guitar strap reminder lesson

[MikeG]

Tell him you're going to post his name for the rest of us. . . . . .

[rdb]

UPDATE:

I wish I could edit the main diary with this update, but this will have to do.

Unbelievably, and out of the blue, the customer has come back, and deposited into Paypal. It's a sale!

Sort of restores my faith in the old hippy ways of doing business...but it was not a nice feeling for awhile.

So...did we learn anything?

If I had been strict about half down, or more, could I have convinced an International customer to send money to an unknown leatherworker in the States?

The email pix I sent him during the process, just whetted his appetite, it looks like, and convinced him of the sale. Why he went away for awhile, I'll never now, or understand......

But I'm not sure I want to go through this again.....lol.

Thanks everyone for the commiseration!

[Regis]

Or, maybe he is a reader of this forum and decided to do the right thing!

[steveb]

Huh - why in the world would you want to edit your first post?

Because on a whim this knucklehead who absolutely left you holding the bag

has returned with cash in hand to get what he should have just paid for outright after the deal was agreed to?

nah, he's a dog, maybe a dog with guilt pangs, or a

busted guitar strap, maybe even a nice guy dog - but he is a dog nonetheless..

your lucky you got your money - and just think of it, you got a free lesson

in terms of how to handle terms of payment for goods and services - and it wasnt even hard won

you should go out and buy yourself a lottery ticket - your a winner!

steveb

[rdb]

I was never really mad at the customer.

As a final result, he paid, and he is happy.

I was more mad at myself for doing things I knew better than doing.

On one hand I agree with all the posters here, as to the proper way to do business. You, as I, have experienced these things before, and have a right to be angry, tighten business practices, and sharpen our acumen.

On the other hand, my head sometimes clicks back to the sixties, and remembers how powerful a little faith in humankind can be.

OWWW! My head hurts....lol

[HorsehairBraider]

Even the best people, with the best of intentions, can get sidelined so that they forget or just do not pay. They don't mean to! That's just how life goes sometimes. They might move, get a divorce, have their toe run over by a bus etc.

I've had many overseas customers, and I've had no problem convincing them to send me money. In fact if they want my product that is the only way to get it, capitalist pig that I am! On the other hand I never have to be upset with my customers. Our relations are always sweetness and light.

I'm really glad this worked out for you! That is a beautiful strap and the guy would have to some kind of nutjob not to want it.