Actually, I've had pretty good luck searching for stuff in old inactive classified ads. Surprising how many times the item didn't sell and the seller didn't relist. Widget still under the workbench? I'll take it, thanks. You guys think this is bad, you should have been around when anyone could reply in the classifieds. It was like a barroom brawl in there. Some really really smart (and damn good looking) HAMBer suggested Ryan make the classifieds un-replyable, and we all lived happily ever after... until some seller didn't replay fast enough and now here we are.
Basically, People suck. Remember when people had manners and were courteous? Call 1-800-me first. ( cause it's ALL about ME.) Next question?
Big A - "until some seller didn't replay fast enough and now here we are." What does that mean? I simply stated that if your going to post something up for sale then be prepared to communicate with the people you expect to sell the item too. I am a fairly patient man and don't think it unreasonable to expect some sort of a reply after 3 emails and a phone call over 3 days, at least not in this day of cell phones and such. I guess you never had anything bought out from under you because you weren't fast enough to be first in line for it? As I said the seller has finally contacted me and we are working it out, rant over!
You can start a rant, but once you do you don't get to say it's over and end it. Ohhhh noooo brother !!! The rant goes on and takes a up life of its own. Everyone's point is just as valuable as yours and Big A made a very good one.
Just my own brand of humour Gordon, just ribbing ya. Shoulda put a little smiley guy at the end there
Big A - Smiley accepted, no offense taken! 31Vicky I hadn't thought about it taking on a life of its own (LOL) so you are correct sir! You are also correct that other peoples points of view are important also. Appreciate the reminder!
or when you ask if then if the title is in there name, your told yes and when you get there in is someone else's name who is in the nursing home and they don't have the legal power of attorney to sell the the car.
I miss Larry. He would have jumped on this with both boots and left people scarred ( or scared) for life! Thinking of you , Pard. ( and it's not even about 3 winders).
Why can't HAMBER's Say what City & State on their Profile Page? Then I'd know if I was or Wasn't interested in buying their Parts or Cars. Some Parts are only Pickup & No Shipping. Or I'd Know where a Car was Located, so I could figure out Shipping Mileage cost per Mileage. Please File Out Your Profile. Thanks & Best Regards Respectfully BigDTexasKid Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
'Why can't HAMBER's Say what City & State on their Profile Page?" Because those who do not list their locale are probably in the Witness Protection Program.
^^^^This is one that really chaps my hide too. I think it used to be in the rules that you were supposed to fill out your location when you registered on the HAMB. I'm not sure if this is the case anymore or not, but based on the number of folks that don't fill it out anymore I assume this went by the wayside.
You never asked him why he took so long to get back to you? We all listened to and participated in your rant and now you left everyone hanging. You can't just fade this movie to black. You owe the HAMB a proper ending to this mystery.
To give a reference point, "so long" is actually only 3 days. See his post below. I went camping at a friend's cottage. I didn't have any cell reception for 3 days. I recently spent 3 days dealing with a visitation and funeral. I didn't check emails or respond to phone calls during that time. 3 weeks, I get. But 3 days really isn't that out of line in my opinion. Certainly not long enough to spur this rant thread.
Hot Rods Ta Hell - best I can tell from the conversation we had was that he got WAY more responses than he was prepared for. I wasn't going to grill or antagonize him on the phone considering he told me I was the first responder and he was going to work through the responses in the order he received them. I considered him a man of honor at that point and thought it best to let it go... I thought I mentioned this previously? Sorry if I didn't. We have connected and made plans for me to check out the car this weekend. By the way I will be driving 1500 miles round trip just to check this car out for and with my brother so I don't want to hear any whining about a car being 400 miles away...
Speedy Canuck - Not a problem for you then, I can accept that. Evidently some of you guys have never lost out on an item you have been chasing for a while because you weren't the first or fastest to make contact. Its happened a number of times before to me, usually due to the lack of communication, hence the rant. 31Vicky is correct this rant now has a life of its own as I have said more than a couple of times rant is over. Seller contacted me and we are working out logistics to see the car.
I'm gonna step out on a weak limb here OK. I'm guessing SOME of these people are only "HAMBr's when they want to use the classifieds. There I said it!
After three days if I had seen this post and was the seller you would have been dropped to the bottom of the list. Somehow the development of technology has become synonyms with you can't have a life and must check social media everyday.
K13 - obviously I won't be buying anything you post up! All Im talking about is common courtesy, nothing more, nothing less. You don't want to be courteous, so be it. I didn't ask anyone to not have a life. And just in case you don't fully understand, I am not one of the media whores who has to check their email, or Facebook account, or Tweet, or have my phone stuck to my face all day either! I am not asking anything I would not expect to do for folks inquiring on items I might have up for sale.
Respect goes both ways. In my books after 3 days putting a rant up basically accusing a seller of having no balls because he didn't reply to you fast enough, without any knowledge of why he may not have been able to respond to you showed way less respect for the seller than he ever did to you by not responding in a time frame YOU find respectful. If you can't see that then I am not sure what to say. What kind of a douche would you look like now if say his wife had died or he had a medical emergency.
I believe a lot post an item for sale on more than one site and when it sells somewhere else they just forget about the others and ignore any contact. JW
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