OT-It takes all kinds......

danglen

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21Walker

I hate when smoeone takes advantage of a senior citizen. I hope you weren't to hard on mom. I hope d__khead upscale_autos gets his just reward..........sorry for your loss and buy mom some flowers........Rick

coinpictures

upscale_autos added to blocked bidder list.

That's just wrong.

oldshep

Shame on him!!! He should have known, pretty slimey if you ask me.
Shep

JZrarities

FOUL

Aethelred

Shame on that fella!

lordmarcovan

Moral of the story: never leave a bowl of Walking Liberty half dollars for sale when your shop is being watched by somebody who's old enough to remember spending them.

satootoko

<< <i>somebody who's old enough to remember spending them. >>

Hey, I'm still a youngster, and I recall when they were woth money!

1jester

Is d_ckhead upscale_autos a Lightsider by any chance?

Seriously, that was extremely wrong. What a liar, cheat, scammer, etc. he is.

IlikeZARcoins

Sorry to hear about your loss.

What a b#@$^#d taking advantage of an elderly woman like that, now if he took advantage of Jester that would be alright.

1jester

<< <i>What a b#@$^#d taking advantage of an elderly woman like that, now if he took advantage of Jester that would be alright. >>



Good one!!

SYRACUSIAN

which left the responsibility for running the store to my 82 year old mother-in-law. Now, she's a super lady and does a wonderful job as the head of my shipping department,





Shame on this guy, but don't let this get you down Dan, I'm sure you don't wish that your mother-in-law outlives you due to unnecessary stress.

danglen

<< <i> I hate when smoeone takes advantage of a senior citizen. I hope you weren't to hard on mom. >>



I felt really bad for her....she actually tried to pay me for them when she realized what she had done. I told her that if that was the biggest mistake she ever made, she was pretty close to perfect

CIVITAS

Yeah, that's pretty low. Reminds me of the $12.00 Nolan Ryan Rookie card story from way back when.

DeutscherGeist

Oh the old Nolan Ryan rookie card story. I am a card collector so I know what you mean. After spending some time in the "darkside" of the collectibles world, I notice you coin guys are extremely knowledgeable about things even outside of this hobby....That is just my first impression.

Danglen,

Sorry about your loss, but I am glad on how you handled it with your mother-in-law by trying to lift her spirits. Everyone will suffer some kind of loss if they live long enough, so what matters in life is how you handle and come out of those ordeals.
May I ask something more in depth? What bothers you most about this: the fact you lost $140 or the fact this jerk found it so important to come ahead $140 while permanently burning a bridge in the process.

Like Syracusian mentioned, its important not to get bent out of shape after some kind of a loss because having the blood pressure go up and the nerves wreaked is not worth it, especially in addition to a loss.

My friend's father once had a discount store. His customers were elderly old immigrant ladies. One time he stepped in the security room where one can see outside of the glass window but not inside. I mean, he was trying to see what was going on in the store when customers think he is not watching. To his surprise and disappointment, he observed these elderly ladies load up on the cheap trinkets he had for sale by stuffing them in their dresses! He was not at all shaken about the loss, but actually felt sorry for them that they had to resort to something like this in their golden years--he figured something larger was operating there than just simple greed. Sure, he could have gotten angry and all, but some things in life should not warrant that. Being calm and collected sometimes works best in the long run. We have to choose our battles carefully and its not a loss if we decide to step away from one because the long term makes it unbeneficial.

danglen

<< <i> What bothers you most about this: the fact you lost $140 or the fact this jerk found it so important to come ahead $140 while permanently burning a bridge in the process. >>



The monetary loss is no big deal and I haven't lost any sleep over it. On the other hand, my mother-in-law has really agonized over her mistake and I guess what upsets me more than anything is that this jerk created all this angst in someone I care about and no matter how I try to assure her that it's nothing she needs to worry about, I can't seem to get her to let go of it .

MadMarty

Maybe he will post on the lightside how he RIPPED a little old lady!!!

Burks

Take her money and buy her a really nice present with it.

Works with my family. They push and push to give me money for doing something/them screwing up. After a while I just take it and "return" it in a form other than cash


Sorry to hear she was taken by some lowlife like that. Anyone with any kind of morals would have at least questioned the price.

DeutscherGeist

Dan,

I hear your pain. Your mother-in-law sounds like a very dutiful and responsible lady--a nice woman. She is taking this harder because perhaps she really wants to be a contributer in the family and not someone that is a burden. This incident might have reminded her of her vulnerabilities and fears she cannot reciprocate positively in terms of her role in the larger family structure. My grandmother is around the same age and there is nothing more that makes her day than being able to help her grandkids, daughter or son-in-law. Whenever my grandmother feels down or that she feels she is not able to contribute enough, I take out some of the WWII family photos and ask her to tell me who these relatives are and what they are about. She knows that only she can help me with this and gives her such joy knowing that I am fulfilling my goal of recording as much family history as possible---I take geneaology very seriously and I took it upon myself to make sure my family's history is recorded and documented as much as possible.

I do empathize with you and this is no easy task to try and lift your mother-in-law's spirits, but making her feel very useful again will soften the pain for sure.

wybrit

That's just not right.

coinkat

sad story...