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[–] philpo@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Had a similar one as well in a former neighbourhood I used to live. Turns out the guy is one of the biggest online sellers and keeps the shop for some legal reasons/for customers to come and see an object in real life/to keep him entertained while in reality he had tremendous trade volumes online.

[–] frippa@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The fact is that the store owner is a massive boomer, I need to write him via sms because he doesn't have WhatsApp (ubiquitous in Italy and all of Europe) and only owns a dumb phone, as an online seller myself, I think a smartphone is a must these days. He doesn't have a site, he thinks eBay is the devil (and as an ebay seller, that's true, but for other reasons) so I don't think he's an online seller, he's just not the type

[–] philpo@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, in that case he is very likely just living off inheritance or something. I know exactly what you mean, though - initially I thought the guy I described above is "your" type of guy. I know more than enough of these idiots but most now have a smartphone to read telegram channels it seems.

And the guy I mean still is a huge boomer and asshole, nevertheless. Both online and offline reviews are horrible.

BTW: Salutami il mio amore segreto, l'Italia. Ancora poche settimane e finalmente potrò tornare a trovarvi.

[–] frippa@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Beh, se passi a Roma non passare da "la lucerna" o passaci, se è il tuo tipo di negozio

(è il negozio di cui parlo nel post, se non si fosse capito) buona fortuna nella tua visita!