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February 18th, 2008 at 09:08 pm



Despite being an overly educated, rational, fact-based person, I'm also a strong believer in karma -- what goes around comes around and all that other stuff about good and bad juju.

So the other day when Mini Me fed 50 cents of her own money into a snack machine for a pack of Lifesavers at the rec center and the machine proceeded to then spit out about $10 in quarters, I talked to her about how the right thing to do was to take the money to the rec center cashier and explain what happened since the money wasn't hers.

We had this conversation while about 5 boys who were slightly older than Mini Me surrounded us in awe of all the quarters we were holding. I'm pretty sure I heard one of the boys sigh and say "Oh, man...." when I started in about "doing the right thing."

So Mini Me took the money to the cashier and left with her pack of Lifesavers as the gaggle of boys took their turns trying to hit their own snack machine jackpot. As we left, I told Mini Me, one day your good deed is going to come back to you in the way of good karma.

I was reminded of this today when I went to the automated postal machine to mail some sea glass that I sold on eBay. I actually had two bags for sale and only one went. Instead of relisting the second bag or just hanging onto it, I decided just to combine the two bags and give the winning bidder all of it -- even though the person hadn't asked for it or even know I was sending it.

Of course, I didn't think about the weight difference, so shipping was more than I had listed on my auction. If I sent the package with the extra seaglass, shipping alone was going to cost all the proceeds the buyer had sent -- plus a big 50 cents out of my own pocket.

I was standing at the postal machine lamenting this and decided "what the hell." I've made some decent money on eBay over the last month -- about $300 -- so giving someone a freebie seemed like the right thing to do. Now, here's hoping some good karma comes my way.....

Posted in Odds and Ends, Freebies | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “Karma”

  1. Mooshocker Says:
    February 18th, 2008 at 09:13 pm 1203369180
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    Very nice story. You are doing well to share with your little girl a few of the things it takes to be an ethical and moral member of society. God Bless you......I am sure he does.

  2. luxlivingfrugalis Says:
    February 18th, 2008 at 10:23 pm 1203373409
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    Sea glass - pretty!!

    You are doing well - What goes around comes around!!!

  3. baselle Says:
    February 19th, 2008 at 12:50 am 1203382244
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    Good for you. Keeping a high balance in the karmic bank account is even more important than the balance in the "real" one.

  4. reflectionite Says:
    February 19th, 2008 at 03:46 am 1203392787
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    i once had an ebayer give me a free scarf with a bag i bought. unfortunately the bag was not what i had intended to pay for (ie. a fake of a very expensive brand, of which i had paid quite a lot for) so after much discussion over ebay i sent the bag back, with the scarf. she gave me all my money back, as well as the postage i had paid.

    obviously this has not a lot to do with karma! but your story of ebay and giving extra just reminded me of it...

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