This is indeed one of the things I hate about myself. I second guess a lot of the decisions I make.
What should I have done? I spilled 7-Up on a cell phone, just out of the box, in my neighbor's cell phone store. I told her right then and there that I wanted to make it right. She said, "Wait, I'll keep it in observation and let you know what happens." Four days later, she calls to tell me that after much inner turmoil and indecision, she will reluctantly let me have the phone for 2,950 pesos, which at 13.5/dollar is 218.52 dollars. She insinuated that she was giving me a huge discount and that she was actually losing money on the phone. HOWEVER, she WOULD NOT tell me what the phone actually costs her. She kept bringing it back from the retail price and deducting from there.
Her story is that she was able to get it clean and it never did stop working correctly. She also says that two customers, after looking at the phone, asked her why she was selling used phones because this one has scratches on the screen. Mind you, these are scratches that my 7-Up DID NOT put on the phone. She says they were put there while she was scrubbing the phone clean.
Bottom line, she acts like she can't sell the phone, but she DID give it to me without even taking a deposit on it because I told her I just don't have the money right now.
If I hadn't caught her in so many lies up to this point, I would believe what she's saying and bite the bullet. However, I've heard her lie to so many people in the last three and a half years that I seriously doubt EVERYTHING she tells me. Additionally, she pulled out two phones that were supposedly also splattered - phones I KNOW I didn't see on the counter that day. Her long drawn out explanation of everything included the insinuation that she was going to absorb that cost herself. Liar!
I guess my question is: Did I do the right thing? Or could I have done something better or differently? As it is, I'm trying to sell a phone that will cost me 2,950 pesos. I certainly don't need it. I don't even like it.
Yeah, the pastor is a little upset tonight. I hate the thought of being taken to the cleaners. I hate even more the idea that all is right and above board and I just THINK I've been taken to the cleaners.
I guess we'll see. What do you think I should have done?