Moral dilema

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I'll try keep this brief.

Trying to plan a wedding, but have no money so trying to cut costs wherever possible. So for wedding favors I'm going to make my own candles.

Looked online for bulk wax and found a deal on a online auction site for 45kg for $50. Usually this wax costs roughly $35 for 4.5kg so I jumped at the opportunity.

Emailed seller to confirm postage price (after confirming sale but before transferring money) and she has responded that it was meant to be 22.6kg but she will stand by her offer.

Is it wrong to accept the 45kg? Should I offer her a chance to get out of the deal entirely?

The seller is a local business that sells ridiculously expensive candles, I think the cheapest Ive seen is around $60. If that makes any difference.

I think candles sound lovely. I like favours I can take away to remember happy days. I would def treasure a small candle and think you you both when I looked at it.

I also want to see a picture of 45KG of wax...

I'm another one who doesn't "get" wedding favours, so I'd recommend you take the 45kg, make as many candles as you can, and sell the lot to fund more important bits of your wedding.

But - to answer your original question - it's fine to accept the 45kg. And post pics of it on arrival

Anyone else imagining tiny heart candles made with 1kg of wax and a giant fake wedding cake made with the rest?

Do you already have wicks and moulds? Presumably you've made candles before so you know it's not always as easy as it looks? Also, depending on the kind of wax you may need an additive like stearin. If you love to make candles then crack on, but it does sound like a massive amount of faff for something as unimportant as favours.

Splitting and selling the wax sounds like a good idea. Selling handmade stuff is hard, but selling the supplies to other crafters is much easier!

As a business seller myself, I have made some huge mistakes with eBay auctions. I've always honoured the sale because it's the only reasonable thing to do.

45kg of wax? I've just weighed a couple of candles, a big chunky standalone thing is 350g and the sort you put in a candlestick on the dinner table is 60g. Presumably for wedding favours you might be looking at a more tealight sized thing that people can fit into a handbag to carry home? So you now have enough wax to make many hundreds of candles....do you already do candle making as a hobby? I'm thinking melted wax all over every available surface of the kitchen.....

I Weigh about 46kg lol

I Weigh about 46kg lol

Do you live in London? What are you neighbours like? The quiet type maybe?