Post #414236 by leleliz on Sun, Oct 19, 2008 11:33 AM

Holy hell....I feel bad for this girl because I was the person to tell her to post her sale here in the first place.

Yes I am a "newbie" as far as joining/posting on these forums but I have been watching these forums for years and pretty much do my collecting around the items I see people post about.

I was the very 1st person to respond to this sale ad on CL. I asked her for a list of prices because in the ad she didnt have them. She responded back listing the Muntiki and Shag mugs at full price as well as Trader Vic's , Harveys, etc and that she was selling them because she had bills related to her medical situation (cancer) and needed the money. She did say she was willing to negotiate on prices if I wanted more than 1 or 2 mugs.

I then realized she was located in Sunnyvale...which is an extra hour frm my work after I already commute an hour to get there. I told her I would have to pass because of the distance thing and she said she would prefer not to ship them.I then led her here. My exact words were "there are some hardcore collctors on TC who will pay you top dollar for your items.". (I even referenced Psycho Tiki D in my email because I have never seen someone score so much stuff on a daily/weekly basis and that he would probally be someone wo contacts her because he is the type of collector I was talking about)
She asked me what prices I would suggest for the Muntiki and
I even said "if someone is offering you $250 take the $250. these guys are passionate and dont mind spending money on these bowls."

Little did I know it would turn so stressful!

I just saw all these postings and felt the need to state that she does have cancer/bills to pay for, she knew nothing about TC and was excited that you all were here, and that she sold the bowls/mugs for as much as someone would pay for them because she needed to.

Since I have been burned on CL/Ebay deals in the past myself I would just say let it go. Mainly because it seems like that is the only logical solution.

In addition as a "newbie" seeing threads like this kinda give the wrong impression of the type of people that are on these forums and makes people like myself a little timid about posting in them.