posted on June 10, 2001 07:51:55 PM new
Since they've decided not to honor their winning bid, I can only ask for one thing from a deadbeat bidder:
Please please please email me a short note telling me you don't want the item.
I will actually be grateful to you for doing this. Seems like 95% of my deadbeats just disappear from the face of the earth.
If they could just email me (no excuse is even needed) and let me know, then I could organize myself accordingly... File the NPB, re-list the item, etc.
But no, I'm left guessing, and guessing, and guessing some more.
posted on June 10, 2001 08:27:07 PM new
I know and sharkbaby is right. The kind of person who would deadbeat is most likely the kind of person who would not spend their energy on letting you know.
On a similar note and wandering a bit off topic for a leisurely stroll down the lane of deadbeats, I work in a specialist doctor's office. He is truly an excellent physician and is quite popular booking 6-8 weeks in advance (except for emergency add-ons of course). We have a very long patient cancellation waiting list of people just waiting for someone to cancel so that they can have that person's timeslot. It drives us bananas when people pull a 'no call-no show' on us. Yes, part of it is the lost revenue, but a big part of it is the fact that so many people who are truly in pain would have loved to have had that person's slot. The ones who stand us up for the one hour long appointments make us the most upset of course. There just aren't enough hours in the day for this dr to see all the people who need to be seen.
