Ebay scammer – I should know better than to buy a preorder.Democratic UndergroundI bought a Dr. Who TARDIS lunchbox for my dd for Christmas in Dec '11. I missed the whole small print 'this is a preorder' on the bottom and when I saw it soon after I paid, I …
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