posted on December 21, 2000 02:01:40 PM new
I've got a 'strange' situation going. It's been like this, so far.
Wednesday-buyer wins bid. Sends me email saying she'll use paydirect, but can't get in. Will try again thursday morning. I write back and tell her I'll mail as soon as I receive payment. She didn't wait for my EOA, so I tell her that insurance will be an additional 85 cents, if she wants it.
Thursday-I check before I leave for work. No payment. LATE last night, I receive payment, but no postage or insurance. I write back and tell her that if she can send postage, I will mail this morning.
Today-Indignant letter-I didn't tell her she needed to pay postage! (even though the exact amount is stated in the auction description) This package is not going to be there by Saturday, and it's MY fault!
posted on December 21, 2000 03:33:01 PM new
I think every state has a 'Nutville' prison . Much like 'Whoville'. The 'nuts' get a 30 day furlough for good behavior during the month of December. They get to go home for Christmas, and buy items on the Internet auctions for their 'nut' relatives. Their 'nut' relatives buy for them in return, while none of them have the slightest idea of what the hell they are doing. They think the price is the same as it is at the 'Nuts Mall of America', a well known undergound 'nut' mall. Only nuts are allowed to buy there, because 'nuts' run it, as they have their own 'nutty' way of doing things. Thankfully, they only invade 'Yahooville' once a year, where we the sellers of 'Yahooville' have to be patient and understanding. For soon they will have to return to 'Nutville' prison, and that allows us eleven months to recover our sanity, and prepare for next years furlough.
Charlie
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[ edited by CharlieOne on Dec 21, 2000 03:35 PM ]
posted on December 21, 2000 03:58:23 PM new
LOL, Charlie, I needed that!! Question is, would an inertia nutcracker be considered a weapon in this mall?
posted on December 21, 2000 07:09:57 PM new
bearmom
Nutcrackers are considered a weapon of mass destruction, and therefore not allowed at the Nuts Mall of America. This weapon is considered extremely dangerous in the hands of Nutvillians, as the operational characteristics require more than one movement. An inherent danger to any nut.
posted on December 21, 2000 07:42:42 PM newROTFLMAO!!!!!!!
Question is---is this buyer a Texas pecan, a Hawaiian macadamia, a Black walnut, a Spanish peanut, an Italian pistachio, a California almond, or a plain ole $CASHew???
Shame on you, bearmom....ruining the Christmas surprise for this nutty family!!!! By any chance was she purchasing a Steinbach NUTCRACKER from you?????????
Now I can't get that jingle out of my mind---"Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't. Almond Joy has nuts...Mounds don't!"
Can you tell the kids were out of school
ALL DAY LONG today?????????
posted on December 21, 2000 08:11:29 PM new
Too funny Charlie! Bearmom, you sound like me, checking for payments before work at 0500 and packing at night for next am shipping.
Let's share our nuttiest holiday shopper story. The following is a cut/paste from my feedback this month. You will notice that I make no comments to the buyer statements. What could I say? The buyer got exactly what I advertised and in a timely manner. First, she states that everything was great, then 2 days later, states it was not. Finally, she forgives me, but has to put in a dig at delivery (which was very fast).
Buyer gives Excellent Seller rating.
Comment:Packed great! Thank you! (Dec 12 11:34 PST)
Buyer gives Poor Seller rating.
Comment:Please be specific on your DISCRIPTION of the calendar. Remarking that it is for the DESKTOP!! I assumed, naturally it was for hanging on the wall. I FEEL FOOLED. (Dec 14 21:41 PST)
Buyer gives Good Seller rating.
Comment:packed super well, a little slow in shipping. But all around good and friendly transaction. (Dec 15 09:18 PST) (most recent)
From me: glass100 (glass100 only here) Merry Christmas! You folks keep me sane in a world that is nutty at times.
posted on December 21, 2000 08:13:25 PM new
Lucky you, Granee-I still have one more day to suffer through with my high school kids-the peanuts. But it's either that, or stay home and pick up after the head nut I married! (sometimes you feel like a nut-sometimes you have a headache!)
Sorry about that bad pun-all the nut bread went to my brain.
posted on December 22, 2000 06:26:54 AM new
CharlieOne
YOU ARE CORRECT - all the nuts are turned loose during December - that is the MAJOR reason we stop posting about the 11th of December, just too many nuts - with too much pressure -
With the entrance into the market of PayPal and PayDirect - buyers think that they can pay in the morning and you can ship that afternoon! Most buyers seem to think they are your one and only customer and you have nothing else to do but cater to their personal whims.
I am sure, like a thread I was reading on the eBay board, that this is why we get Money Orders with NOTHING on them - why waste time putting you name and address or anything else on it - since all sellers have only one buyer to care for - the buyer assumes we will immediately know who the stupid MO is from!
No thanks - it is heaven to be off the boards for the season, just sitting here computing, creating new ads, reorganizing our web site, and watching the pups play!
posted on December 22, 2000 06:37:23 AM new
Not only do the Nuthouses let all the nuts loose, but the season seems to make the rest of us rather weird.
Normally, I am highly organized, astute, and on top of things. In the last 3 days I have left my purse in a grocery cart in the middle of the parking lot at the grocery store, and didn’t even miss it till the grocery store called. Yesterday, I left my purse at our shop, and again didn’t miss it till I got home. My assistant told me to go home and get some rest that I was stressed to the max. I told her, you know I am so tired, I have this nutty thing running around and around in my head. And it was:
I hope you are familiar with the comment as I shan’t put all the words here, but if you are familiar with the comment referring to a cold day being as cold as a “witch’s T—in a Brass Bra,” then you will understand this. Over and over in my mind that day, because it was so cold, I was thinking, “it is as cold as a Witch’s T—in a room full of rocking chairs!!!!”
. Much like 'Whoville'. The 'nuts' get a 30 day furlough for good behavior during the month of December. They get to go home for Christmas, and buy items on the Internet auctions for their 'nut' relatives. Their 'nut' relatives buy for them in return, while none of them have the slightest idea of what the hell they are doing. They think the price is the same as it is at the 'Nuts Mall of America', a well known undergound 'nut' mall. Only nuts are allowed to buy there, because 'nuts' run it, as they have their own 'nutty' way of doing things. Thankfully, they only invade 'Yahooville' once a year, where we the sellers of 'Yahooville' have to be patient and understanding. For soon they will have to return to 'Nutville' prison, and that allows us eleven months to recover our sanity, and prepare for next years furlough.
Charlie
[ edited by jwpc on Dec 22, 2000 06:28 AM ]