E-Karma
I purchased an item from eBay recently, which I paid for as soon as the auction ended. I was then a bit miffed when the item failed to arrive. I emailed the seller a couple of times, but got no response, and no feedback had been left for me saying that I was an A+ eBayer for paying so promptly. As they weren't answering their emails, I got their mobile number from eBay. I called the number, to receive a message saying that it was out of service. I then contacted PayPal to get my money back. The seller has not responded to PayPal and it looks like I'm probably going to get my refund.
As I do before I purchase anything on eBay, I'd checked out their feedback first, and it was overwhelmingly positive. When it looked as if things had definitely gone tits-up with my purchase, I checked the feedback again, and have been ever since. It is now full of negative feedback from angry people who have not received their item and have been unable to make contact with the seller. I've checked, but he no longer has any items for sale either. Some of the negative feedback that has been left has been from people who have sold items to him, because he was obviously the highest bidder on their auction, but who haven't received any payment.
All of which leaves me to suspect and worry that either:
a.) He's been in a terrible accident and is in a coma
or
b.) He's dead.
Obviously it could just be that he's a crook and has either done a runner or is now serving time at Her Majesty's pleasure. But if either a) or b) are true, would it be terrible karma if I leave negative feedback? Would it be better if I just leave neutral feedback, along with a message to his family offering my sympathies? Surly Girl has pointed out that if either a) or b) are true, his family are unlikely to be checking his feedback rating on eBay, but I still feel superstitious about bad-mouthing the dead, especially when it can't be retracted and is on a very public website.
Other news this week is that a doctor has told me that he suspects I have a "sensitive womb" which has left me feeling like a character from a Victoria Wood sketch. Although I'm still reassured that I'm "structurally sound". Why do so many men specialise in gynaecology? And how do they break the news of their specialty to their mothers?
posted by Kellycat @ 6:52 pm
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3 Comments:
You are a good person to assume that something must have happened to him. I would have assumed that he was a cheat. Hm, I sure hope he's okay.
As for the gynos, I have always wondered that. But I've only ever been to women. I knew someone whose dad was a urologist and I always thought that it must be embarrassing when someone asked him what kind of doc his dad was.
interestingly (or not), the boy at my primary school who spent every breaktime looking up girls' skirts is now a gynaecologist.
Hmmmmm...I think the negative feedback is deserving in this case as that is ridiculous. And if he's dead, he'll never know.
I just cannot go to the male gyno. CANNOT. They don't KNOW.
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