Well stated Michael. Concise and all points covered.
>
> From: Michael Darling <miked2002@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2004/12/30 Thu PM 11:35:41 EST
> To: "olympus@xxxxxxxxxx" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Re: Am I out of line? (EBay politics)
>
> Well, according to my bank the money order would be clear and payment would
> be final after 10 business days. That's today, so the lens has shipped.
>
> I notified the bidder of the tracking number, and left him with the
> following words:
>
> > I appreciate your patience and cooperation. I am sorry that you felt it was
> > unfair for me to hold the lens until my bank told me your payment had
> > cleared,
> > but I can not justify the risk of sending out an item without the payment
> > being finalized. As I have said before, I was unaware that Western Union
> > money
> > orders would incur such a delay. Had I known of this I would have returned
> > it
> > to you and asked for payment by one of the methods listed in my auction
> > description. My only experience has been with USPS money orders and getting
> > the cash in my hand when I go to ship a box is a very nice way for it to all
> > work out. From this experience I have learned that I should explicitly
> > exclude
> > Western Union payments from any future auctions I may run.
> >
> > Please take time to examine and use the lens before posting feedback for
> > this
> > transaction. If you feel it necessary to leave me negative or neutral
> > feedback, I would prefer it be for an issue such as misrepresenting the lens
> > in my auction description or some other malpractice, rather than adhering to
> > the sound business practice of waiting for your payment to clear.
>
>
> -mike
>
>
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