I had one dealer sell me an item that had been
listed on his sale page. After I submitted
payment and he received it, then s/he discovered
that s/he had previously sold the cel but had
forgotten to take it down off his sale page.
Another admitted that s/he simply could not find
the cel any more and was unsure whether it had
been sold or was simply lost somewhere. (This
happened before I submitted payment, however.)
While I was disappointed both times, I did not
take offense either time. The first dealer
subsequently offered me a very good deal on an
even better cel that s/he had not yet put on on
her/his sale page.
While I'm not condoning sloppiness on the part of
dealers, I'm also recognizing that there aren't
many people who sell enough cels to make a full-
time living off it, so we're dealing with people
who are running this kind of business in time and
energy stolen from their day jobs. Kusu happens,
all the time, in such circumstances.
So I'd be forgiving, but firm about what you
want. If you don't want the other cels, ask for
the one you want and a partial refund. And part
on as good terms as you can: as one of the other
replies said, that darn cel might just turn up
next week behind the bureau. |