I just have to let some steam off big time. Whether I’m right or wrong I had to let off some steam. I really think God is testing me and see what I would do in this situation.
I sold Little Guy’s baby monitor on E-bay. The monitor is in good working condition so I wrote “no return on this item.” When I bought this monitor it cost over $50. The battery cost about $15-20, I believe. I sold the monitor without a battery for $20.
The woman I sold it to said it didn’t work if she took it off the charger and it doesn’t work (this is a week and one half later). I asked if she had bought a battery for it. I haven’t heard from her until today (13 days later). Here’s her letter:
Actually I have been meaning to write you. The holidays have been a little crazy. I am actually rather dissappointed with the monitor I purchased from you. Noo where in the listing did you state that a battery was not included. I have the same monitor that I use in my home. This one was purchased for use at my sons grandparents house. Everyone knows that these monitors are normally sold with battery intact. I checked battery prices on line and with the purchase of a neew battery I should have and could have purchased a brand new monitor once the total monies have been spent. I really feel a battery should be sent to me or a refund issued for the price of a battery. Please get back to me at your earliest convenience.
Yes, I left the typos in her letter. I really want to correct them, but I wanted you to see the letter as is.
So anyway, I called two different Babies r Us and they both said that batteries do not come with the monitors. I remember buying a battery initially for that monitor because I thought it was expensive battery. I will agree that I didn’t mention, and I didn’t think about mentioning it, that there was no battery, which would have to avoided this whole problem. But in my defense, I’m not spending more money to sell a used item. Otherwise the bidding price would have increased. But you know what, it was a good baby monitor. Number two, if she had the same monitor, then she would know how much the battery costs. (Another fat lie.) Number three, she wasn’t dissatisfied with the monitor, but the fact that there was no battery. Even if I did buy her a battery, she would have to buy another battery and another one after that.
So God is testing my boundaries to see how I would handle this. I didn’t handle it too well; my throat started to close up. I will give Witchy Poo her money back and call it a day. How’s that?
Enough said…
Oh, one more thing, speaking of boundaries…I’m reading this book called Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No to Take Control of Your Life. It’s by Henry Cloud and John Townsend. It’s a good book and they have a series of boundary books.
