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Tina Boetto's avatar

Anni, you are my hero! This is a great use case for AI and for being persistent! Proud of you for not caving and thank you for documenting and sharing. It's great to have concrete next steps because you never know if you'll be in this situation.

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Anni Tabagua's avatar

Thank you, Tina!!!

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Anastasia Lander's avatar

you are absolutely amazing. a-mazing. don’t buy the Margiela tho; I’d put Eur 500 in a savings account and find a nice v-neck for 50 and some nice shoes for 200! 🤣🤣

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Anni Tabagua's avatar

Anastasia <3 thank you!!

Tell us your current favorite shoe brands?!

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Anastasia Lander's avatar

Oh, that’s a tough one. I haven’t got specific brands I love anymore, rather specific models, pairs. I’ve long been swooning over Manolo kitten heel Maysales in navy suede which have been effing growing in price year on year, resale is my only hope as these buggers retail at £795 these days, no way I am spending that much money on a pair of shoes.

Other than that I still am on the lookout for a cool loafer: not preppy, not overtly reimagined, elegant but cool. And defo on resale so I can snatch it for £100 tops!

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ET's avatar

You are truly the peoples’ hero anni!! I remember reading your first post, made me so sad and angry as I had a family member lose TENS of thousands from their pension to an identity scam. The shame is so CRAZY, it actually prevented her from reporting it as quickly which was obviously not helpful for her case. You discovered something so incredible about yourself in this process, I truly admire it - freaking amazing!!

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Anni Tabagua's avatar

fucking hell, I dunno, TENS of thousands …I would have aaaaaaaa I don’t even know

Thank you!! <3

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Jennie Rogers's avatar

Well done! 👏🏻 Seeing so many lessons in this as both consumer and lawyer. Perfect AI use case. Thanks for sharing.

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Anni Tabagua's avatar

Actually I did wonder what you would think:) Cause I remember that you are a lawyer!!

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Emily K's avatar

So glad you got the money back!! I love this story of persistence

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Anni Tabagua's avatar

Emilyyy, thank you!!

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Best Friends's avatar

Thank you for this public service announcement!!

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Windy O’Connor's avatar

BRAVO ANNI!!!!!! 🎉👏🏼👏🏼🫶🏼 way to go! This was absolutely brilliant! You righted a wrong. You also shared that experience to help others do the same thing! Well done! I will be using AI for so many things moving forward. Thank you for sharing!!!!

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Anni Tabagua's avatar

Windy!!! You are the sweetest!!

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Windy O’Connor's avatar

Same to you sweet ANNI!

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MidnightBlueBlack's avatar

Love live this post! I have heard Claude is quite the legal mind from others but you really brought this to life!

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Anni Tabagua's avatar

Thank you!!

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Alex Tawton's avatar

That’s an amazing update - so so glad to hear you have won!!! Amazing lesson, thank you for sharing.

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Anni Tabagua's avatar

Alex, thank you ❣️

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debo's avatar

I’ve used my Claude to wage an ongoing battle (10 years of utter hell & absurdity)w the NY state Tax authority

He’s helped me more than the lawyers I had on retainer for years (w the prompts & the reassurance?

Hahaha go us

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Anni Tabagua's avatar

ohhh there you go!!

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Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

Way to go, Anni! I'm so glad your bank saw sense, and that you pushed back at PayPal! That's the kind of AI use I could get behind - not writing my posts for me (never!) but giving useful advice!

Don't waste your money on a "name" sweater. You could buy a gorgeous wool V-neck for a fraction of that $.

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Anni Tabagua's avatar

Thank you, Sheila!!

True about the sweater but I also wonder...is it so much the name or also the history/archival thing about it that entices me? super vintage and high quality!!

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