Monday's Act of Random Kindness

I would love to hear about your Random Acts of Kindess. Feel free to share in the comments below or if you post about them, leave a link and I'll come visit!

My Random Acts of Kindness:

1. A few months ago I gave a friend who has two dogs, leftover treats from when Maggie lived with us. We had bones, biscuits, and other items and they were all stored in large tupperware containers that I had picked up at flea markets and yardsales just for that purpose. Well, when we spoke last week, she told me how many uses she had found for the two containers since she had emptied them of the treats. So I told her she could keep them. She didnt' want to at first, but I convinced her.

2. I sell items on Ebay. I have not been in the habit of waiting until checks clear before I ship items and in 5 years, I haven't gotten burned yet. A month ago a lady purchased a dragon costume from me. Right away she emailed and said the check was in the mail. Two weeks passed and I hadn't recieved the check (I allowed extra time as she was on the other side of the country). I contacted her via Ebay and after a day or so, I heard back that there had been illness in her family and she was sorry for the delay. No biggie I assured her and within a week I had the money. I shipped the costume right away. About 5 days after I cashed the check, it came back to me from my bank that it has bounced and they were adding a 5.00 fee. I emailed via Ebay again and told her I understood how these things could happen and would she please contact me so we could work out another way for her to get the funds to me. Then I heard from her sister. The purchaser was in the hospital and would square all of this away as soon as she could. I thought about it a bit. I realize that it is possible this is all a scam, but when I read her feedback, I saw that it was good until a couple of weeks ago when she had failed to get payments to a couple of people for purchase she made the same time as mine. Regardless of whether this woman is truly ill (which I believe she is) or she has fallen on hard time suddenly for a different reason, it was obvious that something was going on. So I emailed the sister back and told her to accept the costume as a gift from me. I suggested she email the other two sellers that had not been paid and explain what was going on to them. I also emailed the other two sellers (newer to Ebay than I) and suggested that if they heard from the buyer, they might want to consider removing their negative feedback due to extrenuating circumstances. I am not rolling in money, in fact my husband is out of work right now, but if this woman is truly ill, then she has enough on her mind right now.

So those are my two out of the ordinary acts of kindness for the week. I also let people out ahead of me in traffic and called cashier's by their name when checking out. You can read my first post about other acts of kindness if you missed it last week.