How Old is the Wheelchair?
Last weekend, I sent an email with photos to someone at Gendron to see if she could provide any information about the wheelchair I acquired, such as when it was manufactured. Early Monday morning, I was surprised to receive a response so quickly:
Good Morning! I’m forwarding your information to ____ _____ a retired owner of our company who should be able to help you and give you the information your asking for.
Great! That was very kind of her to do. I had high hopes, like getting a copy of an old brochure or something, but knowing when it was made would have been sufficient.
The following day, the former owner emailed me:
Dear Scott: The chair was manufactured after 1959 and before 2003. The chair looks to be in very good condition. It may have value to a hospital or clinic for patients with a leg cast.
1959 to 2003! Thanks, that narrows it down. I expected him to know a little bit more, especially since he owned the company. I don’t mean to sound ungrateful and I’m sure he’s too busy to waste time providing information to someone like me.
And what’s with “It may have value to a hospital or clinic”? Is he trying to say I won’t value it or I’m I just reading too much into his words?
2 Comments
Molly said 174 days ago:
Ugh, what a crap response. Yeah, it definitely looks like it was made in 2002. ??? And I don’t think any Leg Cast Clinics would look at it and think anything but “negligence lawsuit”. Maybe he thought you were going to try to sell it to him?
jess said 174 days ago:
Dear [recipint]: The [item] was manufactured after 1959 and before 2003. The [item] looks to be in [insert adj] condition. It may have value to a hospital or clinic for patients with a [random wheelchair need].
If I started a company 50 years ago, I might need some help with dates and nouns too.
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