so i forgot to mention the spam phone call.
dane gets a call in the evening asking if he wants ‘girls gone wild’ on DVD. he hands the phone to me telling the person on the end of the phone that he has a person here who was interested. i get the phone and ask the caller what was up. he asks me if i was interested in the DVD and i say “tell me more”. the conversation goes as follows:
caller: we have an offer on at the moment. buy two of our DVDs for $4.99, i just need to ask you 5 questions first.
me: okay.
c: do you have a dvd player or vcr?
me: yes.
c: do you rent dvds or videos?
me: yes.
c: how often do you rent dvds?
me: pretty often.
c: how often do you buy dvds?
me: pretty often.
c: final question. what was the last movie you watched and did you enjoy it?
(at this point i turn to dane and say…)
me: what was the last movie we watched sweetie pie?!
dane: anal intruders 7.
me: sorry, did you hear that? (i say to the guy on the phone)
c: yes. hahahhahahahaha. (he totally cracks up)
me: okay, so what’s the deal here?
c: (still laughing) okay so we have an offer on at the moment, where you buy 2 of our dvds for $4.99.
me: what are the dvds?
c: our collection of girls gone wild on dvd or vhs.
me: okay, so how do we work payment?
c: well, do you have $4.99?
me: hmm, that could be tricky.
c: you don’t have four ninety nine?
me: like i said, it’s tricky.
c: but it’s ONLY four ninety nine.
me: yeh, i know, but i didn’t get paid from work this month, i’m running low.
c: you DON’T have four ninety nine?
me: uh, no not at the moment.
c: okay do you have a usable credit card so i can take payment over the phone?
me: unfortunately not. my wallet got stolen 2 days ago.
c: wow, you’re having a bad month.
me: yeh i know.
(at this point he figures out i’m messing with him)
c: okay, have a nice day miss.
the odd thing about all of this was that if, for whatever reason, one had no idea that ‘girls gone wild’ was porn, one may be inclined to make this purchase, because at no point in the conversation did he say that he was selling porn. hmm.
