So you have always been a stirrer Stawks?
Once a stirrer always a stirrer!!
@clubesquire wrote:
Never gave that other angle a thought Digi. Is there no end to it? Honestly, I just don’t remember this sort of stuff from 10-15 years ago.
It didn't actually occur to me until a few months after I received a message about one set of items, the same buyer messaged about a new listing and it was virtually identical to their previous message - the most notable part to me (and perhaps strangely) is that "buy" was spelled "bye". It struck me as odd, because the member had several hundred FB, so they'd been on eBay long enough to see the word "buy" with the correct spelling countless times, and while I could see one unfortunate typo being made (I've made plenty - in context, the irony of misspelling "intelligent" in my previous post is not lost on me ), I thought it was odd they'd use the so-obviously-incorrect spelling twice in a row, but months apart, so I took a bit of a dive down the rabbit hole and found they were a long-time seller of the items I was listing, and seemed to be able to spell "buy" (plus many other words) correctly elsewhere.
I do (obviously) have a tendency to micro-analyze things and can wind up being way off base at times, but I felt like they were trying to make themselves just look like an unassuming, casual, private buyer looking to complete a collection and garner a little empathy, rather than a dealer trying to negotiate a deal, because the (supposedly) unsuspecting seller might be inclined to drive a harder bargain if they know they're selling to someone who wants to sell it themselves for more than they've paid (which obviously gives the game away that they're worth more).
@dazzledayz wrote:I had one a while ago who thought I was cheeky for selling a 30yr old mag at greater than original value.
I had to ask her what she thought the price of an original Dickens would be ... just couldn't help myself.
Please send me the original edition of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, at the original subscription price, and of course include discount because it's unfinished.
