A local woman reminds us this week that not only should buyer beware, but seller too.
In her retirement years, Dee Bois is on a fixed income. She planned and held a small garage sale last weekend to help with her Spring cleaning and make a little bit of extra cash to help stretch her budget.
Dee is just like you and I, she’s not really experienced the hard side of life, not had too many disadvantages. She wasn’t even very upset about the loss of $15, the low price she asked for what was an almost new quilt set.
What she is upset about is that there are people among us who would take advantage of others’ good and trusting nature.
Dee took off her glasses and wiped tears from her eyes as she told reporter Christine van Reeuwyk the story of a rip off, a small one granted, but one that hurt more than her wallet — it hurt her feelings; it hurt her faith in humanity.
Her voice quavered as she described the transaction, and her disbelief that someone would go to the trouble of tearing bills in half in order to cheat another out of a few dollars.
Dee, however, did not let the event put a stop to her caring for others. She came to the newspaper to share her story as a warning to Peninsula residents. She knows that there are many people in our area who count their earnings even more carefully than she, and she worried that needy organizations may suffer losses even greater than she did.
Dee’s story is one we can all learn from both practically and personally: Always be cautious when dealing with strangers and finances and never lose your faith in humanity.
We are lucky to count people like Dee among our neighbours here on the Peninsula.