Crazy Message From an eBay Seller
April 25th, 2008Several months ago (February 4th to be exact) the wife, Niki, purchased a pair of rain boots on eBay. We paid for them. But they never came. We contacted the seller several times. But still received no reply. Well, a week ago, we finally got a reply. I felt bad about posting it but felt it was too good to pass up. Plus I’m not revealing the sellers username or real name. Here it is:
—————————————————————————————
Dear lathan85,
I have your boots, and I can still ship them out, I do not have the money to refund all these people, I can get your boots shipped out to you asap, I just got out the hospital from having a nervous breakdown from all this stress plus my marriage, and other problems, I know it is not your fault but I am cannot handle all this stress with all these orders, I just got out the hospital today, I have not been trying to ignore anyone, please work with me on this, my nerves are very bad, and I need you to work with me. I am willing to make this right however I am not making good decisions right now, my ebay acct is a mess, and everything is screwed up, I had to leave my husband twice, plus i just got out the hospital, so please help me work this out with you, I am gathering info right now of who i owe money too and who i need to stillship product out to, please work with me on this, i am very confused at this moment, the monies you paid for your boots, i ordered them, some of the boots i got from the supplier some she shipped out for me, tell me the boot you ordered plus the size cause it is easier for me to ship the boots i have rather than refunding everyone money cause i am completely broke and distressed and having a nervous breakdown, i could just not care, but i am trying to care, my counselor told me to try to make this right with everyone and that is what my intentions are, so please help me with this, cause i am not in my right mind. sorry but i am going through a bad time in my life. please write me back, im crying. ok so you tell me what to do cause this could happen to you too, your mind could snap at any minute like mine did, i am a honest person i just dont know how to pay back all these people, i got some of the boots i need to ship, if i dont have the boots i will refund you. please help me get this money back to you, i am completely broke.. and i need some time or payment arrangments to pay this back to you. i still have these boots i got to get money -
—————————————————————————————-
Am I a dick for posting this? Do you think we’ll ever get the boots? I don’t think so.
April 25th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
I’m sorry you and Niki (espy. Niki) lost your money and the hopes of receiving cute rainboots…she had all of the end of the winter to splash around without them! Darn!
however that explanation is some sort of bizarre masterpiece in “12 step rambling”… it is almost borderline adorable. Heartbreaking too.
you aren’t a dick for posting. (Chiefly because I had something funny to read while grabbing a bite to eat!)
(This would be a good sketch too, come to think of it…)
let us know if you ever get them…
thank you for posting, I have to send this link to my sisters…
April 28th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Yeah I agree, Kate. I feel bad for the seller. But then again I paid for something that I never received. And yet I cannot really argue too much against it. It would definitely make a good sketch. Maybe I’ll write one up.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Sounds like someone is having a rainy day. Good thing she has plenty of rain boots.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Hate to tell you this, Rob, but you got swindled! That’s the classic “Boot-Seller Lady With A Crumbling Psyche” scam. It’s the oldest grift in the book.