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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:13 am

In a letter requesting payment of fees

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1. Ifex world-wide delivery company Benin:

Mailing;.............................125.00
Vat (20%)..............................90,00
TOTAL.................................£215,00

2. Apex Courier Company Benin:

Mailing:.............................. 120.00
Vat20%:..................................... 40.00
TOTAL:.............................. £180.00

3. Air-Diplomatic Courier Benin:

Mailing.................70,00
Vat (20%).......................210,00
TOTAL.................................£280.00

Can anyone spot the mistake? Laughing

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:22 am

summation is not his strength, but his percentage calculation skills take the biscuit Laughing

ROFL

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:22 am

The rather arbitrary value of 20% VAT, or the error in simple addition?

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:50 am

The three types of number in mathematics: Real, Imaginary and Lad Rolling Eyes

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:51 am

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Can anyone spot the mistake?

He has just given you scope for another 2 weeks delays..........VAT'll teach him. Laughing

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:59 am

I baited a Lad back in mid-2007 whose arithmetic was - well, unsound, much like the Lad of the OP.

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12 Hours Transfer.
Wire.....................................$750.00
Vat (5%)................................$300.00
TOTAL...................................$1050.00
24 Hours Transfer.
Wire.....................................$700.00
Vat (5%)................................$850.00
TOTAL...................................$950.00
48 Hours Transfer.
Wire.......................................$650.00
Vat (5%)..................................$750.00
TOTAL.....................................$850.00
72 Hours Transfer.
Wire.........................................$550.00
Vat (5%)...................................$650.00
TOTAL.....................................$750.00

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:37 am

I just spotted another (more hidden) fault in the OP: The arbitary use of dots (125.00) and commas (90,00)!

I would guess that a confusion of decimal-point and thousands-separator might course a lot of havoc to a transaction like this (at least when electronic payment ist involved).

I only noticed this, when I saw that Yastreb's lad did at least this one thing right (using dot for decimal-point and avoiding thousands-separator alltogether) Cool

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If I were you, I would choose the courier with the most secure vehicles. Could the lad provide details? And what insurance cover do they each offer?

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e6ffdyr0 wrote:

I would guess that a confusion of decimal-point and thousands-separator might course a lot of havoc to a transaction like this (at least when electronic payment ist involved).

Oh it can. It can. Laughing

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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:52 pm

^^^^^

yeah Laughing

I had these arguments with lads, too. They simply become angry when you wonder why you are supposed to send 1.5 € because they think you are not serious and ready for the transaction. Unfortunatly it is very hard to train them to use the right separators - after the issue is cleared, they tend to go on with 1.500 € again Evil or Very Mad

Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:10 pm

Back in May '08 a Lad lawyer told this:

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... The three documets you are asked to submitte by the bank officials is as follows : 1) Certificate of Death. $1.250 Usd 2) Certificate of Legality. $ 1.200 Usd 3) Afidavite of Claim. $ 1.000 Usd TOTAL FEES $ 3.450 Usd
Please contact the bank as soon as possible for an extention of extra working days and send to me immediately my consultation fee of $ 1.100 Usd and documentations fee to enable me finance the procurement of the vital required documents by the bank....
Please you will pay me only $6.000 Usd as my service charges and that will come only when i have finished and you have your transaction completed and transfered into your bank account....
Please use the below information to send the consultation fee money of $ 1.100 Usd to me together with documentations fee which is $ 4.550 Usd, through western union money transfer or money gram as soon as possible to enable me start up the work immedaitely.

I'll admit I didn't see the potential in his punctuation for a bit, but when I did... After the Lad explained what the money was to pay for:

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As you can see the we are going to procure your vitel documents in concerned Ministries and the only fee that is for us is the chambers consultation fees which is $ 1.100 Usd, while the $ 3.450 Usd, is for your documentations, the documentation fees is for the Goverment try to understand that you will paying us our charges when you receive your funds in your account. Our consultation fees is for going around for you work and feuling our cars so try to send the money today so that we can proceed on your work.

Cammy replied slightly acidly:

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Why do you need me to send you money? That's pocket change, for the love of Freyja! And for those consultation fees - man, you guys must have really cheap petrol or really economical cars - tell me what you drive.

The presumably baffled lawyer came back with:

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Wish to inform you that we have haerd what you said, you can send the documentations fees of $3.450 Usd now with the name giving to you by this hononrable chambers for us to commence on your work.

That didn't satisfy Cammy!

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For the love of Freyja, this is a joke! There is no way that I am going down to the post office to send you such a piddling amount of money. Where's your pride?

She then shot a complaint to the banker Lad:

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This lawyer T0ure is a fucking deadbeat! It's incredible how tight-assed he is about money. By Skadhi’s bow, how can he be like that if he's so well connected?

The banker Lad wasn't too clear:

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I don't really understand you anymore, please I have told you time without number that this lawyer is not a small person in this counrty, so if you can not help me again, just tell him that another person will continue from where you stop so that I will look for somebody that will help me complete the transaction, because this is my only hope and the hope of my entire family aswell.While I rest my words here till I hear from you soonest.

Did he think Cammy would accept that?

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Just shut the fuck up and pay attention, willya? This well-connected lawyer is so broke he's begging me for small change! "you can send the documentations fees of $3.450 Usd now with the name giving to you by this hononrable chambers for us to commence on your work" – if you think I'm going to take this dickwad seriously, forget it.

Then to the lawyer Lad:

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I'm told you're well-connected and you've got lots of friends in high places. Then tell me why you're so strapped for cash you have to beg for the price of a double choc drumstick! I'd like an answer and soon, OK?

But someone had complained about the Lad lawyer's email. The penultimate word from the banker Lad was:

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You see the lawyer is not asking or beging you to give him money, he is only asking of the money to procure the requires certificates from the bank and he need money to pay before they can issue decoments to him.
So let not spoil what we have suffered for long time please, I want to know how much you can be able to send from the $3.450,so that I will know what to do from my side here..
While I rest my words here till I hear from you soonest.

To which Cammy's replies were:

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For the love of Freyja, will you PLEASE just LISTEN to me?!
I don't need any help from you with money! Fuck me – do you think I'm that poor? I just don't believe that this hotshot lawyer needs me to send some piddling little amount.
This whole thing has me baffled and you're not helping. If he can't give up his morning coffee to make this work, then I don't know why I should pick up the fucking slack for him.

It tailed off soon after, but it was fun while it lasted!