Shamelessness

The other day I got an IM, inworld, asking if I'd drop my price for a large parcel (above 18,000m).

I replied that I'd just dropped the price the night before, and would give it a try at that price (or give them a try--it's divided into several smaller parcels) for a few weeks. Which has the virtue of being the literal truth, on all counts.

So in a while the person sent me a second IM, telling me that the reason they wanted my parcel was that the sim just to the north---a Protected ocean sim---had a name that was the same as a deceased person they'd been close to.

...........................Gosh, well, in that case, of course I'll sell it to you below my cost!!!!

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Of course my response was 'I'm sorry for your loss', but-----no price drop.

Because: THERE ARE SEVERAL PARCELS UP FOR SALE THAT ADJOIN THE PROTECTED SIM IN QUESTION.

So, no: it's not the case that *sob* the only way this person could honor the deceased would be *sob* if they could buy my parcel.

Honestly.

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I gather, from song and story, that people who do this sort of thing have no qualms of conscience whatsoever---if you can fleece the rubes, you've WON WON WON!!! That's the way they think.

May their karma come upon them!