To eat crow implies, at its mildest, an unpleasant action since the flesh of the crow is believed to be unpalatable. As an expression, it denotes the anguish of humiliation at having to admit to wrongdoing or fallability, usually in the wake of hubristic actions or words.
Three or so weeks ago I placed an ad to sell multiple items. I gave my usual "unconditional no questions asked money back if not happy with the purchase". It was a mix of stuff, Emerson knives, troy sights, troy rail, surefire light,helmit light, surefire mag. Priced the stuff pretty reasonable. The stuff sparked a lot of interest with questions, request for pictures, the "if it's this one I will take it, I will take it, would you trade for this?, how about $30 less than I asked. All very good legitimate offers and questions. After a day or two and seven hours on the computer trying very hard to put the "I'll take it" into chronological order, I realized that communication on the ad, PM's, emails and texts which are logged by different time zones, GMT, referance numbers ect..., I was way over my head and shotgunned out the "You got it", "I will get it out on Monday. Four of the five items sold were sent out on Monday but the fifth was high centered about two weeks late being sent out. I'm not much on excuses especially for myself and I made a real nice fellow from Columbia MD very angry. This fellow had the right to be angry. Just about the time he received his item and his hopes were high, I had sent an item that I had described WRONG. Now this nice fellow is really angry and he had the right to be. I created an ad that the delivery was FUBAR. I learned a lesson, I can make it right with this fellow and there is not a chance in the world that I will make this mistake again. If you are out there and my ad caused you grief in any way, let me know and I will fix MY mistake.
Have a Marry Christmas and may God bless our soldiers, their familys and all of you.
Ken Stuteville
Three or so weeks ago I placed an ad to sell multiple items. I gave my usual "unconditional no questions asked money back if not happy with the purchase". It was a mix of stuff, Emerson knives, troy sights, troy rail, surefire light,helmit light, surefire mag. Priced the stuff pretty reasonable. The stuff sparked a lot of interest with questions, request for pictures, the "if it's this one I will take it, I will take it, would you trade for this?, how about $30 less than I asked. All very good legitimate offers and questions. After a day or two and seven hours on the computer trying very hard to put the "I'll take it" into chronological order, I realized that communication on the ad, PM's, emails and texts which are logged by different time zones, GMT, referance numbers ect..., I was way over my head and shotgunned out the "You got it", "I will get it out on Monday. Four of the five items sold were sent out on Monday but the fifth was high centered about two weeks late being sent out. I'm not much on excuses especially for myself and I made a real nice fellow from Columbia MD very angry. This fellow had the right to be angry. Just about the time he received his item and his hopes were high, I had sent an item that I had described WRONG. Now this nice fellow is really angry and he had the right to be. I created an ad that the delivery was FUBAR. I learned a lesson, I can make it right with this fellow and there is not a chance in the world that I will make this mistake again. If you are out there and my ad caused you grief in any way, let me know and I will fix MY mistake.
Have a Marry Christmas and may God bless our soldiers, their familys and all of you.
Ken Stuteville
