New ebay - possible troll? Not too sure - be careful of bella4gj

[fingerpaints]

I just recieved the most bizzare message from this member, I have currently listed a few things (mainly non pony items) and they sent me a rauther poorly written half caps lock message asking for me to send them free stuff. I reported them to ebay & put them on my block list immediately.
 
I am not too sure if this was some sort of a joke, a troll or just an idiot. However, I would like to warn you all about this member. Here is a copy of the message I recieved on ebay -
 
Dear fingerpaints08,

i live in victoria IN mELBOURNE WOULD U BE ABLE TO SEND ME
GOMU ERASERS FOR FREE PLEASE REPLY THANK U


- bella4gj
 
I found it more amusing than anything, just wanted to warn others. If it is a troll, its very friendly anyhow lol.

[mana-maiden]

A pre-teen whose using their parents' online accounts while on a iPad having issues with taming the uppercase letter key?

My experience is usually kids ask for free stuff. But at any age you can rage at an iPad for auto-correct and sensitive key-touches.

[ponylady]

Weird.
I have to wonder though did she mean ship them to her for free? 

[Ringlets]

thats what I was thinking too ponylady - maybe she meant free shipping?.. or she could just be trolling for free stuff or she might just be ...odd   a strange one  - anyways you did the right thing reporting it    *holds head* ebay is full of weird peoples these days        (not  us of course )

[fingerpaints]

lol yeah, I didn't message them back, just added to my block list & reported.

Figured if it was a troll, I shouldn't feed it, as you know how ebay is, you can always create another account and cause a seller problems because ebay don't care, as long as they are making money out of you.

I did think it may have been "can you ship for free" but the poor grammer on top of the random caps locking sort of threw me off. I just hope its a child on their parents account or something, I seem to get alot of really thick people messaging me lately, I don't know if its kids, or that we should start selective breeding with humans.

[Kaapelikala]

lol yeah, I didn't message them back, just added to my block list & reported.

Figured if it was a troll, I shouldn't feed it, as you know how ebay is, you can always create another account and cause a seller problems because ebay don't care, as long as they are making money out of you.

I did think it may have been "can you ship for free" but the poor grammer on top of the random caps locking sort of threw me off. I just hope its a child on their parents account or something, I seem to get alot of really thick people messaging me lately, I don't know if its kids, or that we should start selective breeding with humans.

Selective breeding for ponykind. How do ponies breed anyways? So far no boy ponies sighted outside of rumors.

To the message: It could also be a Nigerian prince looking for a penpal. I wouldn't have blocked & reported that one. If it was a troll/scammer/whatnot, they would most likely not have messaged again. If it was a real message, they would have contacted you again.

Also that one seems to be legit.

[fingerpaints]

Yeah sweetie, they have a perfect rating of 3, it doesn't really mean too much, and I am still unsure. I would prefer someone that I have a hard time communicating with as an adult selling items online to not purchase from me.

Take the time to make your message legible & understandable. They are from the same country, therefore should be able to speak the same language (they even live in the same city).

I have alot of people message me asking questions that if they had read my descritpion, they could answer themself, but this came off as almost obnoxious and to la de da for me. Not saying they are a bad person, just maybe one to watch out for, and one I prefer not to deal with.