posted on April 20, 2002 08:52:03 PM new
You should get a kick out of this!
Today I listed an item on Ebay for: $1.00 no reserve!
It's a two piece unit you need both pieces to make it complete.
I just received a question to seller: This is a two piece unit correct? How much would you want for just the bottom half?
posted on April 20, 2002 09:35:49 PM new
What's even better is:
In my TOS I state that I will not ship!
Buyer must P/U.
In the last hour he has E-mailed me three times asking why I will not ship just the half he want's!!
Needless to say I've put him on my list, and it's not my pre-approved bidder list!
Don't need this BULL
posted on April 20, 2002 10:49:28 PM new
Think about this for a minute - These peolple who have no clue also usually have a license to operate a motor vehicle.
Now if that doesn't scare the hell out of you nothing will!!!!
posted on April 20, 2002 11:06:46 PM new
capolady:
Now if that doesn't scare the hell out of you nothing will!!!!
Think about this for a minute!
When I was younger I drove Tractor Trailer Coast to Coast! I did it for 16 year's.
The ICC said I could only drive for 8 hour's.
BUT some retired old fart with enough money to buy a 40 foot mobile home,and not enough stamina to keep his eye's open for not more than 20 minutes at a time could drive it 24 hours a day, no Questions asked, and it's still that way!
Off subject, but making a point!
posted on April 23, 2002 01:23:46 PM new
dadofstickboy: I am assuming he wants the bottom half. .... at half price! And you better make sure it doesn't break when you ship it! (Because you will ship it, won't you? Won't you? Well, why not? Oh, come on!)
He's probably assuming that you would be willing to close the item now and sell at the starting bid. I'm dying to know what he says when he finds out he's been blocked.
You could always try the "I'm as insane as you are, buddy," approach by sending him a long, rambling email asking about how he came to break the bottom half of the set he already owns, followed by a series of questions on whether or not he will be able to provide your cast-off item with "a good home."
Then send variations of that questionnaire, with ever-increasing overtones of urgency, once every three hours. If you run out of lunacy, you can always fall back on the tried-and-true "I don't know how you say in English, but...."
[ edited by msincognito on Apr 23, 2002 01:25 PM ]
posted on April 23, 2002 01:35:46 PM new
Well, unless I read it wrong...
I recently bought a lid to a franciscan cigarette box. Then a few weeks later, the whole item came up for bid. Interestingly enough, the lid had been broken and glued back together, but the bottom was perfect.
I was high bidder, and when it came time to ship, I asked the seller to throw away the lid and only ship me the bottom. He kept saying that maybe the lid could be professionally repaired. I tried to explain to him that I wasn't buying it for the lid, merely the bottom.
What more can one say, you just have to love people.