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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 145538, member: 360"]I had a similar incident with someone online. It got pretty bad.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, I had a pair of binoculars for sale. This guy (let's call him Ted) didn't like the price, and offered me another, which was almost half what I paid for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I told him I couldn't do it, and offered him another price which I felt was more acceptable. It wasn't a great increase, and the profit I was making was negligible. </p><p><br /></p><p>Oh boy. </p><p><br /></p><p>Teddy exploded. He started swearing and yelling about how HE had been dealing in antiques and jewelry for THIRTY YEARS!! And how HE KNEW how much *X* was worth and I didn't and that I was ripping him off deliberately and how he was gonna come over here and beat me up (he lived a whole state away) and this, that and the other. </p><p><br /></p><p>This guy was old enough to be my father. </p><p><br /></p><p>I lost it. I cussed him out like a sailor and told him to bring it on if he was as ballsy as he claimed. He later started slandering my sales posts online. I screencapped everything and got him kicked off the site. Apparently I wasn't the first person who had problems with him, and the site administrators had just finally had enough and booted him. </p><p><br /></p><p>...all over $40.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 145538, member: 360"]I had a similar incident with someone online. It got pretty bad. Basically, I had a pair of binoculars for sale. This guy (let's call him Ted) didn't like the price, and offered me another, which was almost half what I paid for it. I told him I couldn't do it, and offered him another price which I felt was more acceptable. It wasn't a great increase, and the profit I was making was negligible. Oh boy. Teddy exploded. He started swearing and yelling about how HE had been dealing in antiques and jewelry for THIRTY YEARS!! And how HE KNEW how much *X* was worth and I didn't and that I was ripping him off deliberately and how he was gonna come over here and beat me up (he lived a whole state away) and this, that and the other. This guy was old enough to be my father. I lost it. I cussed him out like a sailor and told him to bring it on if he was as ballsy as he claimed. He later started slandering my sales posts online. I screencapped everything and got him kicked off the site. Apparently I wasn't the first person who had problems with him, and the site administrators had just finally had enough and booted him. ...all over $40.[/QUOTE]
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