Non Payment on TIme Sensitive Eclipse Glasses

[alyaptiva]

I have sole NASA approved eclipse glasses this week and have 2 buyers who have not paid.  The sale ended on Tuesday, Aug 15, 2017.  I have tried to contact both sellers several times.  I have sent each 3 invoices and 2 or 3 messages with no response from either one.  I have local people begging me so the glasses I have left .  Unless the unpaid buyers are willing to pay for priority shipping, they will probably not get the items in time even if I mailed them today.  How do I handle this?  I am holding off my local buyers until tomorrow.  Ebay has not been notified yet.  Should I notify eBay or just take my chances and sell what I have left to locals?  The ebay fees for the two together are $12.41.  Help

[emerald40]

If you go on google they are beging given out FREE all over the country at fire stations and libraries to name a few.

[deep-garnet-red]

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@emerald40 wrote:

In my area, the fire departments are giving them out for free.

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Get some and sell them on here...lol

[deep-garnet-red]

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@missjen316 wrote:

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@thatsallfolks wrote:

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@d-k_treasures wrote:Maybe there will be no SNAD's because no one can see their conputer ...

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I'd laugh, but I have a terrible feeling that thousands of people will suffer permanent vision loss on Monday.

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Is it really that bad? I honestly haven't paid any attention to this eclipse stuff....don't know when it is but I'm assuming its this weekend based on this post? Don't know if we'll be able to see it in this part of California either and wasn't planning to watch but I guess we should stay inside when it happens???

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LOL!

Sorry to laugh at you. No, it can't harm you...unless you look up at it. Normally we are smart enough not to look at the sun but a lot of people are going to want to see this. That's why they make special glasses, or you can use welding glasses. Sunglasses aren't dark enough.

[sockmonkeydave]

@alyaptiva

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@alyaptiva wrote:

I have sole NASA approved eclipse glasses this week and have 2 buyers who have not paid.  The sale ended on Tuesday, Aug 15, 2017.  I have tried to contact both sellers several times.  I have sent each 3 invoices and 2 or 3 messages with no response from either one.  I have local people begging me so the glasses I have left .  Unless the unpaid buyers are willing to pay for priority shipping, they will probably not get the items in time even if I mailed them today.  How do I handle this?  I am holding off my local buyers until tomorrow.  Ebay has not been notified yet.  Should I notify eBay or just take my chances and sell what I have left to locals?  The ebay fees for the two together are $12.41.  Help

These items are free for the taking, in Southern Illinois, I got a hand full for the family.

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[emerald40]

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@sockmonkeydave wrote:

@alyaptiva

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@alyaptiva wrote:

I have sole NASA approved eclipse glasses this week and have 2 buyers who have not paid.  The sale ended on Tuesday, Aug 15, 2017.  I have tried to contact both sellers several times.  I have sent each 3 invoices and 2 or 3 messages with no response from either one.  I have local people begging me so the glasses I have left .  Unless the unpaid buyers are willing to pay for priority shipping, they will probably not get the items in time even if I mailed them today.  How do I handle this?  I am holding off my local buyers until tomorrow.  Ebay has not been notified yet.  Should I notify eBay or just take my chances and sell what I have left to locals?  The ebay fees for the two together are $12.41.  Help

These items are free for the taking, in Southern Illinois, I got a hand full for the family.

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Exactly.  They donated over 2,000,000 of them.

"With support from NASA, Google, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Space Science Institute's STAR_Net initiative has distributed more than 2 million ISO-compliant safe solar eclipse glasses to more than 6,900 libraries all across the US," according to American Astronomical Society's website about the 2017 total solar eclipse.

[loveyourimagination49]

One of the schools around here got some for all the students. They were recalled, so they decided to cancel school Monday.

[missjen831]

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@deep-garnet-red wrote:

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@missjen316 wrote:

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@thatsallfolks wrote:

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@d-k_treasures wrote:Maybe there will be no SNAD's because no one can see their conputer ...

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I'd laugh, but I have a terrible feeling that thousands of people will suffer permanent vision loss on Monday.

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Is it really that bad? I honestly haven't paid any attention to this eclipse stuff....don't know when it is but I'm assuming its this weekend based on this post? Don't know if we'll be able to see it in this part of California either and wasn't planning to watch but I guess we should stay inside when it happens???

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LOL!

Sorry to laugh at you. No, it can't harm you...unless you look up at it. Normally we are smart enough not to look at the sun but a lot of people are going to want to see this. That's why they make special glasses, or you can use welding glasses. Sunglasses aren't dark enough.

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Lol no worries I am laughing at my self over here too!!! For being so uninformed! Thank you for the info! very helpful! 

