On Jul 17, 1:54*am, Joshua McGee wrote:
I put an offer in Linn's to try to send some of the amount (absurd,
really) of philatelic material that I have accumulated -- country-
separated glassines from kiloware, old album pages, the nine extra
covers that came with the tenth that I *really* wanted -- everyone
understands, I'm sure. *I priced a large U.S. Priority Mail envelope
full of such material, fully and carefully packed, postpaid to
anywhere in the U.S, at $35, which I thought was reasonable and would
encourage orders..

I received a (fully-negotiable) U.S. money order in the amount of $50,
accompanied by a leaf of paper covered, both sides, in almost
illegible script. *Once I had figured out most of the glyphs, I had
then to understand the English, which may have been translated word-
for-word from a Something-to-English dictionary -- word order was all
wrong, and word choices were odd. *I worked on it for a good ten
minutes with the gentleman who works the counter at my mailbox store,
and we were able to decipher that the writer wanted assurance that the
stamps were not fake, as he thought this deal too good to be true, and
to guarantee that the stamps were NOT fake, he was sending an extra
$15.

So, maybe we can revise the old saying: "If it seems too good to be
true, just send more money than is asked for!"

--
Joshua H. McGee
Sierra Madre, Los Angeles, California, USA
Member: APS, ATA, ISWSC, MBPC
Trade?: *http://www.mcgees.org/stamp-offers/

What did you do? Send him extra material or refund the $15?

Blair