briansommers | 27 May 2014 5:41 a.m. PST |
I just purchased the Chain of Command rules from TwoFatLardies last week sometime. I get a call from my bank wanting to know about a charge for $24.17 USD from a Peter Clarke in the UK..mmm it didn't sound familiar until I looked at my paypal account and saw that it was from twofatlardies.. the lady then asked what was it that you purchased? I said it was a pdf download of rules to a game.. then to my surprise she ask what exactly? I'm about at this time ready to say look non of your business I told her I approved of this and go ahead let it come through.. then I thought she ask, so now she get it.. I laughed thinking she won't get this hobby of mine at all.. well its rules to a .. I stammered some more then said.. we I re-enact historical battle in miniature on the table top and this was a set of rules that govern that game.. followed by a oh, thank you so much. and I tell she was holding back trying not to laugh. and I'm thinking she is probably thinking that this guy plays with some stupid little toys and going bang bang your dead or something.. LOL |
Who asked this joker | 27 May 2014 6:26 a.m. PST |
Never be embarrassed. You tried to explain. All you really needed to do was answer the question as you would any wargamer. "Wargame Rules called Chain of Command in PDF format." It did not matter if she got it or not. She is only comparing item descriptions. |
thosmoss | 27 May 2014 6:30 a.m. PST |
Take pride in your hobby. You hold the keys to a world she probably doesn't understand. And perhaps she has no desire to, but her ignorance would be her loss. When "Lord of the Rings" was on the social media rise, I caught a lot of attention doing things like getting the rulebook spiral-bound. There are people who would find themselves fascinated with our hobby, even if they never would be reduced to jokes about uniforms. Use this conversation with her to think how you could improve on introducing someone in the future, and march forward happy with who you are. I'm working up the moxie to head over to the fabric store and buy a few feet of something the color of a swamp. They ask what I'm up to, every time. |
CPBelt | 27 May 2014 7:33 a.m. PST |
Remain calm. She was just trying to make sure that someone wasn't fraudulently using your account. It's good of your bank to double check the charge since it looked suspicious to them. Our credit union did that with us as well a few times, especially when we hadn't used our card in a long time. I thanked them for checking. |
normsmith | 27 May 2014 9:34 a.m. PST |
I'm sure she investigates stranger purchases than wargame rules. |
Mr Canuck | 27 May 2014 10:42 a.m. PST |
It's not always easy trying to explain what we do to the "muggles"out there
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ThePeninsularWarin15mm | 27 May 2014 12:18 p.m. PST |
You could have just said it was an "adult toy" and I'll be she'd of assumed the worst and quickly ended the call. |
briansommers | 27 May 2014 12:41 p.m. PST |
LOL my previous hobby was pc desktop flight simulation and I don't mean shoot m ups either. I mean civiallian flying. like getting in your Cessna 172 and flying from one airport to another.
my mom: so let me get this straight.. you sit at your computer and pretend your a pilot? me: yes Mom: <giggles> me: <sigh
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NOLA Chris | 27 May 2014 2:52 p.m. PST |
and lucky they called! my bank once turned off my credit card for suspicious activity even after I had called and told them we would be on vacation in Italy
luckily we had a second card available |
Last Hussar | 27 May 2014 3:52 p.m. PST |
I got a text from my bank asking if I had made any payments in Ireland. Turned out it was the carpark ticket machine I had used 5 minutes before hand (Irish company). It is possible the phone call cost more than the charge. |
Ark3nubis | 28 May 2014 12:21 p.m. PST |
Better safe than *sigh* sorry
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