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She did, because she told him that she would.
We only have his word at what she said. We do not know exactly whatshe said or whathe said. So its premature to say that she was at fault at all. Besides all he is really doing now is whining like a baby and trying to get attention. Perhaps he is hoping spmeone will take pity on him an offer to sell him a SW radio This newsgroup is about shortwave radio, but I think is also serves a need for social interraction. This is a good thing; people need to know that they are all special. If somebody runs into an unhappy situation the way Lucky did, I don't see any problem with his venting on rec.radio.shortwave. It is a heck of a lot better than some of those off-topic political posts that tend to bash certain individuals. We are all people, and we are going to feel emotional at certain times. Expressing our feelings are healthy. For those who don't believe this, maybe we should start a newsgroup entitled rec.people.automatons............just kidding. You are correct............maybe we don't really know what the exchange was between Lucky and the eBay seller, but I think that my first assessment was probably correct. I think that this was an inexperienced seller. I also think that this might have been the first time she was in this kind of situation and that she didn't know how to handle it. Part of being human, you know................. I can understand Lucky's disappointment with the deal. I remember, several years ago I was at the Rockwell-Collins Inventory Disposal store. We all had a gentlemens' agreement that the first person in line would have the first pick of one of the good pieces of test equipment that were available. My friend Jack was first in line, and he got ahold of a nice HP 436A RF power meter, with the sensors for only 20 dollars. Boy, was I mad at him! As time went on, I realized that people are more important than things, no matter how nice the things are. I told him that I was pretty mad at him at that time, but that his friendship was much more important than a piece of test equipment. We remained good friends over the years, and last year, he gave me a really good deal on an 8444A, Option 059 Tracking Generator. This is the matching unit for my 8558B Spectrum Analyzer. The whole point of this rant (and rave) is that if a deal on one item is missed, another one will always show up in the future. As an example, a friend of mine (Dave Z) just ordered a Lowe HF250 receiver from some place in the UK that does ship to the US. Around 800 dollars with shipping and import duty.............not much more than tha HF150E that the Japanese fellow bought from eBay. Pete |
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