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Originally Posted by Carmine
I was cruising around Craigslist and found this ad:
So I e-mail the guy, and it turns out he is only a couple blocks away from me. Gives me the whole story about his daughter starting over, etc. etc. I send over a picture of this RCA set for $35:
Calls me and says he'll come take a look, but will need his son to help move the set, and he is still sleeping because he was out 'till 1AM the night before, and won't be up until Noon (Monday).
Around 11:30 AM, he calls and says that his daughter doesn't want such an old-looking TV.
I actually didn't even mean to say it outloud, but I respond with "Wow, must be nice to be one of your kids. Thanks for the call." click!
Understand, I really don't care if I sell it or not... Just unbelievable that he writes a tear-jerker ad for his daughter, and she turns up her nose at something because it isn't "cool" enough. Did he think people were going to be offering plasma-screens for $50? Even a POS Wal-Mart set that size runs $200! The son is old enough to stay out till 1AM, but sleeping beauty can't get out of bed till Noon?
However much I may have hated it then, I'm glad my parents were tough on me. I was afraid to even sit on the couch in front of my mother for fear she'd find something for me to do! The downside is, I feel like a grouchy old man at age 33!  |
I appreciate your generosity in offering a set to a total stranger at a very fair price, even if the recipient of the generosity does not know how to appreciate anything.
#1, anyone who stays in an abusive relationship for more than a couple days of realizing they're in one, when they have a family to go home to, is not too sharp.
#2, I get a terrible migraine headache if I sleep past 7:30, even if I stay out an party 'til 2 or 3 AM. (Well, maybe not party, but perhaps hauling home some hulk of a TV on a dark desert highway and arriving home at 2 or 3 AM more likely in my case)...
#3, She doesn't deserve that RCA anyway.
#4, I am astounded that the Dad actually bothered to lift the phone and call you in stead of doing the standard No-Show.
Dad needs to buy her a nice 1993 Zenith 27" set with a nice plastic black modern cabinet. Then the girl can toss it when the tube shorts in a week or 2. He should be able to get one for $35.
Charles