[marvymelvin]

It is obvious to me that Ed was, in his own way, trying to be kind at the end of his initial responses. Maybe he shouldn't have been nitpicky about your "threat" to put it into your safety deposit box, but I understand his reaction to silly threats in order to get someone to buy your stuff.

We se stuff like this all of the time, like "If it doesn't sell tonight I am going to...blah blah blah" Or my favorite, "if you don't have five figures don't waste my time". It's like saying if you're a poor sucker get lost.

When I am at shows, and see something I want, I will ask the seller what his best price is. Some sellers will inevitably say "but my offer is only good if you buy it right now." Or, "my price is only good for today". It is funny because I almost always don't buy it right then if they are silly like that. I just don't like the threats or manipulation. It is dishonest, annoying, and manipulative. It just seems like it is manipulative to threaten to put it into the deposit box if I don't buy it right now. I mean how difficult is it to go to your bank and get the card if someone wants to buy it?

Another pet peeve is, "buy it now before I change my mind!" By the way, when I go back the next day to the sellers booth, or weeks later to the shop/store, they always sell it to me for the same best price despite the threats. I kind of see it like this. It seems that Ed is just a bit annoyed by silly, immature, manipulative threats. At the end of the day you don't have anything we can't find somewhere else. I really want to give you the understanding that you were just being funny or sociable. But Ed clearly tried more than once to be civil after his comments and you got more and more combative. You are not helping yourself with manipulative threats to sell your goods, and definitely not helping yourself by posting your conversation. I know of many on here including me who will just turn away.

I have dealt with Ed more than once, and he is just a straight forward no-nonsense guy. He says it like is, his description of items is always spot on, and his pricing is almost always reasonable and right on without nonsense.

Leon, if you need my full name posted here please let me know. ***Name added***