Its a long story, but the buyer was going to drive and pick up ( pick up only)... then he changed his mind and wanted me to wrap it and have Ego come pick it up... hardly ideal but so long as Ego got here by 7am at the latest, it was possible.... just.
Then im in a bank talking to them regarding signage and buyer rings me.. I tell him im busy and ill ring back when out of the meeting. I forget to do this. Buyer then rings while im driving and so I pull over.. can he have my bank details. explain im pulled over to side of road and don't have them on me... talk later.
then im in another meeting with a new restaurant and my phone rings so I flick it to automatic reply " im in a meeting".. phone immediately rings again so I disable the call.. phone rings again. By this time my potential customer is commenting on the persistent phone caller ( I have no idea who it is.. its just a number on my work phone).. phone rings again so this time, I have to turn off my work phone so I can conduct business.
Once meeting is over, I turn my phone on and have 33 calls and 12 text messages all of which are sarcastic remarks about me being in "meetings" and " you ready to ring me now.. ring me now".
So I ring the customer and ask what the F his problem is... turns out he is upset that im running a business and not dealing with his issue of changing AGAIN how he is going to pick up the machine.. an argument ensues... im trying to run my business not pander to continued changes of arrangements. pinball selling isn't my business.. making and selling signage is. Deliberately clog up my phone thinking its funny is out of order.
Anyway, cut a long story short, I didn't want the guy coming anywhere near my house even if he was going to eventually pick it up.. wouldnt have been a friendly meeting so I cancelled the deal.
He's going to take me to court and sue for full market value etc etc etc.
His story ( as my Ebay feedback now says plus some post on here that I didn't see but was told about) is that I refused to sell it to him because it didn't sell for enough. This isn't true... he was more than welcome to the machine at the winning bid.. didn't matter to me.
I just want the machine sold to someone who is going to turn up with a ute at an arranged time, load it up and slip some $$'s into my hand.. im happy, buyer is happy.
Not sure why that has to be so friggin hard?
