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Theres a knife on the exchange that I am trying to buy. The seller doesnt list what payment methods he will take but does say Paypal +3% in the post.
3/31 (Tue) - I send a PM telling the seller that I would take the knife if he took a USPS MO and that if he only took Paypal Id need a couple of days to move some funds around and would appreciate if hed hold it for me.
4/1 (Wed) No reply to my PM. Thinking that he may not have checked BF or cant at work, I send an email to him through the BF system stating the same thing as in the previous PM.
4/2 (Thur) - I post Ill take it in the thread. I also send a PM saying the same thing and asking for the Paypal address.
I dont hear anything on Fri, and I dont recall if I checked to see if the seller had been online or not. I check over the weekend as Im getting a bit antsy and see the seller hasnt been online until Sunday. I saw the Last time active change twice on Sun so hes at least been on that many times. Theres no reply in the thread, no PM, no email. I even checked to make sure the BF email system was working and my address was correct by sending one to myself.
Today (Mon) hes been on BF at least once, again going by the Last time active.
The seller has 100% positive feedback with 3 within the last month. Two of the comments state Great trade, excellent communication and Smooth trade, good communication! but obviously Im not feeling that good/excellent communication right now.
Perhaps he just doesnt want to sell it to me for whatever reason. I can accept that, its his knife and his decision but he should at least have the courtesy to tell me that. Maybe he already sold it and didnt mark it as such in the post, again let me know. If the knife in question wasnt something thats very hard to find Id just move on (edit my Ill take it) but I really would like to have it.
Regardless, I made a commitment to buy the knife so I feel I have to honor that but for how long? At what point do I forget about it if Im not contacted? What expectation should I have that Ill be contacted promptly? Am I just being impatient?
3/31 (Tue) - I send a PM telling the seller that I would take the knife if he took a USPS MO and that if he only took Paypal Id need a couple of days to move some funds around and would appreciate if hed hold it for me.
4/1 (Wed) No reply to my PM. Thinking that he may not have checked BF or cant at work, I send an email to him through the BF system stating the same thing as in the previous PM.
4/2 (Thur) - I post Ill take it in the thread. I also send a PM saying the same thing and asking for the Paypal address.
I dont hear anything on Fri, and I dont recall if I checked to see if the seller had been online or not. I check over the weekend as Im getting a bit antsy and see the seller hasnt been online until Sunday. I saw the Last time active change twice on Sun so hes at least been on that many times. Theres no reply in the thread, no PM, no email. I even checked to make sure the BF email system was working and my address was correct by sending one to myself.
Today (Mon) hes been on BF at least once, again going by the Last time active.
The seller has 100% positive feedback with 3 within the last month. Two of the comments state Great trade, excellent communication and Smooth trade, good communication! but obviously Im not feeling that good/excellent communication right now.
Perhaps he just doesnt want to sell it to me for whatever reason. I can accept that, its his knife and his decision but he should at least have the courtesy to tell me that. Maybe he already sold it and didnt mark it as such in the post, again let me know. If the knife in question wasnt something thats very hard to find Id just move on (edit my Ill take it) but I really would like to have it.
Regardless, I made a commitment to buy the knife so I feel I have to honor that but for how long? At what point do I forget about it if Im not contacted? What expectation should I have that Ill be contacted promptly? Am I just being impatient?
