micmic66
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posted on November 23, 2005 05:29:59 AM
You scramble to find the right box - You cut - You tape - You pack - Newspaper, peanuts - Tape it up - Post address - Wipe the sweat off your brow and admire - Look on the floor when done and THERE IS SOMETHING YOU LEFT OUT OF THE BOX!!!!
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pelorus
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posted on November 23, 2005 06:46:44 AM
Yeah, I usually forget to include the packing slip. I send the box anyway, assuming the buyer will figure out what it is.
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alldings
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posted on November 23, 2005 07:06:24 AM
Been there keeps us on our toes! LOL taped the customers letter with his check inside the box and mailed it. Nice guy, he sent the chk back! Item that was suppose to be in the package was sitting smugly and untouched on my desk. Ok smart guy whats in the box I ask myself, Answer no clue!!
The books went into their packages just fine sent them to the wrong addresses. Nice ladies agreed to swap the books on their own as soon as they read them.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on November 23, 2005 07:45:46 AM
Nice ladies agreed to swap the books on their own as soon as they read them.
You know, that's the kind of "People are basically good" moment that eBay was supposed to be all about.
Yet, it happens so seldom that when it does, it's memorable.
I bought a Royal Copenhagen Full Lace cup and saucer. The seller shipped me someone else's item, and shipped them mine -- wrapped in a a 5 x 5 inch square of bubble wrap. Minutes later he left for a two week vacation in Cancun.
The cup set arrived at the other buyer's house smashed to bits. Her item got to me just fine. We went back and forth in email since the seller wasn't responding. (No, he didn't TELL anyone he was sunning himself in Mexico.) We exchanged items, then I pursued my claim with the seller.
Seller comes back, presumably tanned and not a little hung over, and refunds my money. Since I'd gotten the cup and saucer for about 25% of retail, I was not very happy with the resolution.
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dblfugger9
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posted on November 23, 2005 07:48:47 AM
I somehow managed to pack the pen I was writing with in the package.
Buyer thanked me for the bonus pen!
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LtRay
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posted on November 23, 2005 07:51:37 AM
I've lost 2 pair of glasses while packing. I just know SOMEONE received them
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dblfugger9
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posted on November 23, 2005 08:09:40 AM
wrapped in a a 5 x 5 inch square of bubble wrap...
You ever see these auctions...like set of six glasses ship - 5.65?? There's no way they can ship it anyhow for that never mind with decent packing! I dont know how they do it unless they are shipping stuff that winds up broken, or taken many little bitty losses.
LOL LT, now come to think of it...I wonder if that is where one of my pairs went!! I had thought at one time I threw them out with the left over scraps.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on November 23, 2005 08:25:15 AM
You ever see these auctions...like set of six glasses ship - 5.65?? There's no way they can ship it anyhow for that never mind with decent packing!
Several people who used to post to this forum said that they estimated shipping (bet they don't any more) and if they had to eat postage on one item, they made it up on overage on another item.
I used to read these statements and think, "Boy, I sure wouldn't like to be the buyer who gets to make up for this person's laziness."
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on November 23, 2005 08:33:50 AM
Speaking of sets of glasses, I went to an estate sale a couple of years ago where the lady of the house had collected heavy colored goblets. They were all different patterns in all the colors of the rainbow, which made the collection irresistable. She had one of the Madonna Inn goblets:
I thought for sure someone on eBay would love this collection. I posted it with actual shipping, which was substantial, and got no bids at all.
We use them every day now. They are gorgeous and durable. Some things just don't come across well on eBay, I suppose.
fLufF
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dblfugger9
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posted on November 23, 2005 09:58:59 AM
Those are pretty, fluffy!
I am keeping my pink optic ice tea glasses as well! (Just dont know if anybody would like them like I did or if its worth any effort to wind up selling them cheaper than what I'd want for them!)
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Roadsmith
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posted on November 23, 2005 10:26:44 AM
I have done all of the following:
1. Forgotten to include the packing slip.
2. Left out one plate or saucer from a set. Discovered it after the package was sealed, but thankfully before the item is sent.
3. Sent (once) the wrong items to two sellers, who then cheerfully sent each other the right item.
I'm thinking that maybe THAT's where some of those lost-socks-in-the-wash actually migrate to.
We are ONLY human.
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MAH645
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posted on November 23, 2005 10:58:34 AM
I have done everthing except pack up the cat by mistake.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on November 23, 2005 11:09:02 AM
pack up the cat
It's going to happen sooner or later. They love small dark enclosed spaces. Never could figure out why.
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classicrock000
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posted on November 23, 2005 11:40:31 AM
I was wondering where my wifes Siamese disappeared too............
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Roadsmith
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posted on November 23, 2005 12:13:02 PM
Once when we were moving, we could not find our cat anywhere. When the movers were picking up a mattress and box springs, there she was, under the springs. She burrowed between the light cheesecloth covering of the box springs and the springs themselves and made a hammock for herself. From the looks of it, she'd been hiding there many times before--maybe all those times she sensed a visit to the vet. . . . and we had to cancel the appointments.
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classicrock000
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posted on November 23, 2005 12:58:59 PM
"From the looks of it, she'd been hiding there many times before--"
hows that? did ya find furballs in the springs?
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meowmix71
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posted on November 24, 2005 05:03:46 AM
Speaking of cats hiding. When I was in high school I got this part Himalayan kitten from our next door neighbors. The first or second day I had him I could not find him. Of course he didn't know his name yet so all I could holler was "Kitty Kitty". I looked everywhere for this guy. I even went over to the neighbors thinking he wanted to go back home to his brothers and sisters. Later on I was in my bedroom looking for something in this desk I had and I happened to pull out one of the drawers and there's this little furball looking at me with those blue eyes because I disturbed his sleep. Of course he's gone now but I still remember him. He used to ambush you as you walked by him when he got older.
My cats now will find any box whether full or empty to lay in and play in.
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photosensitive
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posted on November 24, 2005 05:33:13 AM
There was a "cats in a box" news story I read a while back. I may not have all the facts right but remember the general idea.
A man had a leaf blower in its box stored in a barn before he returned it to Home Depot. He sent the box and when they opened it at the warehouse a litter of kittens was inside. Seems a barn cat had crawled in and had her kittens and the owner did not realize it when he sealed it up and sent it off. The story said the kittens were fine and they found homes for them.
Seems unlikely but guess it could happen.
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classicrock000
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posted on November 24, 2005 06:07:37 AM
"My cats now will find any box whether full or empty to lay in and play in."
hope its not a litter box, especially one thats full............
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sparkz
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posted on November 24, 2005 08:11:14 AM
When I was in the moving business, we loaded a shipment from our warehouse going to Sacramento. There was a small black kitten that had been hanging around for a couple of weeks that some employees had been feeding. When the driver got to Sacramento to unload, as soon as he opened the doors, the kitten, which had sneaked aboard at this end, ran out the door and disappeared. Someone in that neighborhood wound up with a cat.
Another time, in one of our trade journals, there was a story of a cat who got inside a mattress carton in Hawaii on a shipment coming to southern California. When the overseas container arrived and was being unloaded in a warehouse in L.A., they discovered him and he was still alive. He had been in there for a week. He was eventually reunited with his owner. So just be sure kitty is accounted for before you tape up those boxes.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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MAH645
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posted on November 24, 2005 02:45:53 PM
Once when we went to Florida our cat had jumped in the back of the truck with the Bulldog,we didn't know she had come with us until we got to Georgia. I could have killed her!
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