User: Jerry McBroom
Item: Canon 24/1.4L
Comment: This nice gentleman approached me after reading my offer to trade my 24L for a 35L and after multiple messages, the decision was made on Sunday to execute the trade. I had become the high bidder on a pretty 35L and B+W MRC from eBay, and we decided once I got outbid we'd cross-ship our lenses to one another. I notified said user yesterday that I had been outbid to verify that the deal was on and provided my address to ship to, and he replied w/ his address and mentioned he would be using UPS since the hub is local to him and he had a shipping account. He also asked me to trade my 85mm for a 135 and some other lesser lens, which I declined ... Got to work this morning, cleaned the lens perfectly, packed it to a tee, and logged on to check my email to grab the address and received an email that he was backing out. I guess it's better that I didn't ship my lens on my way to work (which I was going to), and that I came into the office first this morning. Oh well, nothing really lost or gained in actuality, except a ot of time corresponding ... well, and the pristine 35L w/ filter I missed on eBay I guess!
For what it's worth, he was very pleasant, and I understand a change of mind, but this was pretty late in the game, and after confirmed agreement to trade so it's worth documentation for future prospective buyers ...
grantmichaels
Edited by grantmichaels on Oct 30, 2007 at 12:18 PM GMT (Reason: removed reference to buyers place of work)