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Buyer Feedback and a Crazy Paceline Coincidence!
Last week I sold a saddle to 82Picchio. I knew nothing about him and vice versa. I don't know how many members this Forum has (10,000?) but he was one of them. That's all I knew.
He gave me the shipping address. I noticed it was a San Francisco office location. I asked him if I could avoid the hassle of shipping and drop it off in person. He said "sure." Or, conversely, if I lived anywhere in the East Bay, we could meet at a coffee shop. I told him that I did, in fact, live in the Oakland Hills. The transaction was beginning to look super convenient, which is right up my alley. He followed by saying that if we couldn't meet for coffee, I could drop it by his house. He gave me the general neighborhood. I laughed. "It's too bad I didn't sell the saddle to you a few days ago," I said. "My daughters go to school near where you live," I continued, giving him the name of the school. "My son also goes to that school," he texted back. "What grade are your daughters in?" he texted. "Kindergarten," I replied. "How about you?" "My son is also in kindergarten," came the answer. At this point, I was laughing with disbelief. "Well, who is your son's teacher?" 82Picchio gave me the teacher's name. "Holy crap, that's MY daughter's teacher," I texted, and gave my daughter's name. "Just a second," came the reply. About three minutes later another text came. "My wife gave your daughter reading lessons yesterday afternoon." Yes. It's a small, small, Paceline world. P.S. 82Picchio is a great buyer. Two thumbs up!!! |
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lol
wow, that circle closed pretty fast. |
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Very cool!!
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Good story.
There are currently 22,040 members listed, but of those, only 8,574 have posted one or more times. |
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Although after the fact, I learned that a forum member, lived maybe 100 feet away from me (technically though on the cul de sac across the street, so a different street). I didn't realize he was a forumite until he moved down my street and I recognized the pictures of his vehicles.
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That's a cool story!
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After I made a post about radio stations, member Plum Hill PMd me regarding the one that I had mentioned (located where I used to live).
In the ensuing conversation, we discovered that we had actually ridden together on an organized ride many years ago.
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Ha....that's pretty neat!
Crazy story |
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Along those lines, a couple of months ago I bought a dynamo hub front wheel from a Paceliner. I noticed we had the same hometown, so I did the same thing, offering to meet up. Turns out we live across the street from each other. I didn’t know he was a “cycler”.
Better odds than OP though, as my town only has about 50,000 people. |
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Always a fun experience when the world becomes that much smaller. Haha
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XX pal, so I confused...who actually bought your saddle?
Pistachio? His daughter? His wife? Your son? Or the kindergarten teacher? Please enlighten.
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Pretty remarkable the small world we live in!
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Good stuff.
I have bought and sold stuff to a guy whose wife used to workout with my wife. We used to send parts with them to personal training and called it express shipping. Love stuff like that. |
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I bought a trek stache on this forum from a bona fide friend of mine. Didn’t know he was on the forum. Started chatting with the seller and when he said his name I texted him.
Another time I bought tires from a person who was good friends with my neighbor.
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This reminded me of the movie, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.
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