Posted By:
AaronDear Ryan:
You had me worried! Here I was thinking that you'd grown tired of humiliating yourself in a public meltdown worthy of fellow dealer Greg at BOTN. For those of you unaware (and judging by the sales results, alot of you are) Ryan runs a series of (rather unsuccessful) auctions for Cuban-based issues.
I had worried you might be afraid your behavior might be viewed as obsessive, psychologically-imbalanced, and irrational and might scare off potential new customers (and if anybody needs new customers, it's you!). I mean, no prospective customer wants to think if they have a disagreement with a dealer they will be inundated with spam and threats of physical violence. But here you are just as diligent as ever. Apparently the prospect of lost sales and making an a$$ of yourself pales in comparison to your primal need for your new issue of OCM!
BTW, don't sell yourself short! You sent me TWO e-mails, which I will copy in complete text for the benefit of the board: "October 14th, 10:13 pm and still no magazine" and "October 15th, 8:18 am and still no magazine".
Unfortunately, I've had to ask Bill to issue you a warning against spamming. Not that I don't enjoy your unsolicited e-mails, but I'm afraid other lurkers and posters reading your posts might not be so understanding toward what may be seen as obsessive behavior and might be discouraged from logging in and/or posting if they believe it will leave them vulnerable to spam and cyber-stalking.
However, I am of course, more than happy to communicate with you via this thread. And don't think I don't appreciate the round-the-clock vigil you are keeping toward your new issue of OCM! Some might have jobs, spouses, or children to distract them, but not you! Your-single minded focused ability to spend the last three days thinking about nothing but me and updating me of the delivery status of your OCM issue is truly admirable. There can be no doubt I have truly become the singular focus of your entire life, and for that I am flattered!
Unfortunately, I'm one of those working stiffs and don't have the same luxury as you to sit around the house all day in my bathrobe staring at the mailbox (when your not posting updates here that is) while pining away for my new issue of OCM.
Still, today is the day: October 15th. If I get home from work today and my new issue is not waiting for me, I am going to write a very stern letter to the editor. Perhaps if your issue does not arrive today, we can write the letter jointly (there's always strength in numbers!).
Yours truly,
Aaron