Last week, Paul put my ski boots up for sale online. When I bought
them, (admittedly many years ago) they were top-of-the-line.
Not sure exactly what I paid for them, around $400 or a little better.
I do a little bit of research, and decide that $45 is a good price, I
only skied in them maybe 10-15 times, and they are in good condition.
Someone emails me and says she's interested. We go back and forth
on where/when to meet. She has misunderstood where I live I guess,
and she's pretty far away. I ask her if she's pretty sure she wants
them, she says yes, they're the right size, she likes the rear entry
(QUIT, you guys!!) and so I agree to meet her about 25 minutes away.
She says "Friday Saturday or Sunday" an we go back and forth over that,
I agree to several times. She asks me about 5 o'clock on Sat. and first
I was going to do it and then thought, it's too late, that's after dark
this time of year. So we settle on 4 instead.
I drive about a half hour to the meeting place, and here she comes
driving up, and there's a gruff looking guy in the car and I inwardly
groaned. I just KNEW. She gets out and is nice and we're chatty
and this guy is just a total JERK. She is saying all sorts of things like
"Oh, the toe box is great it doesn't hurt my feet" and things that make
me think she wants them, and he totally starts shooting her down at
the pass, and comes off like he's a frickin' expert in ski boots. How he
had a pair that were 15 years old and he threw them away. Putting
down perfectly good boots until she wouldn't buy them. Was aghast
that I wanted $45 dollars for them.
So I'm kicking myself for driving all the way down there for nothing.
And for not thinking of things to say... like you're the reasons the
landfills are almost full... or see that truck, nearly 218,000 on it, still
going strong. Or, how 'bout the beautiful purebred gsd in the back
who's almost FOURTEEN years old? SOMETHING to let this guy know
what a jerkwad he was being.
The fact that she brought someone with her I don't mind, that's actually
smart, but she should have gotten him involved earlier in the process
if he thought she shouldn't buy a pair of boots that OLD for that price!!
:-5
Thanks for reading, guys, I feel much better now!
