Book Board Chat

good afternoon

lludwig your story reminds me of a similar exchange I had with a person that wanted to buy a jacket. There were a number of exchanges back and forth. Most of the offers revolved around the I'll pay this and you take care of the shipping.
As I finished reading the "latest" email...I had the insight to check out what the eBayer had bought or had for sale. Ironically, the same person has the same type of jacket (one size bigger) on eBay with a by it now! I looked at the listing, and the postage he was asking was the same.
Imagine the nerve!
I shot back an email, stating that he expected his customer to cover the postage, why did expect me to pay for his?
I got a very apologetic email from the person. In it he explained that he had bought the jacket and it was to large. And he was hoping my jacket would fit. Caught in such a ruse, he agreed to pay for the postage and settled on a BIN price that was in my range.
There was doubt in my mind that he was trying to use me to cover the initial loss he experienced in purchasing the larger coat.
Thankfully he was satisfied with the new jacket. I did not leave any feedback.