I will sometimes email a Craigslist seller, particularly about a Dell
computer they're selling. I know Dells very well, and will sometimes
suggest, very politely, that their price is not reasonable. I make it clear
up front that I am not a buyer, but thought they might like to know why they
are not getting responses.
I did it this morning. They had a P3 based laptop posted and wanted $495.
You can buy a new laptop for $495.
I get about 1/3 "Thanks for the info", 1/3 "Shut you A**hole it is worth
more!" and 1/3 no response.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Jim Couch
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 1:31 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] little rant on e-mail politeness
>
> Iwert,
>
> Sounds like a lead in to a scam. You think you have problems - try
> putting up a website selling goods online, you get a ton of inquiries
> such as this:
>
> I would like to purchase 10 unit XYZ (which we do not cary and don't
> reference anytwhere on the site) but before we proceeed I must know do
> you accept Visa I am sure you do as you have US process available. I
> must also assure can you ship to Singapore, Malaysia, Outer Mongolia?
> (or some other place well known for e-mail scams) Please answert
> promptly as I must secure these item immediately.
>
> It may not be a cultural thing, a lot of crooks just are not very
> polite!
>
> Of course, some people are just plain rude. I have also gotten many of
> the following:
>
> "How come you carry X instead of Y. X is just plain crap, you should
> carry Y.
>
> "You are a ripoff, your prices are way to high."
>
> " I wanted t buy item Z, (closeout item) but you are sold out. I
> e-mailed you (threee weeks ago) that I was going to buy it, how come it
> has been sold.) (My reply to the e-mail three weeks prior was that
> there
> was only one left and that it was available first come first serve, did
> he want the item.
>
> I know that item Q is available in silver, but nobody will sell it to
> me, I suppose you won't either cause all of you guys are a**holes.
> (Item
> is not, and never has been available in silver.)
>
> How come you won't sell me this part for my bike? It is part #1988-
> 0102.
> (Part is a small part from a bottom end shift lever from twenty years
> ago, if it was ever available at all.)
>
> That is not to mention all of the spam for stuff I should buy from some
> nameless overseas manufacture/supplier/distributor for sale in my
> store,
> all the numerous requests for complicated price quotes and exotic
> technical data for an item most folks won't wind up buying from me
> anyway.
>
> Ah the joys of (web) retail.
>
>
> :)
> Jim Couch
>
> iwert bernakiewicz wrote:
> > Just have to write this of me...
> >
> > I have some things for sale at a local "bay-a-like".
> >
> > I get a mail, without header, just plain:
> >
> > "don't you have item X anymore?????"
> >
> > Where item X is not amng my listings, no greetings, no hello, hi, no
> > please could you tell me, no nothing, not even a name (which one has
> > to guess from the cryptic e-mail address). This is just plain blunt.
> > And I do understand the meaning of a question mark, one is enough
> > please...
> >
> > Never heard from the person either. Last week I got a mail from
> > somebody that he had bought the "exact same item" for 10% of my
> > price... Well, what's that to do with me, why even bother me with
> this
> > message? I am NOT interested in this information. I won't reply to
> > these people, it just puts me off.
> >
> > Maybe I still must be happy he didn't USE ALL CAPS for his mail...
> >
> > So, rant has been, breathe deaply, back to work...
> >
> > iwert.
> >
> >
> >
>
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