Sales Whore

Charley was whining yesterday because he "spent too much" IE $5 on Roman, $20 for comic inventory, and another $5 at Wally. I am thinking "Wow. you're pretty fuckin' sheltered, pal"

Try paying some bills. Then you'll have something to whine about.

I handed my money over to the electric company, the cable company, the mortgage company, 2 insurance companies, the town and my bankruptcy trustee. What have I got to show for it? A roof over my head, electricity, running water, and a handful of extra channels to watch - nothing is ever on them.

I cringe because this past week I spent $110 on resale items. They will make a solid $200-$300 for me. It's just the work I dread. I like being able to sell one item and make a weeks pay, lol, not have to list 20-30 things and then break my ass trying to make one, illiterate sorehead out of the 20-30 happy. I notice that people that spend the big bucks, well, they don't complain. It's always the one asshole that spends $5 on what was originally like $50 that complains.

This past week I had another winner. 1960s ice cream freezer. These days people usually use them for decor. Not this one. I listed it and mentioned it had "weathering and rust". She opens a case without contacting me (of course) saying "item not as described" and requesting a "replacement" because there was "sticky residue that smelled like varnish" inside the canister.

Now, I don't know about you, but I sure as fuck don't have six 50 year old ice cream freezers lying around to just send out as replacements, nor do I have time to look for another one. Not to mention since most of those fuckin' things go for $50 and up, I sure as hell am not going to lose $25 more "replacing" the goddamned thing.

I send her a message "What is it that you want? A refund? A partial refund?" She replies saying she didn't mean to open the case, just followed some links, etc etc, maybe she can clean it. She neglects to think about the fact that the fuckin' case is still open. Yeah, you may be able to clean it, but as long as the case is open, I am in screwsville still. 

I refund all her money...even the shipping to just be rid of her and she sends me a message saying "Chill. she may be able to clean it" Yeah but the case, lady. The CASE. She refuses to say just what it is that she wants. I figure though, that with a full refund evilbay will most likely close the damned case and be done with it, or at least I HOPE that's what they'll do.

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.