posted on June 21, 2002 07:45:06 PM
Okay...I sell 2 items to one buyer. One item on Wednesday, one item Yesterday. My auctions state I charge $5.00 for the first item, and $1.50 for each additional item. When the customer wins the first auction I send him a WBN telling him he won, giving him his total win amount, the total shipping amount and a grand total. Yesterday he wins the second item, I send him a WBN with the total for the auction, plus the $1.50 for shipping on the second item.
This morning I get a email from the customer saying "Will both of my wins be sent out in one package, just say Okay if that is what you are going to do." Well...being one that is very precise in what I say I don't answer with just a "Okay" I explain to him that yes..both items will be shipped out in the same package, and they will be shipped as soon as payment is received.
Tonight I get this email from him.... "Could you please send me the exact words "okay" for me please, just for my sake. Thank You.
Any ideas on what (if anything) this guy is trying to pull? I am not about to just send back a email that says only "Okay"
posted on June 21, 2002 07:55:35 PM
Send him back an email that says "OK" and see what happens.
I think "OK" is the correct spelling and "Okay" is the phonetic spelling. If I remember right, OK is an abbreviation for something like, 'Ole Korrect'- an archaic phrase no longer used explicitly but abbreviated it is acceptable today.
posted on June 21, 2002 10:38:58 PMwinning bids for item #886620450, and item #884184518 ... those are pretty racy items for a guy to bid on. Maybe he's a crossdresser and naturally weird.
posted on June 21, 2002 11:48:13 PM
Maybe he doesn't want to keep a record of the auction numbers, especially if they are racy items. (Sorry, too lazy to look up the auctions)
How about this ...
Hello!
On Tuesday 6/xx/02 I will ship both of the items you won from me last week in the same package. Thank you.
Top2
Edited to fix html error. ME
[ edited by mrssantaclaus on Jun 21, 2002 11:49 PM ]
posted on June 22, 2002 03:23:21 AM
I would copy his email in with the email you send with OK. I don't see what would be the problem with that. Maybe you could add what are you wearing when you read this???
posted on June 22, 2002 08:13:16 AM
I would just be sure to include the text of his email in your "Okay" reply. What if he receives an email from you that just says OK, then claims he asked for free shipping, or to be let out of the deal, then says your OK was in response to that!?
posted on June 22, 2002 08:42:23 AM
like traderjones, I thought something like that. This guy *could* (not saying he would, but hey anything can happen on ebay.)
He *may* want to use the OK in an email, as future something, like you said ok to free shipping, or you said ok to return after 30 days or whatever
Since it is kinda 'racey' items, he may be deleting the one you sent that item xxxxxxx and item xxxxxxx will be shipped together, because he doesn't want anyone that may have access to his email to see what it is he bought?
posted on June 22, 2002 08:51:03 AMCould you please send me the exact words "okay" for me please, just for my sake. Thank You.
okay adj : (informal) being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine" [syn: {all right(p)}, {all-right(a)}, {fine}, {ok}, {o.k.}, {hunky-dory}] n : an endorsement; "they gave us the OK to go ahead" [syn: {OK}, {okey}, {okeh}] adv : (informal) in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right') [syn: {O.K.}, {all right}, {alright}] v : give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies" [syn: {approve}, {ok}
posted on June 22, 2002 11:57:27 AM
well 1st of all you have already explained to him that the items will be shipped together so as to why hed need another email stating that, in the case that he doesnt want someone to know he purchased these items, is beyond me. secondly ok doesnt even fit as an answer to his question. someone asks you are you shipping them together, the correct way to answer is with yes or no. not ok. ok would be if he asked if you could ship them together.
tho i wouldnt sweat this guy to much just some weirdo. send him his ok as a reply to his 1st email and then save a copy of it if you are really paranoid of getting screwed over.
