A single negative no longer ruins a seller’s feedback score. Heck, I’ve yet to see a power seller that doesn’t have at least one.
But I agree that the ending is a bit pat. Whether that means the whole thing is made up, I don’t know.
I was thinking this myself yesterday - by rights, she should have been very suspicious of the fake buyer created by the seller, because it shouldn’t be possible for a third party to identify and contact the winner in an auction. However, maybe she just doesn’t understand that.
Can’t a buyer or seller request the contact details of the other party in a transaction? I thought this was possible.
It used to be, but not any longer. So back in the olden days, you could request anyone’s contact information for whatever reason you wanted. All sorts of back-door deals could ensue. And since this story didn’t say how old it was, it definitely could have happened like written.
I know that, but I thought it was still possible for a seller to pull the contact details of a buyer, and vice versa, if they are in a transaction (which, if true, does mean the angry buyer could track down the crafty seller here)
Don’t know if it’s fake, but the seller’s only mistake was letting the buyer know he was the fake buyer. Now he has to watch out for this crazy woman.
I find the story a little Too Perfect. The buyer was selfish, nasty and rude in all ways. She was acting purely out of greed. Whereas the seller was just a regular guy who acted like a perfect gentleman. And the line about the car dealership providing a great zinger at the end of the story was also too perfect.
It’s probably fake or, if true, highly embellished.