So you've had a friend for 15 years -- you met him at work, you and your wives see each other every couple of months, and you invite him to your guys-only dinner a couple of times a year.
You have the friend and his wife to dinner one evening and while the girls do their thing, you take him into the attic to look at fishing equipment (or whatever -- fill in the blank).
While you're up there he notices some old model airplane kits you have had since childhood -- you always meant to put them together but never got around to it. (You probably have your First Communion money too, but that's another story.)
Friend (who sells a LOT of stuff on Ebay) says "Hey, those are E-Bay-able," so you tell him -- "those old things? What the heck, go ahead and try to sell them." Friend does.
Friend comes back to you a month or so later and tells you he was right about their having value, and that he got a total of about $1,000 for them. He hands you a $20 bill and thanks you for giving them to him.
Now, while you know you meant that he should sell them for you, you admit that you didn't make that entirely clear, probably because you didn't think they were worth much anyway and were being casual about the whole thing.
But somehow you're still not feeling quite right about the whole thing.
Question: What's your next step?
You have the friend and his wife to dinner one evening and while the girls do their thing, you take him into the attic to look at fishing equipment (or whatever -- fill in the blank).
While you're up there he notices some old model airplane kits you have had since childhood -- you always meant to put them together but never got around to it. (You probably have your First Communion money too, but that's another story.)
Friend (who sells a LOT of stuff on Ebay) says "Hey, those are E-Bay-able," so you tell him -- "those old things? What the heck, go ahead and try to sell them." Friend does.
Friend comes back to you a month or so later and tells you he was right about their having value, and that he got a total of about $1,000 for them. He hands you a $20 bill and thanks you for giving them to him.
Now, while you know you meant that he should sell them for you, you admit that you didn't make that entirely clear, probably because you didn't think they were worth much anyway and were being casual about the whole thing.
But somehow you're still not feeling quite right about the whole thing.
Question: What's your next step?