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Originally Posted by ChuckA
I emailed the seller... ...I was surprised that I got an answer that was courteous and even asked some additional questions.
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I'm batting about .500 with reactions to polite suggestions. I'm hardly the world's leading authority on anything, but sometimes it seems appropriate to reach out to people when it seems they're just guessing wildly. Sometimes I've been heartily thanked, and sometimes I've been ignored, but fortunately never savaged. Still, lately I figure why bother? I mean, who would buy a "rare set, only 12 made" on the word of an unknown eBay seller? And anyone interested in such a set would likely know that the guy is either ignorant or full of it.
My best story to date in "reaching out" was a guy selling a camcorder that accidentally took a bath in a lake. I wouldn't have minded buying it from him, it was listed dirt cheap, but I told him he might want to try rinsing it with distilled water, dry it carefully for a l-o-n-g time and then try it again. He ended the auction and a week later was really happy to let me know that it was working again! People are always real surprised when that works!!!
--Dave