So, I know I've been gone for a while, but give me a break: I've been in rehab...not. I've just really busy and then really lazy.
Anyway, so I'm here alone, (Andi's in the back) and these really wierd looking blokes come runnin' in. And remember, when I say weird looking, I mean...horrendous looking, with missing teeth, facial hair growing in odd places, and mullets that would make Billy Ray Cyrus proud.
Well, they come up all excited and such, and start to bombard me with questions.
"What is the price of this game?"
"What is the trade price of this?"
"I want to get this game, how much is it?"
"Why is the sky blue?"
"How old are you?" (WTF?!)
Well, you get it.
The guy then proceeds to talk about some obscure game that I've never heard of before, (Andi says it's horrid) but I play along for fun. Then out of nowhere, he looks at me kinda blankly, and says quite profoundly: "Ebay should have local stores, ya know?"
"What?"
"Ya know, like stores in cities so people can still buy all the stuff of the site, but in neighborhoods, so they can get the customer interactions."
(Bewildered)"Um...well, Ebay is kinda an online auction, not necessarily a store..."
The guy looks like he was gonna hit me. "OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE NEVER USED EBAY BEFORE!!!"
"Actually, I have...a lot."
"WELL, it MIGHT be NICE, HUH?!"
"On your world, it might be, but here on earth, I tend to think that 'E' means electronic, like 'E'-mail." (This went miles over his head)
He stared back blankly, and left the store.
Any comments, please 'E'-mail me...but you could write if you wanted.
-Brady
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Actually, I have heard of people opening their own brick-and-mortar eBay stores... mostly, they exist to help the impossibly-computer-illiterate sell things. They (the store peoples) write up the descriptions, manage shipping, and take a cut of the selling price in return. Not a bad way to make a buck, really.
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