This thank you letter to an eBay seller will give you feelings

There can’t be many emotional upsides to selling stuff on eBay, unless you include the joy of seeing the money go into your account, but one seller got a lovely surprise that has warmed the cockles of our hearts. Seller MarshmallowMatt took to Reddit to share the thank you letter he received from a buyer.

The 86-year-old wrote about what the VHS player had allowed them to do.

“I watched tapes of my retirement party from 25 years ago which I had never seen before. Jeez, were we young. Then a tape of my wedding with all the family and friends, many of which are no longer around.

Then skiing trips, kids growing up, travels, and most importantly the gentle maturing of my family. Each one more fun than the last. All thanks to your generous selling of the VHS player.”

The Reddit post has gone viral, with over 160 upvotes, as well as spilling out onto Twitter, where it continued to melt hearts.

This person sold their VHS player on eBay and got a surprise letter in the mail: pic.twitter.com/oaLV8dUFqR

— Yoni (@OriginalYoni) February 17, 2019

https://twitter.com/markmarklittle/status/1097312646548910081

This warms my heart on a very blustery day. https://t.co/OR15WZKkZG

— Marci Liroff (@marciliroff) February 18, 2019

Thank you for sharing :') This made my day 🙂 https://t.co/bIoCUjLLZB

— Asmara Wreksono (@miund) February 18, 2019

Some people had similar stories to share:

I put some action figures on eBay, a mom bought 2 but not the other 28 I had. She mssged to say her autistic son was excited to get them. She wished she could have bought more. I sent her all 30 of them, got a phone call, she thanked me and cried. We’re all friends to this day.

— Damien (@DFacobbre) February 17, 2019

I had once listed some brand new school trousers. A Mum bought one pair and we somehow got chatting in the messages. She couldn’t afford all 4 pairs but asked if they didn’t sell could I save them for next month.
I just sent her them all and some shirts I found.
She cried

— Twinks (@tinytwink) February 17, 2019

Son bought rucksack from ebay, came with a lovely letter wishing him well in his future expeditions and detailing where it had travelled already!

— guernseylib (@guernseylibrary) February 18, 2019

And you thought eBay was just for getting rid of your old tat.

Source: Reddit
H/T: Yoni Mernick