what happens.



I recently purchased a book that I will claim to your face that I've read, used, for like half the cover price. Well it was supposed to have arrived along with the the packaging today. It didn't. Here's what I wrote the seller. My next post may or may not be from Cook County jail.


Dear X.XXX,

I hate to sound snippy. But next time you ship a book you might want to pack it a little better. I received the envelope that was supposed to contain Dave Eggers's "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" which I recently purchased from you.

Unfortunately the envelope IS all I received. Looks like the glue unglued along the way and the book fell out.

I'm not going to ask for such a small amount of money back or quarrel with you in buyer/seller ratings on-line - what's the point of that?

I'm just upset. Now I'll have to go break into some random Rutgers University grad student's house - or some other unfortunate soul who was unlucky enough to read that last Spin interview/blowoff - Whack him/her over the head with his or her unused/unread Gabler edition of Ulysses. And take their dog-eared copy of the damn thing.

Thanks anyway,
B.Reilly