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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Frank Filz writes:
> Mike Stanley wrote:
I understand that things happen to people. I am not upset with Ran, I just
want to know why he was still making transactions on Brickbay while my order
stayed in limbo. I was buying from him, so if I were to cancel the order,
it would be his loss and not mine financially. I just would like to be
contacted by him at least once explaining if he would be unable to handle
things for a while. Anyway, I'm sure there is a logical explanation, I was
just worried after not hearing from in more than a month. I remembered a
point Frank made after his accident, if something happens to someone we
won't know, we will just know that they stop posting or nobody hears from
them in a while.
Kyle Henneberque
> > In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Will Hess writes:
> > > I rec'd payment from Ran less than 24 hours after filing a NPB notice. I was
> > > contacted by another seller via email who suggested that Ran might NOT have
> > > traditional email access, doing all business and posting through the web. The
> > > more I think about it the more likely this seems to me.
> > >
> > > In any case I'm off to delete the NPB and add to Mr. Talbot's impressive
> > > feedback rating.
> >
> > For what it's worth (a lot imo) Ran has always dealt honestly with me. He's
> > one of a fairly good sized number of people who, when I see an order from
> > them, a little clicker goes off in my head that says, "nothing to worry
> > about here."
> >
> > Things happen sometimes to the best of us to delay payments, shipments, etc.
> > The unfortunate thing is that usually those things that cause the delays
> > might also be serious enough to interfere with internet access or free time.
>
> I think it's important to cut people a bit of slack, but it's also
> important that if someone regularly has problems, that it be aired
> (heck, some might acuse me of being slow to process deals, though in
> general I think I'm responsive once a commitment is made to a deal - I
> am just slow in getting the details of a deal finalized [sorry
> Scott...]). People can then make a choice if a particular person's
> slowness is an issue. Personally, I don't have much of an issue with the
> time it takes for AucZILLA winnings to get to me (though I am glad to
> see that that time has dropped dramatically) because it is well known,
> and I just don't look for things which will take a while. Also, if Todd
> were to suddenly vanish and start stiffing us, he'd never be able to see
> the light of day again around AFOLs. There are other individuals who I
> chose not to deal with at all because they have shown such consistency
> in being unable to meet commitments. I would expect someone whose budget
> for LEGO was very small to not be happy dealling with AucZILLA because
> they could have a significant part of their budget tied up in parts
> which aren't going to come fast. Nor would someone whose mode is to run
> out and buy parts they need tomorrow. If such a person experiences a
> delay once from a particular seller, they will most likely never give
> that seller another chance.
>
> What all of this suggests is that one should be somewhat patient before
> posting a query about someone. The first post should then most likely be
> "hey, has anyone heard from Joe?." If Joe starts to develop a history of
> delays, it is probably reasonable then for someone to chip in with an
> explanation that this is not unusual. If someone actually knows that Joe
> is currently having problems, it's also reasonable to let folks know
> (and you can be vauge in details - he's out of the country, or he's
> having a personal emergency, or his computer just blew up, or whatever -
> especially if the reason is something people would generally be
> understanding of). It also behooves folks to try and let their trade
> partners know that a problem has arisen. Very rarely should someone be
> totally unable to contact people for more than a week or so. There's
> probably some way you can send an e-mail, if you have a phone number,
> you can make a call, if you have a postal address, you can send a
> postcard, if you're hospitalized or something horrible like that, you
> can probably have a friend or family member get the word out (well, you
> might have a problem if you're in jail I suppose). You may only need to
> contact one person, and ask them to pass the word on.
>
> Yes, this is only a hobby, but the money and LEGO we send to people is
> real, and none of us have infinite resources.
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