Oh my gosh, men! They really just don't get it do they? Hope you weren't too disappointed. Keep looking!

I'd tell him I'd give him $15 if it's the right size AND he e-mails you the dimensions. If it is the perfect trunk and you've been looking, go get it!

What a jerk!

I was going to make a small road trip out of it with the kids (DH is at work) but it's probably not a wise idea to be dealing with someone that rude alone.

Unfortunately, we're leaving soon for vacation so tonight was the night. Oh well. There are others out there.

Now I'm thinking maybe I should put a cute bench there instead ... might start another thread with pics.

I would try one more time to get the dimensions from him, if you really think it is a great trunk.

Please slap him (after you pay him the $5 and get the trunk) for me :)

Jerk. If I were in your position I'd explain to him that you were prepared to pay much more if it fit, but since he's injected such negative energy into the transaction you don't want the trunk anymore. You just asked a simple fair question. You don't want that trunk--it probably has a dead body in it anyway.

RE: Dealing with someone like that with just you and the kids-- I think you are right. Even if it's the right one, I wouldn't feel safe with someone that rude!

I'd count it as a blessing that he was such a jerk. To me that just means there's something better out there for you. You already thought a bench might be cuter. If possible, look for something while on vacation. Make sure to take the measurements with you and a tape measure.

With the economy the way it is, who's to say he wasn't just trying to get someone out to his place to rob them. I'm glad you didn't go megsy. Too scary!

Although I am not religious I do believe in karma especially bad karma. That is why I am hesitant to buy used things such as this trunk that comes with the negativity(and what else) of that nasty man. Who wants to inherit that bad energy!

I wish CL had a comments section for each posting so that we could sound off :)

I was wishing there was a comment section, oh yes I was! LOL ;)

It's not just $5. It's a wasted trip if it's not the right size, and tell him you don't need anymore junk if it doesn't work. Wow, that was pretty rude of him.

I would not engage him-- not only is he rude, but he has a screw loose.

What a putz. For $5 he can stick it in his ear. (Although I don't understand the numbnuts who don't put such basic info as dimensions in an ad anyway.)

pharaoh wrote: "Although I am not religious I do believe in karma especially bad karma. That is why I am hesitant to buy used things such as this trunk that comes with the negativity(and what else) of that nasty man. Who wants to inherit that bad energy!"

But by this logic, you would be able to purchase very few new items, either, since each would have picked up the energies of those who had made it (and especially in a factory atmosphere, that's not a happy place) and everyone who had ever handled it, nor lived in any place that you had not built yourself... Almost any object can be "cleansed" or returned to a neutral state, ready for positive energy to come in. Virtually every culture and/or religious tradition has some method by which it's done, either by blessing it (simply drowning any negativity) or actively casting out any negative whatevers. Smudging or censing with incense smoke is a popular method in many cultures, as is asperging or sprinkling with water (which may itself have been blessed in some form). A good cleaning has more effects than just physical removal of dirt, and bringing an object out into the sunlight for airing-out in a breeze does more than just dissipate musty odors.

More than one of the houses and apartments I have lived in were very unhappy places when I took possession of them, so it has become habit to cleanse and bless it before I move in. I took a friend to see my last house just after we'd closed on it but before we had started any cleanup (of any type) and she wouldn't go more than one step inside. She did not know, although we did, that the previous family had been very unhappy there - they had been not-very-voluntarily relocated from another state with a very different climate and culture and hated pretty much everything about this new location, and their misery, anger and frustration seemed to have soaked right into the house. (We had noticed the weird vibe on our first visit to the house and asked the realtor what the story was on the family.) She came to our House Swarming and said it was like a completely different house after we had "done our thing". With this house I changed my usual cleansing routine to invite any "happy stuff" to stay and be welcome because I am sure that in this house's 109 years there has been plenty of laughter and love as well as sadness and anger.

Trust me, it was a piece of crap. You didn't miss out on anything.

Red

mari, i like your cleansing tips. Of course, one cannot avoid the energies of all the people who have touched a piece, but this was an outright nastiness, almost in your face. The difference is in the knowledge of the provenance.

I would forever look at such a piece and see the meanness of the seller!

There are a lot of uncertainties in life. Why not think of it as a rescue mission to liberate the trunk from this meanie? It's Saturday, you can take the girls, go on a ride, spend some quality time with them, plan on lunch either picnic or restaurant. If the trunk is what wou want, you scored, if not, you've had a nice trip, and who knows, it may be a cute trunk you'd like to have even if it isn't the size you needed.