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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2280882, member: 36230"]I always made it a point to give established customers the benefit of the doubt, and overall it worked very well for me. In fact, the worst results came from when, against my better judgment, I broke my own rule. However, I also practiced the old "<i>fool me once</i>" saying, meaning if games were indeed played, the next time the answer was no.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that this certainly sounds suspicious, but if he indeed purchased the (I assume) ebay coin, he's not going to have the payments option as allowed by you. Without knowing the details, perhaps this isn't an issue, but is worth keeping in mind. His lack of contact could also be easily explained; I couldn't begin to tell you how many times in my life finding the time to make a call or send a simple email was a monumental task, but this, of course, was the exception and not the norm. It's your business to run as you see fit, but from what little we know of the overall situation, I would email (or call) and in a non-confrontational zero blame/suspicion way, politely press for a response, perhaps using the payment issue, but also remind him you're a business, have other customers (possibly) interested, and that you need confirmation one way or the other by X day (I would make it before the end of the other listing). Let him respectfully know that if there's no contact, the coin goes up for grabs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2280882, member: 36230"]I always made it a point to give established customers the benefit of the doubt, and overall it worked very well for me. In fact, the worst results came from when, against my better judgment, I broke my own rule. However, I also practiced the old "[I]fool me once[/I]" saying, meaning if games were indeed played, the next time the answer was no. I agree that this certainly sounds suspicious, but if he indeed purchased the (I assume) ebay coin, he's not going to have the payments option as allowed by you. Without knowing the details, perhaps this isn't an issue, but is worth keeping in mind. His lack of contact could also be easily explained; I couldn't begin to tell you how many times in my life finding the time to make a call or send a simple email was a monumental task, but this, of course, was the exception and not the norm. It's your business to run as you see fit, but from what little we know of the overall situation, I would email (or call) and in a non-confrontational zero blame/suspicion way, politely press for a response, perhaps using the payment issue, but also remind him you're a business, have other customers (possibly) interested, and that you need confirmation one way or the other by X day (I would make it before the end of the other listing). Let him respectfully know that if there's no contact, the coin goes up for grabs.[/QUOTE]
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