have received a back-up message from our client as well Authorizing to
pick your (Dance Series.).We are planning to come to your location according to our client For the picked up to be met as schedule, you are to fill the form below.
1. Your Full Name:
2, Address/ Location of the item:
3. A valid phone number (Mobile) :
4. Condition of the item:
5. Weight Of The Item:
We employ you to carefully fill the above form and get back to us.
Regards,
We are the pick-up agent that will be picking the item bought from you by our client (James William) all information are tallied, and we have received a back-up message from our client as well Authorizing to
pick your (Dance Series.).We are planning to come to your location according to our client For the picked up to be met as schedule, you are to fill the form below.
1. Your Full Name:
2, Address/ Location of the item:
3. A valid phone number (Mobile) :
4. Condition of the item:
5. Weight Of The Item:
We employ you to carefully fill the above form and get back to us.
Regards,
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Dear: Lian-chye Teh ,
We've start preparing the necessary document needed for the pick-up because your buyer said he has made the payment. The pick up date will be tomorrow or you get to us the date and time for the pick up. You will have to send Payment to us via Western Union today and email the details to us.
Below is the courier agent information
Name:Bryan James Sullivan
Orange California
Zip code:92867
UNITED STATE.
Amount: $152.00
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From: william james
To: TLC
Sent: Saturday, 25 July 2015, 20:23
Subject: READ AND UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!!
Hello i have already made the payment and the money has been deducted from my account,i think you receive an email from PayPal customer care that i have already made the payment,they said you have to follow there new rules before the money can be clear to your account,due to scam activities going on with PayPal,that is why they introduce this new way of making payment,they want to protect both buyer and the seller,that is the reason,or if you need any question more on that you can email there customer care email address which you got the respond of the transaction from.
Regards
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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 02:44:40 +0000
From: lianchyeteh@yahoo.com
To: james.william220@outlook.com
Subject: Re: READ AND UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!!
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Hello
you can not cancel this transaction at the time,Because the money have
been deducted from my account and is pending and been hold in your
PayPal account i can not afford to loos my money just like that,because
you havent completed the transaction at your end, You need to go send
the fee and then forward the details of the money once you have sent the
fee,And get back to me and paypal email address which you got the
respond of the transaction from,This is the new method i got as an email
alert after making the payment at my end for PayPal to track this
transaction,Because i made the payment on PayPal email address transfer,
So you have to complete yours at your end.before the money can be
credit to your account.
Thanks
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Hello Lian-chye Teh
You can not cancel this transaction because the money has already been deducted from my account and its pending and been hold in your PayPal account.you have to get the courier agent fee sent and get back to me and PayPal for them to be able to released the fund into your account immediately.And moreover i have already contact the pick up agent to schedule a time for the pick up at your location,so how did you want me to loos my money just like that.Complete yours at your end and get back to me now
Regards
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We've start preparing the necessary document needed for the pick-up because your buyer said he has made the payment. The pick up date will be tomorrow or you get to us the date and time for the pick up. You will have to send Payment to us via Western Union today and email the details to us.
Below is the courier agent information
Name:Bryan James Sullivan
Orange California
Zip code:92867
UNITED STATE.
Amount: $152.00
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Lian-chye Teh canceled this invoice
Hello james.william220@outlook.com,
This invoice was canceled.
Summary of this invoice
| Sent to | james.william220@outlook.com |
| Sent from | Lian-chye Teh |
| lianchyeteh@yahoo.com | |
| Invoice number | 0001 |
| Date payment is due | Jul 24, 2015 |
| Amount | $338.00 USD |
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From: william james
To: TLC
Sent: Saturday, 25 July 2015, 20:23
Subject: READ AND UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!!
Hello i have already made the payment and the money has been deducted from my account,i think you receive an email from PayPal customer care that i have already made the payment,they said you have to follow there new rules before the money can be clear to your account,due to scam activities going on with PayPal,that is why they introduce this new way of making payment,they want to protect both buyer and the seller,that is the reason,or if you need any question more on that you can email there customer care email address which you got the respond of the transaction from.
Regards
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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 02:44:40 +0000
From: lianchyeteh@yahoo.com
To: james.william220@outlook.com
Subject: Re: READ AND UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!!
I'm
sorry. I can't handle this. It caused me sleepless nights. I've
cancelled the Paypal invoice. If you're still interested in buying the
painting, it's still available, but you'll have to think of other means
for the pick up without putting the liability on me. This cyber jungle
scares me. I'll get back to try selling my artworks directly to
physical customers.
regards,
LC Teh--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks
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Thanks for contacting us. Based on the categories you've selected, the following FAQs may assist you faster than we can.
Note: If these FAQs don't answer your question, please reply to this email with as much information as possible to help us assist you better.
A) How do I send payments?
B) What fees does PayPal charge?
C) What does "Sending Limit" and "Withdrawal limit" mean?
D) I want to get verified. How do I link and confirm my credit card?
E) Can I top-up my PayPal account?
Don't worry. These links won't redirect you to another webpage.
Yours sincerely,
PayPal
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You can not cancel this transaction because the money has already been deducted from my account and its pending and been hold in your PayPal account.you have to get the courier agent fee sent and get back to me and PayPal for them to be able to released the fund into your account immediately.And moreover i have already contact the pick up agent to schedule a time for the pick up at your location,so how did you want me to loos my money just like that.Complete yours at your end and get back to me now
Regards
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