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Friday, April 21, 2006

Behind every silver lining...

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I was in a very blah mood earlier today. I'm never usually blah on a Friday, but for some reason I just felt melancholy. I guess it's a combination of the weather and my allergies and a bunch of other factors. For one thing, the trackball I ordered on ebay was late, and when it arrived it wasn't what was described on the site. Now I was going to have to deal with probably having to send this back.

When I got home and checked my email though, I got a nice letter from the seller. He apologized that it wasn't what was described; his supplier had assured him that it was the right item. He promptly refunded my money AND he said I could keep the trackball anyway. "Well," I thought, "that was very nice of him :-)." That's a $30 trackball that I essentially got for free. Now that's customer service :-). I made sure I left positive feedback because I certainly was satisfied with the way the issue was resolved :-).

Then I was able to buy software on eBay at a very reasonable price: about 80% cheaper than what it would have been if I'd bought it from the store. I was telling Steve about it, and he agreed that it was a great deal. I was talking to him and checking out the seller's other items when I said, "Oh darnit."

"What?"

"He's got ANOTHER listing for the exact same software that's selling for 10 dollars less than what I just paid for it."

I could almost see him rolling his eyes on the other end of the line. "MUST you look for every cloud behind the silver lining?"

I laughed. "...But gee, man, lookit the size of the cloud."

"Let it go, honey. You got a great deal on that software AND you got a trackball for free. Let it go."

He's right, of course :-). I'm letting it go :-).

...I *should* let it go...

...and I will...

...just let me think about it a few more times :-).


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