[Elfsea] OT about Craigs List Find -SO much for Chivalry

[Marilyn Wolffe]

I was so excited to see this post Lochlan posted yesterday. I called her, spoke at lenght with her about. This was to outfit young Wolfhart, properly, Now that he is 16, he wants to play with the big boys, especially the helm and metal shield. We agree to the price of 275, she said it was ours and said she would text me her address in the morning. I had even told her we could come up last night and get it, with cash in hand of course. No she said morning would be better.
 
This morning at 754 am I received the text with her address, and we were off. We live in south Arlington almost to Mansfield, Haltom City is not around the corner. On our way there, I received another text- Her son had three other interested people, and the price was now 300 -who ever got to her house  first with the correct amount got it. I tried calling her-no answer, we were in Bedford so we continued. We weren't first because they would not even answer the door.
 
So much for Honor and Chivalry, maybe it is a good thing that these people no longer participate, because they have none. I am discussed with the buyer too, but may hap they did not realize that there was a prior agreement or did not care. 
 
Myself(as a single mom) and children(they are now20,16&12) have been paid members since 2004. According to the recent BlackStar we are about average in play time. Also one of the reasons people leave again according to the BS is bad experiences-this is one of them(as well as our last event we attended). I hope the person who purchased the Armour's first fight is against a VERY strong fighter. I generally am not a vindictive person- but the experience today is how I feel the SCA is head towards.
 
LIKE IS SAID SO MUCH FOR HONOR AND CHIVALRY!
 
Lady Meriyan der Grat
 

--- On Fri, 9/2/11, Brandon McDermott <brandonsmcd at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Brandon McDermott <brandonsmcd at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Elfsea] Craigs List Find - $275 OBO for a complete suit of plate, gauntlets, shield, & helm
To: "Elfsea" <elfsea at lists.ansteorra.org>, "Steppes" <steppes at lists.ansteorra.org>
Date: Friday, September 2, 2011, 12:47 PM




http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/spo/2545239252.html
 
I foound this on craigslist and thought someone might be interested. $275 OBO for a complete suit of plate, gauntlets, shield, & helm. I dont recognize the heraldry, but someone may? I spoke w/The poster and she said it fit's a Medium Build Man?
 
Hope this helps someone :-)
 
Lochlan
 
 
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