In a message dated 10/29/98 8:35:10 PM Central Standard Time,
j_austin@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
<< >PS: I met my first list member a few weeks ago. Volkart Baumgaertner
shipped
>his camera to me (from Germany?), then flew in to pick up the completed
repair.
Wow!! Some people will do anything to avoid shipping charges. :-) >>
I once sold a Leica to a guy who saw it on a Fido message board (this was
in the days of computer BBS systems before the Internet became the hot item).
He sent me an email saying he wanted it. I sent him my address and phone
number for him to send the money. He was in Alaska. Several hours later I get
a phone call from him. He is about to land at the airport here in SE Texas.
Could I meet him there and do the deal. I met him, we did the deal, he got
back in his plane and headed back to Alaska.
Man, I'm inpatient but, gee, that was carrying it a little too far. :)
Jim
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