This is a rant of sorts, so whoever doesn't want 
to read complaints, I'd stop here.


Gone yet?


Okay, your choice. First, let me tell you why I 
first started collecting: I was learning Japanese 
and I thought it would be a good way to exchange 
notes with people in Japan.If you notice the 
Japanese web pages "How to order" forms, a lot of 
them tell you to list comments/requests. I took 
this as a place to write things "How is the 
weather?" type questions like "What is popular in 
Japan nowadays?". And I liked it when I got 
emails back with "How are you?" etc. Hey, I'm 
very happy with some of the dealers I've chatted 
with.


So, say I ordering from a personal collector who 
happens to be selling to buy a car/house/dream 
cel, I try to wish them luck with their purchase. 
When I get my cel I try to write to tell them I 
got them and I'm sorry they had to part with one 
of their cels, but hope they will be happy with 
their new purchase. Don't people normally enjoy 
getting emails with little notes at the end? 


This next part only applies to certain sellers. I 
don't want anyone I have dealt with to feel 
insulted. There are many nice sellers out there. 
It's just some that I have recently dealth with 
that me wonder what their priorities are. What 
irks me is certain personal collectors who are 
verging on or crossed the line into dealers seem 
to not like little notes.I just get my order 
confirmation, pay, get the cels. Did I write any 
emails after my original order? Nope. Doesn't 
seem like this seller wants any extraneous 
emails.Do I get any emails other than my order 
confirmation? Nope. I don't get emails to a 
question I ask when I order, or when payment is 
received, or when the cels are shipped. Hey, even 
an automated email system reassures me more than 
nothing..


So, here's my question. Who likes personal 
emails? Some websites might as well say on 
them "Don't talk to me, just order. I'm not going 
to bother replying to answer any questions" Don't 
you think that a seller should at the minimum 
offer to provide extra info like cel sequence, 
detail on the condition of the cel if requested. 
Afterall, I am paying them. I'm not asking for 
that much am I? At least it is cel related. I 
didn't ask about the weather. 


Has anyone else had this problem. Or maybe it's 
just my problem. Sorry to complain. If you want 
to flame me, go ahead, but you are going to have 
to look for my email address. (I'm not going to 
make it that easy.)