Slog - Comments on It's Happening http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1 It's finally begun—Strangercrombie, our annual auction for charity. In case you need catching up, there are two important components of Strangercrombie: good gifts and good causes. (Oh, and attractive models.) This year's good cause is FareStart, which trains homeless folks to work in the culinary industry. As for the good gifts—well, people are already bidding. There's the guitar, signed by Cat Power: This acoustic guitar, signed by the legendarily shy Cat Power is Seattle’s Red Violin. It was purchased by James Keblas (director of the Mayor’s Office of Film & Music) and given to King County Council Member Dow Constantine,... Copyright 2008 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:05:36 -0800 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:07:43 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by thankshappy What the heck is up with the crazy format of the Strangercrombie webpage? I'm using IE, and the list of items is to the far right and overlapping the stripey page borders. Annoying!

]]> thankshappy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862428 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862428 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:13:52 -0800 Comment by thankshappy Oh, and I'm using a PC. Maybe that's the problem...

]]> thankshappy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862432 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862432 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:16:32 -0800 Comment by Brendan Kiley I will inquire.

]]> Brendan Kiley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862433 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862433 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:17:16 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Looks ok in Firefox on WinXP.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862442 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862442 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:26:02 -0800 Comment by Anthony Hecht @1 & 2, We're working on it. Sorry about that.

Might we suggest a non-crappy browser?

Just kidding! We'll fix it.

]]> Anthony Hecht http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862448 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862448 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:28:03 -0800 Comment by Anthony Hecht Ok, fixed! Refresh/Reload/Empty Cache, etc.

]]> Anthony Hecht http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862452 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862452 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:30:14 -0800 Comment by NaFun It's Mine, all Mine!

Wait, can I afford all this if I win anything?

Oooh, a 42-inch plasma!

Crap, outbid already.

nevermind. It was fun for the hour it lasted.

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862471 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862471 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:41:33 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Until this moment I did not know that it was possible to have a "favorite hair mayonnaise".

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862511 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862511 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:00:54 -0800 Comment by PA Native While we're correcting things:
"So You Wanna Be A Writer?"

Richard Hugo House = www.hugohouse.org
A site in Chinese = www.hugohouse.com

Cool item too!

]]> PA Native http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862522 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862522 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:02:13 -0800 Comment by Gurldoggie I am so bidding on the Karaoke night with Venus Velazquez.

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862676 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862676 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:28:25 -0800 Comment by Tracy Eek! "An internal server error occurred. Please try again later."

Strangercrombie page is dead. Long live Strangercrombie page. Or something like that. Anyways, FYI.

]]> Tracy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862799 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862799 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:34:28 -0800 Comment by Susan Me too! Stupid server error!

]]> Susan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862955 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c862955 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:43:19 -0800 Comment by King Rat Why do you have to only accept Paypal? That's like saying you can bid on this stuff only if we hand over the keys to our houses and cars.

]]> King Rat http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c863043 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c863043 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:56:32 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Um, how is using Paypal like handing over the keys to your houses and cars?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c863280 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c863280 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:20:20 -0800 Comment by JenK I have personally bid up

Be Savage Love’s Guest Expert
Buy a Music Profile
Buy an Album Review

By $200. So that's an extra $200 for charity ;)

(Of course, if I had won Music Profile or Album Review, I'd have two friends who both /want/ it. Er....)

]]> JenK http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c864304 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c864304 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:45:31 -0800 Comment by chubby chaser When did Jon Auer get cute?

]]> chubby chaser http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c864388 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c864388 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:54:00 -0800 Comment by King Rat Because Paypal requires that you give them more than your credit card to use the service; they require you give them your bank account information. And they reserve the right to withdraw money from your account solely at their discretion. Not to mention, you cannot dispute charges they make to your credit card. If you do, they get to terminate your account and keep any money you have in it.

A little googling will tell you everything you need to know about how Paypal sucks.

]]> King Rat http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c864922 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c864922 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:56:15 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Oh, for chrissake. The whining of a few Ebay conspiracy junkies is nothing to go by. Paypal needs access to your bank account so they can PAY THE PEOPLE YOU TELL THEM TO PAY. Shocking, I know, but there it is. Paypal has done more to make life easier than just about anyone in the past decade.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c864971 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c864971 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:04:38 -0800 Comment by jenk Um, PayPal does NOT have my bank account info. PayPal gets paid by AmEx, so that if I feel the need to dispute a charge, PayPal can argue with AmEx.

]]> jenk http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c865039 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c865039 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:19:58 -0800 Comment by King Rat 19 - I can't use PayPal anymore, since I won't give them my bank account info. They have a limit on how much you can spend on an account before you *must* give them the bank account info. And they are still holding $15 of mine that I can't get out of my account. I've written it off though.

18 - It's more than a few Ebay conspiracy junkies. I've seen people of all stripes get snared up in Paypal's draconian policies, most of whom are not Ebay sellers. I'm about as far from a conspiracy nut as you can get, but I've read Paypal's terms of service. They give you pretty much no recourse against decisions they make. Most people don't have problems. But when you do have a problem, you are stuck.

In addition, they don't need my bank account information to pay people. They need my credit card number. Which they have. But they don't want to use credit cards as a source if they can help it because you can dispute credit card charges. You will have a much harder time disputing an ACH transfer.

]]> King Rat http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c865173 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c865173 Strangercrombie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:06:56 -0800 Comment by rtbiupmy yrvhq bdgzewfai cmuhvpdgj rfpd pwcb sblha cthif nvoqyt

]]> rtbiupmy yrvhq http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c875485 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c875485 Strangercrombie Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:06:36 -0800 Comment by dgmusloc cgbvqlsd bqfvtgpns ihqmntdk weyctuvnd jaksm fhvgwndc qocveuhi vbti http://www.ydrhtoc.pdjsn.com

]]> dgmusloc cgbvqlsd http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c875486 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/its_happening_1#c875486 Strangercrombie Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:07:43 -0800