Aug 26, 2014 11:32
A little while ago I advertised some Man From UNCLE zines for sale on various LJ communities and Yahoo groups. I had a response from someone in the States who said she would like to buy three of the zines, so I packaged them up and trundled off to the Post Office to get a postage price. I wrote and told this person how much the zines plus postage would be and waited for a reply. And waited...
In the meantime another email arrived from someone in Canada who also wanted to buy the same three zines. I told her that I was waiting to hear from somebody else about them, but that I would let her know if they decided they didn't want them. "Fine," she replied. "If the zines don't sell I'll have them."
Back I went to the first person to tell her that I'd had another enquiry about the zines, so could she let me know if she wanted them or not. "Can you give me 24 hours to decide?" she replied. 24 hours passed... 48 hours passed...
Eventually an email arrived - "I've just realised that my car insurance is due this month so I can't afford the zines. Let the other person have them. If by chance they're still unsold in a month's time let me know and I'll definitely be able to buy them then."
I sent another email to the Canadian person and told her that the zines were hers. No reply. I never heard from her again.
After a month had passed I wrote again to the first person (the one in the US), told her that I still had the zines for sale and asked her if she was still interested in buying them. Not a dicky bird from her either.
So, after six weeks or so of emailing back and forth and carting zines to the Post Office, I'm no further forward. And I still have a boxload of Man From UNCLE zines that I need to offload...
*sigh*