[thatsallfolks]

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@deep-garnet-red wrote:

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@missjen316 wrote:

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@thatsallfolks wrote:

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@d-k_treasures wrote:Maybe there will be no SNAD's because no one can see their conputer ...

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I'd laugh, but I have a terrible feeling that thousands of people will suffer permanent vision loss on Monday.

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Is it really that bad? I honestly haven't paid any attention to this eclipse stuff....don't know when it is but I'm assuming its this weekend based on this post? Don't know if we'll be able to see it in this part of California either and wasn't planning to watch but I guess we should stay inside when it happens???

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LOL!

Sorry to laugh at you. No, it can't harm you...unless you look up at it. Normally we are smart enough not to look at the sun but a lot of people are going to want to see this. That's why they make special glasses, or you can use welding glasses. Sunglasses aren't dark enough.

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If you're going to use welding glass, it has to be #14. The lighter glass is NOT dark enough. 

[thatsallfolks]

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@missjen316 wrote:

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@thatsallfolks wrote:

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@d-k_treasures wrote:Maybe there will be no SNAD's because no one can see their conputer ...

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I'd laugh, but I have a terrible feeling that thousands of people will suffer permanent vision loss on Monday.

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Is it really that bad? I honestly haven't paid any attention to this eclipse stuff....don't know when it is but I'm assuming its this weekend based on this post? Don't know if we'll be able to see it in this part of California either and wasn't planning to watch but I guess we should stay inside when it happens???

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It's happening Monday; the moon probably starts to cover the sun where you are around 7am PDT. You'll see a partial eclipse in CA; the farther north you are, the greater the % of the sun that will be covered. 

There's no need to stay inside; just don't stare at the sun, even if it appears much dimmer than normal. My concern is people who have counterfeit glasses, with no way to test them.

[jtzvwbug]

Hi @missjen831

"I've heard" that flowers will close, birds will fly to their roosts, and bugs will come out during totality. I've also been told to be sure to look at the sunlight on the ground after it's passed through a shade tree. The shape(s?) are supposed to be cool to see. I hope I remember to do that. LOL.

The Moon is supposed to obsure 93.6% of the Sun in my City.

[thatsallfolks]

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@jtzvwbug wrote:

Hi @missjen831

"I've heard" that flowers will close, birds will fly to their roosts, and bugs will come out during totality. I've also been told to be sure to look at the sunlight on the ground after it's passed through a shade tree. The shape(s?) are supposed to be cool to see. I hope I remember to do that. LOL.

The Moon is supposed to obsure 93.6% of the Sun in my City.

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How far would you have to drive to be in the totality zone?

[jtzvwbug]

@thatsallfolks

About 3 hours (200 miles or so). I thought about it, but I decided to hang out here with a bunch of friends. 

I'm glad you added that info about the welding glasses needing to be #14's. I can't tell you the folks who think any old welding glasses are going to be OK.

EDITED TO ADD AND FYI TO ALL:

[emerald40]

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@loveyourimagination49 wrote:
One of the schools around here got some for all the students. They were recalled, so they decided to cancel school Monday.

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Yes, some got out from other sources that were not compliant.

[missjen831]

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@thatsallfolks wrote:

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@missjen316 wrote:

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@thatsallfolks wrote:

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@d-k_treasures wrote:Maybe there will be no SNAD's because no one can see their conputer ...

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I'd laugh, but I have a terrible feeling that thousands of people will suffer permanent vision loss on Monday.

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Is it really that bad? I honestly haven't paid any attention to this eclipse stuff....don't know when it is but I'm assuming its this weekend based on this post? Don't know if we'll be able to see it in this part of California either and wasn't planning to watch but I guess we should stay inside when it happens???

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It's happening Monday; the moon probably starts to cover the sun where you are around 7am PDT. You'll see a partial eclipse in CA; the farther north you are, the greater the % of the sun that will be covered. 

There's no need to stay inside; just don't stare at the sun, even if it appears much dimmer than normal. My concern is people who have counterfeit glasses, with no way to test them.

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Thanks @thatsallfolks! I'm about 330 miles north of Los Angeles, so not Northern California but not Southern either. I'll make sure NOT to look outside at the sun when the kids & I walk out of the house to go to school!

[missjen831]

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@jtzvwbug wrote:

Hi @missjen831

"I've heard" that flowers will close, birds will fly to their roosts, and bugs will come out during totality. I've also been told to be sure to look at the sunlight on the ground after it's passed through a shade tree. The shape(s?) are supposed to be cool to see. I hope I remember to do that. LOL.

The Moon is supposed to obsure 93.6% of the Sun in my City.

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Thanks Koffee! Interesting stuff! I just checked and its supposed to obscure about 70% of the sun where I am!