too good to be true

Not naming any names here, but someone named one of the words in the title of this blog (but not any of the words in the name of the author of the "Little House" books) paid more than the debt on Laura and Almanzo's house in The First Four Years for a set of Easton "Little House" books over on one of those auction sites that rhymes with the kind of horse in the song that somebody bet on and wasn't the bobtailed mare.... and she didn't receive them.

The seller - who was listing "buy it now" sets of Easton books more often than Nellie was uttering "utterly too too's" on that buggy ride - promised shipment within ten days of receipt of payment, which must be via paypal and immediate, mind you. And it turns out that more than ten days goes by and said seller didn't actually have any such sets of books, because, well, gee, there was this story about a supplier in Canada or California or somewhere and waiting to hear from him, blah blah blah.

I did get a refund, but I'm warning you, as Lena told Laura while they were milking those cows, "Beware! Oh beware!"
- posted by pioneergirl at 12:44 AM