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It's amazing to me when other people see their time as valuable, but have no clue about other's time.
I sold on eBay back in the late 90's early 2000's. I think the item sold in this example was a book, or maybe a bundle of paperbacks. The person who bought them lives in a town about 20-25 minutes east of me. I don't go there on a regular basis, it's not near anything for us.
She wanted me to drive there and meet her in a parking lot, so she could save shipping cost, which was not high, maybe $5 for "book rate." When I said I wouldn't do that, but would meet her near my home, she said she didn't have time to drive 50 minutes total. She didn't seem to understand that was what she was expecting me to do. Even when I pointed it out to her.
She did eventually pay me, and I shipped her the book.
As an aside...this reminded me of an early sale, long before PayPal. Buyer paid me promptly with a mailed money order, but she didn't give me her shipping address. When I emailed her about it, her answer was she didn't give her address to people she didn't know. Several emails went back and forth before she finally understood that I couldn't ship her purchase if I didn't have her address.
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