Should I call him? Or is it stalking?

[i-need-a-martini]

I'm selling a pile of books on ebay and was about to list 2 collections of old boys books (Robinson Crusoe, Treasure Island, Huck Finn etc plus a good Enid Blyton collection). They are published in the 60's and not overly valuable.

I found them on the side of the road about 20 years ago during a council clean up and then I gave them to my son. Each book has the owners name and address in it plus some notes throughout - which books he liked, his comments on the characters and one book he gave to his sister on her birthday with a note saying "I think you will love this book." All very sweet.

Anyway, the name is highly unusual so I googled it. And I have found someone with same name who lives around the block from the original address. So I figure it has to be him. He is a lawyer with the ABC so I now have his email address.

The question is: do I email him and ask him if he wants his books back? Is that too weird? Or do I just ebay them as originally planned? 

[joz*garage]

                                                            :O:O:O:O

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XItcX0U4Qwk

if i were you martini, i'd list them on ebay if he expects you the deliver them

[i-need-a-martini]

I ain't delivering nuthin! :^O

I told him if wants them to come get them in my office in the city. 

[j*oono]

You picked them up twenty odd years ago and now he wants to store them in mum's garage?He must be 30, still living at his mum's place and hoping that you will give him children.

[i-need-a-martini]

😮

[*new2vintage]

In future do yourself a favour and don't do anyone a favour - or you might need a bottle of whisky....... 🙂

[kopenhagen5]

deja and joe, no pun intended. Just a typo. :8}

[*new2vintage]

I know - I couldn't resist pointing it out........ 😉

[debra9275]

😞 Geez that's disappointing after all that Martini. Sometimes I think lawyers are a different breed of the human race, some of the ones I know are the most disorganized people I've ever known lol

[tasfleur]

Martini, it will be interesting to see whether he comes to collect them .. I'd be giving him a time limit to do so and past that, the offer is off the table. 

If I remember rightly, it was Clare Boothe Luce that said "no good deed goes unpunished"!

[azureline**]

I ain't delivering nuthin! :^O

I told him if wants them to come get them in my office in the city. 

ah, the ME generation........