you are saying, but just as you pointed out about "providing some breathing room before a post is placed on the BOI, I would like to remind you, that you may be more inclined to give a little more courtesy, I am not of that frame of mind.
My position would be more like a creditor. If the bill is expected to be paid on the 15th I expect the monies to be their if not on the 15th than prior to it. Its good business and whether you agree with me or not, credit worthy people get credit because of their ability to meet their financial obligations ..........on time!!
Now I am using this as an analogy of course, but If I send you money , I expect some notification. I do not want to go running after you. "Foul play or bad correspondance" has nothing to do with the original post. The buyer just as the creditor, did not receive even an acknowledgement or a payment. The due date has passed! The monies are due, and the obligation would add interest if it were a bank! The lender takes all the necessary precautions in insuring that the borrower understands what they are getting into. So it is with the buyer who sends money to the seller (in advance, in good faith) . Its the sellers obligation to immediately notify the buyer. No excuses, The buyer could have retained those funds in his own account but took the good faith of the seller that the services would be preformed upon reciept of the funds,
Its one thing if the shipment was held up for 5 days or even longer. But their is no excuse for a simple notification.
So this is not just a pissing contest or me attempting to twist words here. I am a business man like yourself, and their are rules and regulations in the conduct , that requires a reasonable method of some fairness. After all, we are dealing here with strangers. One who sends money in advance to a total stranger, and at the very least deserves some basic consideration here.
One of the reasons why I have been successful in my business ventures, relates to my ability to keep the lines of communications open. State my terms clearly, and deliver as promised. I can assure you that I would not wait to hear from the buyer asking me if I received his money. I would have notified him immediately, and I would be kissing the ground that people trust me enough to send me money, and incidently CHRIS, my products are big ticket items, so its a question of how you want to conduct yourself in business.
In this case, this person whoever he is, does not care, assumes he will get away with stealing $ 450.00 and possibly others that we may not even know about as yet. So I do understand very well, and I am not missing the point, its just my safety mechanics differ from yours, or possibly I may be a bit more stringent in my business behavours. By the way, Chris, people in general prefer to be notified sooner rather than later when money is involved. In this case, as we both now have reached the same conclusion, we have a theft, a felony. If the Method of Operation remains the same, this may be just the tip of the iceberg. So its imperative to act on these signs as quickly as possible.
So CHRIS, I understand your positon very well, and certainly I dont mean to be repetative in my argument, but my good experience not only in business but as a law enforcement officers intuition, I prefer to err on the side of caution. I would be the first to apologize if this thread turned out to be that I was wrong and that I was hasty in my own prejudgement. But my worst fears have born fruit. If you email me at
fruitflies1@bellsouth.net I would like to send you some things (herp related) that you may find interesting. Respectfully, JERRY