It must be something in the postal waters. As quickly as one is cleared up, another one takes it place. A couple of posts ago I wrote about a postcard which was returned to me - the post office could not deliver it to the address given. After multiple attempts to contact the buyer, with no response, we opened a case to cancel the transaction. The buyer agreed. Which meant that they logged on and responded to our case, but would not respond to our request to verify their address. So we cancelled the transaction, refunded their money, put them on our blocked buyer list, relisted the item.
So, what should happen a couple of days after this? Another card return ANK - "attempted not known", this one from a buyer in North Dakota. Same thing going on, he's not responding to our attempts to contact him. The address we mailed to is a confirmed address in PayPal. This is a bit stranger though, he went ahead left positive feed back and good DSRs. I know he exists, but other than that I don't know what's going on.
In both cases the envelope did not appear to be opened, but the packaging did - the tape was torn, very neatly & I'm positive I didn't put it in that way. But why go to the trouble to expertly open and reseal an envelope, then leave torn tape on the inside? Am I freaking out?
And we still have the buyer who bought and paid for a card then told us not to deliver it until he contacted us again. That was over 2 weeks ago I think. Haven't heard from him.
This is just plain odd. I don't like it.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
A Cabinet Photo of a Woman From Perry NY
This is a cabinet photo of a youngish woman who was probably from Perry NY, or a farm nearby. The photographer's name was Crocker, and based on graphics etc, we believe this dates to the 1880s-1890s.
The subject of this photo looks very human. I think that is why I like it.
Click on the title to go to the listing, if you're interested.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Loose Ends
I dont like loose ends, and there are a couple I'm dealing with at the moment.
The first is a buyer who bought and paid for a couple of postcards. I got them in the mail that very day, but then a few days later it ended up right back in my mail box. The post office returned them with a yellow sticker on the envelope saying they could not forward them to another address.
Weird. So I've attempted to contact her to verify her address, and I've received no reply. I can understand a person being hesitant to give out their address to someone, but I'm doing it all thru eBay (so I have an "official" eBay record of it), and I don't really know any better way to do it. This has been going on since June 24th. So I sent her another message today and told her I'd refund her money in a couple of days if I don't hear from her.
My only other choice is to mail the card again, on the assumption the PO screwed up. A couple of times the machines have read the return address & and an envelope has ended up back in my mailbox, but that wasn't the case this time.
The other loose end - recently someone bought a snapshot, paid for it, then told me not to send it for a week or so "until he knows where he's going to be". Ok, he's moving or something, I can understand that. But I really want to mail these things out.
The worst that could happen? 2 negatives, and low DSR ratings, potentially costing some money. That probably won't happen. We'll see.
People are such untidy creatures. Almost nothing is straight forward when you're dealing with people.
The first is a buyer who bought and paid for a couple of postcards. I got them in the mail that very day, but then a few days later it ended up right back in my mail box. The post office returned them with a yellow sticker on the envelope saying they could not forward them to another address.
Weird. So I've attempted to contact her to verify her address, and I've received no reply. I can understand a person being hesitant to give out their address to someone, but I'm doing it all thru eBay (so I have an "official" eBay record of it), and I don't really know any better way to do it. This has been going on since June 24th. So I sent her another message today and told her I'd refund her money in a couple of days if I don't hear from her.
My only other choice is to mail the card again, on the assumption the PO screwed up. A couple of times the machines have read the return address & and an envelope has ended up back in my mailbox, but that wasn't the case this time.
The other loose end - recently someone bought a snapshot, paid for it, then told me not to send it for a week or so "until he knows where he's going to be". Ok, he's moving or something, I can understand that. But I really want to mail these things out.
The worst that could happen? 2 negatives, and low DSR ratings, potentially costing some money. That probably won't happen. We'll see.
People are such untidy creatures. Almost nothing is straight forward when you're dealing with people.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Early 20th Century German Postcard
This is an early 20th Century German postcard we have for sale - it is actually part of a lot of 2, combined with another similar (but not quite the same) postcard.
Actually I can't date this exactly, but it has the looks of an early 20th century card. It also has the look of a hand tinted card. There is a sheen around the edges that makes me think of a gelatin-silver photograph, but I don't know for sure.
It's a pretty card, with a little rhyme in German and I remember enough German to understand what it means. It does not rhyme in English.
Click on the title to go to the listing if you're interested.
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