A man came to my house to install my new kitchen appliances. He was very polite and competent. When he was finished, and I paid him, he mentioned that he sells on Ebay. I told him I do too. He said he just sells musical instruments. I told him had a very nice guitar I had bought a year ago, but never played it and wanted to sell it. He said he would sell it for me on Ebay and give me the proceeds from the sale. I told him I'd split the sale with him. He left with the guitar. This was 6 weeks ago. I never heard from him, so I called him two weeks ago. He said he had sold it for $450 on Ebay (I had paid $800 for it), and that he had lost my phone number and "didn't know how to get in touch with me." Well...this was odd, since he had been to my house to install the appliances and knows where I live! I told him he could have half the sale price. He asked, "Do you want me to bring the money to your house or mail it to you?" I gave him my mailing address. Haven't rec'd anything from him in the mail, and I'm thinking of just letting this go, and chalking it up to my stupidity.
I asked him, "You WILL send me the money?" He said, "I promise." I don't expect to receive anything from him. A friend tells me I can go to the courthouse and pay $75 for some sort of small claims case. I think it would be more stressful than worth it. I was just stupid.
Patty