Official Spring cleaning sale

At 05:17 PM 4/16/2012, Fred Cisin wrote: I know you're "grumpy", but that's pretty grumpy. I fished for his digits because I wanted to help people avoid him. I had no intention of buying a Tandy laptop. This guy is already targeting oddball classic computer collectors, it's not like he's including his address and phone number in a Craigslist ad. People selling stuff are motivated to do so. They are willing to put up with a few phone calls. The average person has a cell phone for this sort of work. There's nothing forcing them to answer the phone or even respond to a voice mail, unless of course they're motivated to sell, which is obviously the case here. Dinging around with an exchange of a dozen emails to answer my questions is a lot of work, too. You want effortless sales? Your grumpiness reminds me of the old adage "Business would be a lot of fun if it weren't for all those pesky customers." Selling a laundry list of old computer crap for $40 a pop isn't the most sensible way to make money. It's going to take some effort. If he wanted to save effort, he's hand it to the scrapper. The good guys selling old computer crap? They're probably motivated by a personal sense of satisfaction that their stuff will find a new home with someone who will appreciate it. For this guy, he's probably picking up the junk for free and he regards scamming as a way to increase his profit margin. Think he's grumpy, too? If I were a scammer, I bet being grumpy would be my second approach if someone didn't fall for my first excuse as to why the goods weren't as promised. Unpleasantness can make people stop bothering you. "Once you get their money, never give it back." - John