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quoted 14 lines All this talk of trading troubles got me wondering. Just what is considered

> All this talk of trading troubles got me wondering. Just what is considered > acceptable in terms of time between getting money and shipping product, > notification about shipping dates, time to wait before you're sure its going > badly etc? Perhaps we should lay it out so people know what to expect. > > For instance is waiting one month after your check was deposited and still > hearing no word that money was recieved and getting no records/communication > acceptable? > > I would figure you should ship out no more more than a week after payment, and > emailing the day you do it to be the norm. Anything above that is slacking > pure and simple. > > Other opinions?

There are no norms. Some people mail out as soon as they receive the check. Some wait for it to clear, which normally takes a week for out-of-state checks. Some hatch eggs on the goods for a month. This sort of thing should be settled between the buyer and the seller - there are lots of individual factors that come into play. I, for example, work long hours. The only time I can make it to the post office is at lunch, when there are super-long queues and waiting times of as much as 20 minutes (which, for the most part, I cannot afford). I am also occasionally out of town. In general, when I sell stuff, I do my best to stick to the ship-within-a-week ideal, but sometimes complications come up and I am forced to wait until I can lumber over to the PO near my home over the weekend. (Conversely, I frequently send out stuff to people I've dealt with before or who "feel right" before I've even received the money.) My general philosophy: Chill out and assume that most people aren't scam artists, and don't get all antsy if you don't hear from your trading partner for a few days. And if you're really queasy, exchange phone numbers; it's shaky insurance, but it's better than nothing. Ashok

quoted 4 lines My general philosophy: Chill out and assume that most people aren't scam

> My general philosophy: Chill out and assume that most people aren't scam > artists, and don't get all antsy if you don't hear from your trading partner > for a few days. And if you're really queasy, exchange phone numbers; it's > shaky insurance, but it's better than nothing.

This wasn't my train of thought whatsoever until recently when I sent off money for the Plug 1&2 dl. pack (anyone remember sending me mail asking to buy my Plug 1 and having me tell them I didn't want to sell it until I had the Plug 1&2 in hand? Glad I did that... very glad =) Anyways, the guy either traded it or sold it to someone else, but, not only did he promptly send my money back, but he also sent me back a bitching mixed tape made up of mostly FAX material (which I actually was wondering about quite a bit right about then =) It was dissappointing that the deal went back (very much so because he didn't actually tell me what was up, sort of sent it back and a mail telling me to let him know when I got the 'package') but I thought it was cool enough to actually get my $ back, let alone a great tape to boot... anyways... made me feel a whole lot better about people in general (there I was previously thinking everyone sucked...) hmmm... guess no one needed to hear that story, huh? __________________________________________ brap@sonic.net *** sfwd@sonic.net http://www.sonic.net/~brap/ http://www.sonic.net/~brap/dot/ Dot Information Center http://www.sonic.net/~brap/gpo/ The Hardcore Outdated GPO Page stress and bad phonelines... the story of my life