Check the stitching on the side panels before you buy, that's usually the weak spot.

Read an article once that called this the "zombie client" problem. They come back to life after you've written them off. In my experience, you have to decide if their money is worth the bad manners. I'd probably reply but update the quote with a small "reactivation fee" or just a higher rate. It sets a boundary that your time isn't something they can just pause and restart. Lets them know their ghosting has a cost.

Depends on who's reading it. Are you sending these to your boss or just keeping them for yourself?

Oh, the group chat is half the show now! I've got a friend who writes these whole essays about the ending music before we even see the opening scene. It's like a second screen you can't turn off.

Man, that sucks. I did the same thing on a dresser once and the paint peeled off in sheets. @fionanguyen has a point about touch-ups, but if it's chipping at the edges already, a touch-up will just sit on top and peel again. You gotta bite the bullet and sand it all down to bare wood, use a good bonding primer, then paint. It's a weekend of extra work, but doing it right now means you won't be redoing it again in another year.