I am very happy that I can tell everyone who read the original
message, that the person whom I sold the canisters to apologized for
his behaviour. The deal will definitely go on. He acted in a too
spontaneous way, and now feels 'like a foolish adolescent' as he puts
it himself. Of course I accepted his sincere apologies. We all act
like foolish adolescents from time to time, some of us even are... and
are happy with it. Let it be.
Now it is my turn to apologize for bothering you with these messages,
but I was quite upset about things. And I really don't know yet what
has to be considered as a final deal, when making transactions through
Internet.
Frank.
On Wed, 11 Feb 1998 21:04:40 GMT, Frank van Lindert <lindertv@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
>I would like to ask your ideas on the following.
>
>Some days back somebody (I don't reveal his name yet, but he is a
>mailing list 'member') posted an ad in which he said to be looking for
>Olympus 250 frame back film canisters. These are rather hard to find.
>
>I knew that a friend of mine might have a few redundant, and I found
>out that he was willing to sell them for $80 each. The guy says it is
>OK, and that he is glad to have found them.
>
>I buy the canisters from my friend (same price, no profit for me, just
>a favour, remember). My friend drives 40 miles to deliver them at my
>house (just a friend's favour). I wrap them up (the customer seems to
>bit a bit in a hurry, because he wants to photograph car racing in
>spring) and have them ready for shipment. I even was planning to send
>them out at the moment that he would confirm payment - without waiting
>for the money to arrive.
>
>And at this stage it happens that he sends me an email, saying:
>
>>As circumstances would have it, I have the opportunity to purchase
>>the magazines ata far lower price here in the US from an different
>>party. Were the difference small, I would proceed, but its almost
>>$100.
>
>What would you do in my position? And when is a deal formal or solid?
>
>Frank van Lindert
>Utrecht - NL.
>
>
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