Topic: Maybe I am a scumbag

[Khushrenada]

Just a little.

Little background information. I was looking at some classified ads and found a listing for Metroid Prime Hunters DS for $15.00. Thus began the e-mail correspondence. (Contact information redacted.)

Hello,

Is the Metroid Prime Hunters game still available?

Regards,
-Khushrenada

Yes meteors prime is still available

Redacted

Hi,

Well, I wouldn't be able to buy it until Monday. Would that work for you?

-Khushrenada

E-mail me again Monday to see if it is still available. 

Redacted

At this point, I was little miffed by their ambivalence towards selling the game. The ad had been posted weeks ago so it's not like there was some demand for it and even if someone else was going to buy it, people will often tell you that someone else has offered to buy it but will get back to you if it falls through. Yet, they couldn't wait for two days? I didn't contact them back and when Monday came, I didn't contact them. If you want to indifferent to a customer, then I can do the same to you as a seller.

Flash forward to today and a few hours ago. I received this:

Hello

Metroid prime game is still available if you would like it.

Redacted

Not surprising. I didn't think they were going to suddenly sell it. I decided to reply to let them know I wasn't taking it and why with this message:

Hi,

I live in Redacted but came into Redacted on Monday. I just got back today so I'm unable to get it. I'd have bought the game except when I asked you about it, you told me to check in Monday if it was still available as if it might not be for sale by then. Since you didn't seem interested in making the sale with me, I decided not to bother pursuing the item further and do not want it.

Regards,
-Khushrenada

To which I got this answer:

Yes, well the adults had to do grown up things instead of worrying about a $10 video game.

Really?! Alright then. If that's how you want to be...

The adults must have also been too busy to write that reply considering how childish it is. Thank you for making the decision not to buy from you even easier. I guess you need to feel superior somehow after getting schooled in how to conduct business. You want to play this game of snippy replies, then go ahead. It just voids your position of showing "adult" behavior. And you are selling the game for $15.00. You don't even know your own product and further expose your sales incompetence. Quit while your behind.

Which then got this:

Good one. You win.

I've left it at that but part of me really wants to reply: "Not surprising considering who I was playing against..." Maybe I'm not as big of a scumbag as I think.  Or maybe I am for getting miffed in the first place. 

[ShyGuy]

Craigslist is 90% awful.

[UncleBob]

I don't really buy much off of Craigslist and have never sold - but with that said, I can't imagine sending someone a message for a $15 item and just asking them to hold it for me.  If it were an expensive item, totally (Hey, I'd love to buy this, but I need a few days to get the cash together), or if it was a well-explained case of "Hey, I'd like this, but I won't be in town for a few days to pick it up - can I meet you Monday at the mall and I'll pay you the $15 cash-in-hand then?", that'd make sense.

Oh well, it's not a hard game to find - hope you get a good deal on a copy of Meteors Prime.

[BranDonk Kong]

I only sell my mangina on Craig's List.

[Phil]

Quit while "you're" behind. He won that round because of that.

[ThePerm]

Is it me? or with the popularity of sms, people have gotten so fucking stupid on how to communicate. It should have been..yeah its for sale. Come pick it up anytime!

and i'm not sure if its that they are just a dumb conversation holder, or just big pussies thinking you're going to come to their house and stab them over a Metroid Prime game.

[Khushrenada]

Quit while "you're" behind. He won that round because of that.

That's what it was! Something always bothered me about that last line. I'd look at it and feel something was wrong with it but I couldn't figure out why I was feeling that way. That's it! Thanks for pointing that out.

[Phil]

Seriously though, I thought you handled that well.

[Fatty The Hutt]

... just big pussies thinking you're going to come to their house and stab them over a Metroid Prime game.

Seems a valid concern to me. This is Khush we're talking about here. Or should I say, Stabby McStabbaKhush

[Khushrenada]

Hey! I'm just Khushrenada. There's no stabbing in my name. Unlike Sir_Stabbalot over here. And that isn't even an alt of mine. (Not that I have any alt accounts...) Plus, everyone knows that flamethrower is my weapon of choice.

[Fatty The Hutt]

Wow. There really is a Sir Stabbalot. And you found his dead profile instantly.
I am impressed all around. Speechless, really.

[Khushrenada]

He used to play Mafia. Makes it easy for me to remember.

[nickmitch]

Good ol' Stabby.

[ThePerm]

Speaking of Khush. F-zero mafia was my favorite Mafia. The writing...so good.

[King of Twitch]

ahahaha full of win, although I think you could've done 4-5 more paragraphs like you do here. I have a confession of my own. I bought MP trilogy and was gonna resell it, but I've had second thoughts and have had to ignore like 3 emails about it. Am I a terrible person?

[Khushrenada]

Nah, it's your right to decide not to sell. But at least tell people something like it has already been bought and take down the ad otherwise your just wasting other people's time who reply. You can always sell it another time. There's clearly demand for the game.

Speaking of Khush. F-zero mafia was my favorite Mafia. The writing...so good.

Well, thanks. Ah, my first hosting job. Back when I cared more about the job I did as host and wanted to make sure I lived up to the story part. I definitely had some struggles trying to incorporate what was happening in the game with the theme and with player's roleplay choice or some factoid about them to keep things unique and not repetitive. It was rough at times but I did like how it turned out for the most part. However, I think my favorite writing achievement now is my Animal Crossing: New Leaf Mafia because I've gotten better at writing, I feel, since the F-Zero game many years ago. That said, there are a couple gaps in the story, notably Fatty's death (which isn't going to be as great as the pic that accompanied it. I always knew that.) Now I'm motivated to fill in those gaps and make it my best Mafia writing.

[NWR_insanolord]

I'm late to this thread, so I'll just quickly say there's no maybe about it.

[Khushrenada]

[nickmitch]

I'm shocked no one went for the "That was you?!" joke.

[Khushrenada]

I'm the one to normally make that joke so....

[Evan_B]

Oh ****, that was YOU?!

[Fatty The Hutt]

AC: New Leaf Mafia was indeed a great time. Loved the writing and the custom avatars.

[NWR_insanolord]

Oh ****, that was YOU?!

You can't teach that kind of timing.

[Wah]

damn it khush do you know who hard it is to find that game! and u didn't buy me one!
(well now that i think about the american version would probably not work in the European 3ds...)

[lolmonade]

I only sell my mangina on Craig's List.

Don't lie, you give it away for free.