Arthur was a regular eBay user and prided himself on having a perfect feedback score of 100% … because he’d never bought or sold anything. He regularly searched for items based in his home town of Adelaide and then would contact the sellers to ask simple questions, like:
Hello, I live in Adelaide, too.
How much will postage be?
Today after finishing his breakfast and wiping margarine off his beard, Arthur performed his regular eBay search:
“Items available in [Adelaide, Australia]“
He sorted the 20,235 items by “ending soonest”. He found the following:
Power board (Arlec brand)
Used brown sofa, suitable for a corner
Portable camping toilet
Luke Skywalker light sabre (no batteries)
Set of 12 tapered dinner-table wax candles
Arthur thought the last item was the most interesting. Could they possibly post wax candles across Adelaide? He’d ask the question of the seller now. Perhaps he’d get a response by lunchtime.
It was nice to hear from people.
I’m pretty he didn’t buy a baby bath off me once.