Buyer Feedback and a Crazy Paceline Coincidence!

[XXtwindad]

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!!!

[vqdriver]

lol
wow, that circle closed pretty fast.

[madsciencenow]

Very cool!!


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[ORMojo]

Originally Posted by XXtwindad

I don't know how many members this Forum has (10,000?)

Good story.

There are currently 22,040 members listed, but of those, only 8,574 have posted one or more times.

[Lanternrouge]

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.

[JAGI410]

That's a cool story!

[choke]

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.

[azrider]

Ha....that's pretty neat!

Crazy story

[Spaghetti Legs]

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.

[mktng]

Always a fun experience when the world becomes that much smaller. Haha

[weisan]

XX pal, so I confused...who actually bought your saddle?

Pistachio?

His daughter?

His wife?

Your son?

Or the kindergarten teacher?

Please enlighten.

[MattTuck]

Pretty remarkable the small world we live in!

[commonguy001]

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.

[Dude]

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.

[gbcoupe]

Originally Posted by weisan

XX pal, so I confused...who actually bought your saddle?

Pistachio?

His daughter?

His wife?

Your son?

Or the kindergarten teacher?

Please enlighten.

This reminded me of the movie, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.