Minimor
Well-Known Member
Or should I say TRYING to sell things is a thankless task sometimes.
I put out a bunch of ads on a couple of local saleboards (general boards, not horse sites). I was on the computer until about 10:30 last night & had no messages. This morning when I checked there was a query about one of my ads--a piece of tack, low cost item, in large horse size. It was sent at 1:40 am and read: If you still have this item, phone me at xxx-xxxx and I'll come right over to get it. Umm, really? If I'd been on the computer late I should have phoned him at 1:45 and he'd have been here by 2 am?
That would be a little weird I think? Anyway, I phoned just after 9 this morning. His wife answered, sounding kind of sleepy, and when I asked for him she said he was sleeping. I apologized for waking her, explained why I was calling, she wrote down my #, then said oh, he just walked by. But, he was going back to bed so she said he'd call back later. She even explained that he'd been up until 4 am this morning....not drinking or anything, just up, on the computer. Guess he's having a long sleep in, because it is not just after 10 pm & he never did phone back. Guess I should have been on line last night so I could have phoned him up at 1:45 and had him come right over to buy the item.
I'd be $15 richer that way!
Then another fellow, e-mailed yesterday about a larger ticket item. I sent pictures & my phone # and pretty soon he phoned. He's very interested, wants the item but he has to leave for work today & will be away for 8 days, then home for 6...he lives 2 hours north of us and works 2 hours west of us, so asked if he could stop on his way by today and pay a deposit and then pick the item up & pay the rest when he's on his way back home in a week's time. I said sure, no problem, it's not like it's any trouble to keep it an extra week. He figured he'd be here just before dark tonight, and he'd call & get specific directions when he got close to the area (he got general directions which would put him down the road a ways, he wouldn't know which place is ours if he tried to come here without calling)--he seemed so keen, and then nothing. No phone call, no e-mail, not a word from him. Maybe his wife told him no (in which case he could have e-mailed & said so?) or maybe he drove into another dimension before he got here?
I know this complaint is nothing new, but I just don't get it. How can someone be so keen to get something, and then just hours later lose interest completely? This happens so often!
I put out a bunch of ads on a couple of local saleboards (general boards, not horse sites). I was on the computer until about 10:30 last night & had no messages. This morning when I checked there was a query about one of my ads--a piece of tack, low cost item, in large horse size. It was sent at 1:40 am and read: If you still have this item, phone me at xxx-xxxx and I'll come right over to get it. Umm, really? If I'd been on the computer late I should have phoned him at 1:45 and he'd have been here by 2 am?
Then another fellow, e-mailed yesterday about a larger ticket item. I sent pictures & my phone # and pretty soon he phoned. He's very interested, wants the item but he has to leave for work today & will be away for 8 days, then home for 6...he lives 2 hours north of us and works 2 hours west of us, so asked if he could stop on his way by today and pay a deposit and then pick the item up & pay the rest when he's on his way back home in a week's time. I said sure, no problem, it's not like it's any trouble to keep it an extra week. He figured he'd be here just before dark tonight, and he'd call & get specific directions when he got close to the area (he got general directions which would put him down the road a ways, he wouldn't know which place is ours if he tried to come here without calling)--he seemed so keen, and then nothing. No phone call, no e-mail, not a word from him. Maybe his wife told him no (in which case he could have e-mailed & said so?) or maybe he drove into another dimension before he got here?
I know this complaint is nothing new, but I just don't get it. How can someone be so keen to get something, and then just hours later lose interest completely? This happens so often!
