I think I have got the hang of it.
Those readers who responded to my request for help trying out PayPal on
April 30 by buying my poetry CD, are all entitled to a refund. I can’t
charge people for helping me out. I think I have now processed these
refunds. If you purchased the CD on April 30, you should see a refund in
your own PayPal account…
…Except that some readers e-mailed in and said they wouldn’t accept a
refund. I love these people twice over. Unfortunately I am a lousy manager
of my e-mail, and have lost a couple of your names. So you will have got a
refund even though you told me you didn’t want one. Which is at least
better than the other way round.
If you are one of those who didn’t want a refund but got one anyway, I
suggest you accept it graciously (since I already know you are a gracious
person). Otherwise the whole business will start to resemble one of those
fights to pay the bill that I once, in a restaurant in Taipei, actually
witnessed come to physical blows… (Chinese culture note: If a Chinese
co-diner really, *really* insists on paying the bill, let him.)