Karma - Finally!

It doesn't take much to really set me off. I've been told I'm too sensitive or that I let things bother me too much. This is generally a bad thing - however, on the plus side, I am easily pleased.

Something that really bothered me, that really shouldn't have, occurred over the last week or so. I had put some items on ebay for auction. I had sold several and received payment for 3 out of 4. I shipped the items within two days and then went on vacation. In my auctions, I point out that the winner of the auction has 3 days to contact me and 7 days to pay.

I left a message for the buyer I hadn't heard from and figured I'd check paypal when I got back from LA. (I only accept paypal). I never heard from her. Then I checked her feedback (a little late!) and she had four other negatives for being a non-paying bidder. (out of like 9 feedbacks all together). So I reported her to ebay (by then it had been 10 days with no response).

Well! If you want to get someone to respond, contact ebay! She sent me a bitchy response about how I didn't need to report her and she was going to pay and blah blah. I emailed with her for about a day and a half and she just kept pissing me off by being such a bitch about it. So I closed the dispute and left a message with ebay that we weren't finishing the transaction and that I didn't want to correspond with her anymore.

They put a non-paying bidder strike on her account. Then she was really mad and contacted me through "ask seller a question." She left me a negative feedback (my first!) about how she paid and never received her item. Then she somehow got the strike removed from her account (ebay sent me an email letting me know that it was removed!). She said it was because she showed them proof that she paid. Back and forth for two days of "I paid" and "uh, no you didn't."

She never sent me anything showing she paid. So I just wrote her off and left her a negative feedback. I was mad at ebay for dropping the ball and at her for knowing how to work the system.

Then on Monday, I got another email. And it was nicer. She asked when I was sending the item. I replied that I hadn't received her payment yet (still!). She assured me that she sent it and that it came out of her account already. I helpfully (hee!) told her that I would double check my account - when the money was still not there (shock!) I told her that I never received it and that she might want to contact paypal to make sure she sent the payment to the correct email or to get a refund if the transaction didn't finish.

She said she would contact paypal and that she would make a new payment on Wednesday. ::sigh:: I said to myself, "yeah, sure" and said to her, "okay. thanks!"

Today(!) I got two more emails. The first was from ebay, telling me that they had suspended her account indefinitely and that the feedback had been deleted (Woot!) The other was an email from her asking for my address to send a Money Order because she still wants the item, and that darn ebay has suspended her account. Uh, sure lady....I'm not giving you my address!

So finally, ebay got it right. I'm glad I let it go and looked at the frustration as something that really didn't matter (I think her calling me a liar and knowing that I wasn't the liar was the part that was killing me) I'm especially glad that it worked out though and the bitch got what she deserved. So, I guess I'm getting better at letting go - but not so good with the revenge being sweet part. If only I could turn around and give her my patented GRIN and WAVE, then I'd feel even better.

Pumpkin Smile

I'm working on an attitude adjustment. It sounds a lot nicer than it really is. (in more ways than one). Yesterday, on my drive, I switched lanes into the left lane (of a two lane highway) in front of a woman going 55 miles per hour. Read: there was plenty of space. She started HONKING and FLASHING HER LIGHTS. So I turned to her. I gave her a HUGE GRIN and WAVED (crazily) like Forrest Gump. She was very confused.

This morning, on my way to work, I kept telling myself. I don't care I don't care Idontcare. Because, in the grand scheme of things the bs that I endure doesn't matter. It really doesn't. If I don't let it matter, it doesn't. (do I sound like I'm trying to convince myself?)

I took the time to do my makeup and hair this morning. (and putting on my cute new pair of city shorts - inspired by Lindsey!) I got in the car (on time!) and started off to work. (idontcareidontcare). I was stopped at a light, next to a school bus. I looked over at the bus, and there was a young boy sitting alone in the bus. (come to think of it, it may have been a short bus. How sad. Hopefully it's just small because there aren't a lot of kids coming from his neighborhood or something...anyway) He looked at me and gave me a HUGE pumpkin face grin. You know, the kind where they are missing their front teeth?

He made my day.