People Are Such Dirt

My non-paying-receiver-of-plates-that-she-did-not-pay-for, still hasn't paid. She has not answered messages, or the two non-paying bidder cases I filed on her. Today I did my last ditch effort. I explained to her that the plates belong to my mother-in-law, who works 40 hours a week at a nursing home, that she's elderly, and that those fuckin' plates were the only thing of value she had to sell to pay off her tax bill.

My mother-in-law will get her money either way, but I'd prefer that the stupid non-paying bidder would do what's right and pay for the merchandise she received, or send it the fuck back. I offered to send her a pre-paid label with which to do so...this would put me $30 in the hole for shipping, but it's better than $80!

I went to evilbays message boards for any info about what to do. Some woman had the same thing happen to her, and other posters were like "You're stupid" and "You just sent them a gift" and "How could do that and not notice?". It WAY easy to do when your money is constantly on hold and you're used to paying out of pocket. You just go down the line of items and click on "print shipping label", that's how. I did not notice she hadn't paid until a few hours after I sent the box.

Since when has it become okay to capitalize on someones mistake and keep something that doesn't belong to you? Does anyone out there have any morals or conscience anymore?

If you found a wallet with $80 in it with full ID inside, would it be okay to just keep it, knowing full-well who it belonged to? You don't know what someone may have had to do to earn that money. I just either want the money for the goddamned plates, or the plates themselves so I can re-sell to someone who will actually pay.

Update: She sent me a message a day or so after I wrote this claiming she'd pay. She never did. She lives in Alabama...with my mother-in-law's plates.