Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: š» Thursday, June 20, 2024
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone āØ2ā© āØweeksā© ago
Had such a weird interaction today. Iāve been trying to buy Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard. Book Grocer had it and have had it for ages, I finally took the plunge because I can pick it up from the warehouse when Iām in Melbourne. I did a quick check on google to see if I could get it cheaper anywhere and saw there was a signed copy on ebay. Heās one of my favourite writers and itās pretty cheap but coming from the USA and the shipping was more than the book (go figure). I asked the guy if heād consider shipping with someone else who might be cheaper (instead of ebay global or whatever itās called) and he replied overnight not having a clue how to do that so I figure itās not meant to be.
Go to bookgrocer and Road Dogs is gone. Not available. They must have sold it which is so highly coincidental that it gets sold on the day I finally decide to buy it. But you snooze you lose, right?
So I check on facebook marketplace and some guy in Balaclava has it and is selling it. So I message him today asking if itās available. He says yes. I ask how much. He says $7. I figure bargain. I asked when is he free, Iāll be in Melbourne over the weekend. He tells me when heās free.
Great. Iāll grab the book.
Then he asks where I am coming from. I tell him Bundoora. He says itās a bit far. I said thatās fine, Iāll have a car. He says ābut if you factor in time and petrol, it will cost more than shipping which is $10.90.ā I got a bit annoyed because who cares so I said, donāt worry, Iāll get it elsewhere. Dude talked himself out of a sale (though I figure he makes a couple of bucks on the shipping so his $7 turns into $10 maybe).
Catfish@aussie.zone āØ2ā© āØweeksā© ago
Yeah,I attempted to help a FB friend of friend with an utterly unreasonable budget for their request with other options. Resulted in combo of /r/choosing beggars and serious questions about mental health