WTF??? Am I on Candid Camera???
Okay, I swear man, all the crazy shit happens to me.
So we have this little tykes Car bed in the garage that my husband wants to get rid of. So, instead of throwing it out, I posted it on Kijiji for $75. I've gotten a few calls over the weekend and finally got around to calling some people back this morning.
So I first speak with this woman, Mary.....here's the conversation:
Mary: "I'm interested in your car bed"
Me: "Sure."
Mary: "Will you take less money for it?"
Me: "I have a number of people interested right now so no. If nothing pans out by the end of the day then I'd be willing to consider $50"
Mary: "Okay, I will come out to see it."
Me: "Okay."
Mary: "What would be a good time?"
Me: "Well, I am leaving later this afternoon to take my son to hockey so around 3:30 or 4:00 pm would work"
Mary: "I'll call back to get your address and directions."
An hour or so went by and I didn't hear back from this person. I've sold a number of things on Kijiji and websites alike so I know the drill pretty well. 9 times out of 10, if someone says they'll call back right away and they don't, then they probably won't.
So.... meanwhile, I get a call from a lady called Genevieve.
Genevieve: "Hi, I'm calling regarding the car bed."
Me: "Yes."
G: "Is it still available?"
Me: "Yes.:
G: "Can my husband come by and pick it up this evening?"
Me: "Absolutely!"
G: "What's your address?"
Me. "blah blah blah... "
G: "Excellent. Just to confirm.. $75, right?"
Me: "That's correct."
G: "Deal. My husband will give you a call some time after 4:00 pm to tell you what time he's coming by."
Me: "Excellent. Thanks."
Here's the crazy part.
I get home from hockey with the boys and there's a pickup in my lane way and a woman and a man standing on my front lawn. I get out of my vehicle and I say.... "Oh, I thought you weren't coming until this evening..." To which she says.. "No, I thought you said 3:30 pm."
Me: "Are you Genevieve?"
Lady: "No, I'm Mary."
Me: "Oh, ummmm... I really wish you would have spoken to me before you came all the way out here... the bed is sold"
Mary: "you can't sell it to someone else, I've come to pick it up."
Me: "Well, actually, I CAN sell it to someone else.... In fact, I DID sell it to someone else."
Mary: "But I said I was coming."
Me: "No, you said you'd call back to get my address and directions and then I didn't hear from you before I had to leave."
Mary: "But I called several times."
Me: "That may be so, but I told you I had to leave for a few hours to take my son to hockey. You were supposed to call and speak to me before that..... BTW, how did you get my address?"
Mary: "I did a reverse look-up on your phone number"
*LONG UNCOMFORTABLE PAUSE*
Me: "Look, I'm terribly sorry, but I've already sold the bed and they are coming for it in a short while."
Mary: "No, You need to give it to me, because I'm here right now and I had to pay this guy to bring out his pickup truck"
Me: "Well, that's very unfortunate... and I do feel badly... but the other people have already paid for the bed so it is too late."
..... Okay, so here's where things got fucking weird. She stood in my lane way and just started staring me down. I guess she was trying to intimidate me or something, Now I've got Owen running around and at this point in time he's standing really close to the 'man' she was with and I'm getting rather uncomfortable with that. Chris wasn't home either. So I calmly told Owen to go to the car and get his hockey stuff. Of course Owen looked at me like I was nuts.... So I told him again in a very strong "Don't fuck with me voice".... OMG, I just needed to get him away from the situation and behind me.
Anyway, so this lady is standing there staring me down. Probably about 20 or 30 seconds go by and then I said "You need to leave."
Then her friend got in the pickup and started it.... she didn't move. So I told her to leave again.... she didn't move. Then he told her to get in the fucking pickup.... she finally got in and they drove away.
OMG..... it was waaaaaay too weird.
So we have this little tykes Car bed in the garage that my husband wants to get rid of. So, instead of throwing it out, I posted it on Kijiji for $75. I've gotten a few calls over the weekend and finally got around to calling some people back this morning.
So I first speak with this woman, Mary.....here's the conversation:
Mary: "I'm interested in your car bed"
Me: "Sure."
Mary: "Will you take less money for it?"
Me: "I have a number of people interested right now so no. If nothing pans out by the end of the day then I'd be willing to consider $50"
Mary: "Okay, I will come out to see it."
Me: "Okay."
Mary: "What would be a good time?"
Me: "Well, I am leaving later this afternoon to take my son to hockey so around 3:30 or 4:00 pm would work"
Mary: "I'll call back to get your address and directions."
An hour or so went by and I didn't hear back from this person. I've sold a number of things on Kijiji and websites alike so I know the drill pretty well. 9 times out of 10, if someone says they'll call back right away and they don't, then they probably won't.
So.... meanwhile, I get a call from a lady called Genevieve.
Genevieve: "Hi, I'm calling regarding the car bed."
Me: "Yes."
G: "Is it still available?"
Me: "Yes.:
G: "Can my husband come by and pick it up this evening?"
Me: "Absolutely!"
G: "What's your address?"
Me. "blah blah blah... "
G: "Excellent. Just to confirm.. $75, right?"
Me: "That's correct."
G: "Deal. My husband will give you a call some time after 4:00 pm to tell you what time he's coming by."
Me: "Excellent. Thanks."
Here's the crazy part.
I get home from hockey with the boys and there's a pickup in my lane way and a woman and a man standing on my front lawn. I get out of my vehicle and I say.... "Oh, I thought you weren't coming until this evening..." To which she says.. "No, I thought you said 3:30 pm."
Me: "Are you Genevieve?"
Lady: "No, I'm Mary."
Me: "Oh, ummmm... I really wish you would have spoken to me before you came all the way out here... the bed is sold"
Mary: "you can't sell it to someone else, I've come to pick it up."
Me: "Well, actually, I CAN sell it to someone else.... In fact, I DID sell it to someone else."
Mary: "But I said I was coming."
Me: "No, you said you'd call back to get my address and directions and then I didn't hear from you before I had to leave."
Mary: "But I called several times."
Me: "That may be so, but I told you I had to leave for a few hours to take my son to hockey. You were supposed to call and speak to me before that..... BTW, how did you get my address?"
Mary: "I did a reverse look-up on your phone number"
*LONG UNCOMFORTABLE PAUSE*
Me: "Look, I'm terribly sorry, but I've already sold the bed and they are coming for it in a short while."
Mary: "No, You need to give it to me, because I'm here right now and I had to pay this guy to bring out his pickup truck"
Me: "Well, that's very unfortunate... and I do feel badly... but the other people have already paid for the bed so it is too late."
..... Okay, so here's where things got fucking weird. She stood in my lane way and just started staring me down. I guess she was trying to intimidate me or something, Now I've got Owen running around and at this point in time he's standing really close to the 'man' she was with and I'm getting rather uncomfortable with that. Chris wasn't home either. So I calmly told Owen to go to the car and get his hockey stuff. Of course Owen looked at me like I was nuts.... So I told him again in a very strong "Don't fuck with me voice".... OMG, I just needed to get him away from the situation and behind me.
Anyway, so this lady is standing there staring me down. Probably about 20 or 30 seconds go by and then I said "You need to leave."
Then her friend got in the pickup and started it.... she didn't move. So I told her to leave again.... she didn't move. Then he told her to get in the fucking pickup.... she finally got in and they drove away.
OMG..... it was waaaaaay too weird.