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Originally Posted by dalecrenshaw
I would like to "Thank" the couple from Pennecamp that told me that they would be right over to look at a piece of furniture that we have for sale, that never showed up. I saw them look at the house number on our "Manufacture Home" from their car and they decided that we must be "Trailer Trash", turned their car around in the driveway, and drove off. Did not even call to cancel their appointment. I held up dinner for 2 hours.
Just to set the record straight, we are highly educated people (Princeton Univ, Univ. of Michigan for Masters Degreee, 40 yr. career in higher management at IBM, and we live in a million dollar house in California) and we could hardly be considered "Trailer Trash".
This happens to be our 2nd home that we use for 2 months a year to visit our relatives here. So, these people assumed alot when they stood us up. How would they feel if someone treated them the same way.
Also, this historic side was good enough for the founder of the Villages, Harold Schwartz, who lived on this side of the tracks!
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Making appointments to see items for sale and not showing up is not limited to people in TV.. I have experienced this same thing while selling items on ebay, craigs list, and local ads. Lack of courtesy to cancel appointment goes with the turf. I view these instances as a lost opportunity for them to buy not as a lost opportunity for you to sell..There are other buyers out there..