Fatsquatch
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So, I'm selling a pin on Craigslist, and receive an e-mail about it late last night. I reply to the e-mail, giving my work number, and telling the interested party to call me tomorrow (today).
About half an hour, he contacts me, saying he could come buy the machine tomorrow. I tell him that another party -- who had contacted me early this morning -- might come get it this evening, and that if they show up, it's theirs. I also explain that I stopped holding things for people on Craigslist a long time ago, and that it's a situation of whoever shows up first with the money gets it.
After a good bit of silence, he says, "Well that's bullshit", and hangs up on me.
Clearly, this isn't anyone I want to deal with, so I just put it out of my mind.
About 5 minutes later, he calls and leaves a message saying, "Hi, this is xxxx. I can come get the machine in a couple hours. Call me back." After the way he handled our previous conversation, I, of course, choose to continue ignoring him.
A few minutes after that, he calls again, asking the receptionist to patch him through to my supervisor. She forwards him to the CEO's secretary, at which point he leaves a message saying he "needed to file a complaint" about me.
Shortly after that, he gets a hold of one of the other ladies who works here, and tells her that he needed to "file a complaint" about me, and that he "wanted that damn pinball machine". She's completely and utterly stupefied.
After that call, he calls again and tells the receptionist that she didn't forward him to my supervisor, and asked if he could "speak to a man".
A couple of minutes ago, he calls again, getting hold of me and going off about how I didn't give him ANY information to contact me, and that he can't believe that I'm treating him like this after he spent 11 years in the military. I did my best to talk over his ranting, telling him to STOP calling us, and that I considered it to be borderline harassment. I also explained that I have his name, e-mail address and phone number, and would have no problem contacting the Knoxville authorities if need be. I told him a couple more times to STOP calling us, and hung up on his continuing rant.
As of this writing, all has been quiet.
Total...fucking...loon.
About half an hour, he contacts me, saying he could come buy the machine tomorrow. I tell him that another party -- who had contacted me early this morning -- might come get it this evening, and that if they show up, it's theirs. I also explain that I stopped holding things for people on Craigslist a long time ago, and that it's a situation of whoever shows up first with the money gets it.
After a good bit of silence, he says, "Well that's bullshit", and hangs up on me.
Clearly, this isn't anyone I want to deal with, so I just put it out of my mind.
About 5 minutes later, he calls and leaves a message saying, "Hi, this is xxxx. I can come get the machine in a couple hours. Call me back." After the way he handled our previous conversation, I, of course, choose to continue ignoring him.
A few minutes after that, he calls again, asking the receptionist to patch him through to my supervisor. She forwards him to the CEO's secretary, at which point he leaves a message saying he "needed to file a complaint" about me.
Shortly after that, he gets a hold of one of the other ladies who works here, and tells her that he needed to "file a complaint" about me, and that he "wanted that damn pinball machine". She's completely and utterly stupefied.
After that call, he calls again and tells the receptionist that she didn't forward him to my supervisor, and asked if he could "speak to a man".
A couple of minutes ago, he calls again, getting hold of me and going off about how I didn't give him ANY information to contact me, and that he can't believe that I'm treating him like this after he spent 11 years in the military. I did my best to talk over his ranting, telling him to STOP calling us, and that I considered it to be borderline harassment. I also explained that I have his name, e-mail address and phone number, and would have no problem contacting the Knoxville authorities if need be. I told him a couple more times to STOP calling us, and hung up on his continuing rant.
As of this writing, all has been quiet.
Total...fucking...loon.
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