You know it doesn't pay to be nice. Try to help a guy out and he shows his apreciation by blowing off the front door.
We met at cigarfest 08. Tom got a bunch schwag x2 from the events. Some big metal poster things and a giant lighter and such. Stuff he and his lovely wife speculated they might have trouble getting on to the plane.
My wife and I drove down and offered to take the stuff they couldn't pack home with us and mail it to them. They were headed to Philly for a baseball game and would have had to find a PO to pack it up and then mail it home. I made the offer several times adding it was no trouble and relatively low risk since I had all the same stuff.
After some contemplation they accepted my offer and we met up and loaded the goods in our car. After we got home we dropped it in the mail. The small nominal fee charged by the PO was really no trouble. A small price to pay to help out some new friends, and it wasn't given a second thought.
Bright and to early this morning, still asleep from a hard night of drinking and watching the Celtics kick some LA ass, there is a knock on the door. Before I can even get out of bed the door gets blown off and smoke and hot embers fill the hallway and kitchen.
Left behind was a fiver of great smokes I have never tried before. A couple of them I have never heard of before. And then there was a ten pack of smokes for my wife. We can wait to get to them and burn them up.
There was a nice letter thanking us for going through "all the trouble" we did to send their stuff. And then there is a money order claiming to repay us for the out of pocket expense out sending the items home. A money order so I don't just rip up a check. For about twice as much as it cost to send the stuff.
Tom, Thank you. We were more than happy to help you guys out and it really was no trouble. This was a kind and generous act they may very well get you disbarred.
Good luck with the proceedings and thank you again.