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Re: honesty

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Subject: Re: honesty
From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 19:02:58 +0000
In article <003201c1c6c4$82ee27a0$9ceaa4d8@preferree7l54v>, Fred Thomas 
<vafred@erols.com> writes
>I recently won a auction on e-bay from a fellow list member, things were not
>good on my end with this purchase (wife was very), I am sending a cashiers
>check for the total bid,  I contacted the runnerup and took a $10.00 loss on
>the item, plus paid for the postage to him, now for 12 years I have been known
>to this person, I have given parts away to so many people and received parts
>from so many, I am not a stranger to anyone on these lists and when I asked
>about shipment the list member said when your check has arrived I will mail
>the package, no one at any time has a right to question the honesty/integrity
>or good intentions not just of me but "ALL" list members, after losing money
>on the deal and then be told you are not trust worthy only your money is,
>thats out of bounds to me, if it were not for my check being a cashiers check
>I know what I would have told this person. My very last word to this person
>for any reason, hope to pass their car on the freeway, index finger-up as I
>pass.  Am I off base here or not, again I am not a stranger to this person.

Fred,

It is the norm for eBay purchases not to be despatched until payment is 
received (which came as a surprise to me when I first started buying on 
eBay).   You may well feel that you have reason to be disgruntled if the 
seller is known to you, but what you are actually getting upset about is 
the fact that he (or she) is not prepared to make an exception in your 
case.   It is quite possible that this seller has had problems in the 
past, and therefore you should not feel personally insulted.

Don't sweat it.

ATB

-- 
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html

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