I opened my emails and discovered that I had one from eBay, which was a reply from a seller who was auctioning a Black Cab. I had apparantly asked him some technical question about his cab and he was giving me the answer.

Now I knew that not only had I NOT asked any sellers any questions, but I hadn't even logged into eBay for at least three weeks. It didn't take me long to work out who was behind this.

So I asked H, "Why did you use my eBay account to ask some seller about their Black Cab on auction, when you have a perfectly good eBay account of your own"?

His reply?
"I thought if I did it in your account you would take the hint and bid on it for me as a nice Christmas present".

What could I say to that?