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February 5, 2006 at 0:38am

BIG WORLDWIDE STATIONERY CON!

So, this rather bizarre story started a while back, it obviously involves a website that goes by the name of Worldwide Stationery and is run by a man called James Cameron. http://www.worldwidestationery.com

This website was advertised in The Trader, The Guardian, The Times and The Telegraph, which would give it some repute you would imagine? (Turns out everything weren’t quite how it seemed!!!)

Me and my boss from work, Ian, found the website in The Trader, and were drawn by the stationery aspect of what they sell, given that they were advertised as a “wholesale stationers” and the shop Ian runs also has a stationery section.

However, upon visiting this website, we were amazed to see Cameras, Monitors and LCD TVs at low low prices. We registered, were drawn in, and ordered nearly £2000 of goods. And this is where the con gets interesting.

The man will only accept BACS or Cheque, so we done a next day bank transfer into his Clydesdale account.

Pervious to this payment, we would receive near instant replies to all our emails. Suddenly, for three days we heard almost zip, just one Email that said “delivery will be with you within 48hours.”

I waited the Thursday and Friday, no delivery, and suddenly no response to Emails! Then, out of the blue, on Monday, I had an Email saying “delivery will be with you Tuesday”, again, I waited off work, and no delivery arrived. It was at that point we decided to look a little deeper, searching for the address of the company “88a tooley street, london” and this is the website that drew out attention…

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=331106

The unveiling of the scam! My advice to all who read this, DO NOT TOUCH THIS SITE, they are a bunch of frauds. I am only posting this topic in the hope that somebody, searching for Worldwide Stationery before they buy (like we did) will find this forum BEFORE THEY BUY.

And a note to James Cameron -because we know he’ll be reading- we know more about you now, then you probably know about yourself. It’s only a matter of time before your fraud catches up with you…

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Ashes Come Home

September 12, 2005 at 10:16pm

check my forum/website

www.freelancewritersunited.co.uk
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COME ON BABY. WE-as in England-have beaten the Aussies, credit to the guys they were magical! KP was out of this world, Giles batted really well, Flintoff and Hoggard yesterday, THE WHOLE BLOODY TEAM, are now heroes. What a day.

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Old Baggage and Dirty Converse

August 28, 2005 at 7:58pm

the inspiration to my latest short story, "Old Baggage and Dirty Converse"

My lovely everyday Converse trainers!

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My special occasion Converse trainers!!

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The Da Vinci Code

August 18, 2005 at 9:19pm

Greatest book i've EVER read, without any doubt. It is masterful writing, full of intellectual stimulation from start to finish. Mind boggling at times, but always unravelling every plot twist to perfection, the character Robert Langdon is my new hero, the perfect balance of wit, charm, humour and an immense intellect (well he is a Harvard professor after all!).

The book took me on an emotional journey, but at the same time gave me a new slant on religion, I’m not religious, never have been, but I’ve starting delving into the Roman Catholic religious history just from the facts (open to debate most of the time!) this book divulged to me.

Overall I have never read a book that I got so into, and I found it sad to finish, while at the same time I was thoroughly satisfied. It was simply stunning, and all this superlatives are justly deserved, I hope the film adaptation that is on the horizon is everything that it is billed to be.

I’m now getting into Robert Langdon’s preceding adventure, “Angels and Demons” which is very similar in plot-line and character portrayal as The Da Vinci Code, I’m very early on into it, but so far I’m of the impression this is a “ragged” version of the Code, however lets not go off topic and deflect from Dan Brown’s masterpiece. The Da Vinci Code is a must, even if you are religious, you will find the story telling nothing short of genius. I wholly recommend this book.

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Prison Book Club win Prize

August 5, 2005 at 10:10pm

A Surrey prison has won an award for its book group but inmates have been stopped from taking up the prize of a visit to Edinburgh. Second prize winners, nine women from the Isle of Islay, instead claimed the all expenses-paid trip to the Edinburgh book festival.

Their books included Patrick Suskind's Perfume, about a psychopath. They also looked at Bram Stoker's Dracula and Mark Haddon's Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a light-hearted tale of a boy with autism. Rachel Seiffert's Booker Prize-shortlisted The Dark Room, which looks at the effects of World War II on Germany, was also among the titles studied. The group which came second is going to the Edinburgh Book Festival because obviously the prison group can't go

Award spokesman

One inmate from the High Down group, known as Jamie, said meeting Hornby for a reading session of his new book, A Long Way Down, was "incredible".

"We are delighted that the judges saw something appealing in our reading group."

Another inmate said the group was "a breath of fresh air, a monthly release when close to despair". The group also received £200 in book tokens, but will miss out on the main prize. Instead the Isle of Islay Book Group will attend a celebrity panel event and meet a Penguin author when they go to the festival.

A spokeswoman for the award said the women, from Port Ellen, were taking up the award because of the "exceptional circumstances".

"The group which came second is going to the Edinburgh Book Festival because obviously the prison group can't go."

Six groups were shortlisted for the prize, which is in its fourth year.



What can you say about this? I think it’s great news that prisons are educating inmates in this way, this is the way forward for prisons and prisoners will learn a lot from the type of books they read, and also it is, as was said, an apt release from a punishment that they no doubt rightly deserved. It’s sad that the inmates don’t get to receive their prize, but I suppose it’s fair enough – however you would have thought they would have gotten “something else” instead. Anyway this is a heart-warming story in it’s self, worthy of being put into words maybe!?

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Hello, the names Kevin Martin and i hale from that "not so fantastic" town of Llandrindod Wells. Decided to start a writing board to help gain experience and knowledge from other writers, over time it’s progressed to one of the greatest online communities ever. I play footy and work when I’m not on the forum writing, and enjoy all three to some exstent!

 

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