Spaceweasel is a weasel

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Well, it was bound to happen, given a long enough time line anyone is bound to run across a bad deal. Spaceweaseal has earned himself blacklisted in my book. Here is the original sale thread http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=422591
Here is the correspondance after he said he would buy the Battle Rat:



Quoting shawn dukes :
Hello there.
Im sorry about the battle rat, but i need to save the funds for Sat.




Jason Anderson wrote: Shawn,

I have to say I am a bit dissappointed. I am debating on wheather or
not to put
this in the Good, Bad, and Ugly. We are only as good as our word here on the
forums and you are 1 mark against you in my book. It is not polite to
say,"I'll
take it" and then buy something else and come back to let me know you are now
broke.....I don't want you doing this to other Formites so I feel I should
share this experience with the rest of them......


Jason



Quoting shawn dukes :
And if u want to be a ass about this i can see your point, but i dont
think its worth over 245




Jason Anderson <Jason.Anderson@selu.edu> wrote:
So I am being an "ass" about a someone who said they were buying a knife then
backed out?.......If am the ass, what does that make you. A honorless piece of
shit who can't keep his end of the bargain?

Jason




Quoting shawn dukes <space_weaseal@yahoo.com>:

[Hide Quoted Text]
Listen if you want to be a bitch about it ill buy the damn thing from u.
Wait a min my honor wont allow me to deal with pricks.


Quote Jason
If you ever find yourself in Louisiana, come look me up! my number is
985-215-2269 my address is 16073 JR DRive Hammond Louisiana.....come on over!


Just wanted to share this with the rest of you.....make your judgement call, but just keep in mind his word means nothing!
 
The only way for an "Honor System" to work is when all participants are honorable. Spaceweasel gets the "honor" of being the first entry on my "Do Not Do Business With" list for this forum. Like Gravelface said, it was bound to happen eventually.:thumbdn:
 
Thanks for the heads up! Nice response there, spaceweaseal - WTF's up with that?
And BTW, did you know the small animal is spelled weasel?
 
Wow, that is truly uncool in my book as well! :thumbdn:

Is he the one that pulled out of the SFNO auction for this reason.....(quote) I will not have the funds, and i need to pull my bid. I am truely sorry, and do not want to put u in a bind, but i got in over my head here (end quote) at the bottom of this page http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120029335402 ? And shortly thereafter is asking for the Smog Warden to be released in several threads on the Busse forum, as well as posting a thread of his newly acquired Game Warden and new Busse Ripper he just purchased today. :confused:

Isn't your reputation on this forum based on your word? Stating "I'll take it" should mean just that! I can see some unforseen situation coming up that may prevent a deal but "I need to save funds for Sat" to possibly scarf up a different blade isn't a good reason in my book. So, $245 was a good deal for you when you stated "I'll take it" then you "dont think its worth $245" after you back out of the deal so you can save for Saturday's ganzaa?? :thumbdn:


Thanks for the heads up Jason and sorry to hear about your bad dealings with spaceweaseal!



-Ed
 
Man-o-man!

Some time ago I decided to buy a BM 42 from fellow forumite and esteemed gentleman, "Parker" and I posted a (essentially) "I'll take it" response before discovering that the knife was not lost after all. (My son wandered in and said, "You didn't lose that knife, I 'borrowed' it.") :rolleyes:

Anyhow, within 10 or 15 minutes I apologized and withdrew my offer. Now, it just so happened that I did so before Parker had a chance to see my post on these forums since I hadn't sent him a concurrent email. Well, long/short, Mr. Parker never blinked at my bladeforums faux pas. He in fact said, "no harm, no foul" and kindly and w/o retort relieved me of any unstated obligation.

Now, I'm not excusing my blunder. If there had been any harm, perceived or real, I would have sent the $ and never thought twice about it because I agree that participation in these forums is, to a significant degree, predicated on the conviction that every member here is only as good as his or her word and, as such, the integrity of each sale is dependent on that fact.

I guess I'm only writing to say thanks to Parker for not ripping me a new one and to say that I have read a number of threads from well respected and long standing members here re: this very issue stating unequivocally that "it's not a done deal until everyone's happy." It seems the only difference in the case in question, as far as I can recall, is that the thread(s) I'm referring to involved a SELLER changing his/her mind with respect to a potential sale. That is, a seller posted a knife or some-such for sale and then in the process of completing the transaction decided against going forward with the proposed sale. From what I can recall, a whole lotta members jumped on the "not a deal until everyone's happy" bandwagon and rode 'er for all she was worth. At the time, I took that to heart and remember posting that I was happy with that being the general consensus a long as it applied equally to both parties.

My question is: is that still the general consensus or no? If a seller decides not to go through with a sale after a prospective buyer says the magic words, "I'll take it," will he/she be subject to the same level of invective scrutiny (implied or otherwise) displayed with respect to this failed transaction?

Understand that I am not privy to other transactions involving this particular individual which may reveal him to be, in fact, less than honorable. However, there seem to be more than one post on GBU related to this arguably "larger" issue.

Thank you, all. (Especially, Parker! You're a class act that I only now fully appreciate)
 
Ruzster said:
If a seller decides not to go through with a sale after a prospective buyer says the magic words, "I'll take it," will he/she be subject to the same level of invective scrutiny (implied or otherwise) displayed with respect to this failed transaction?
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In my opinion, yes. Recent example here.... http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=421546

It doesn't appear to me that this is a one time faux pas here, it appears to be a trend with this particular forum member IMHO.



-Ed
 
Ruzster, I think if spacewease(a)l had no prior history & had replied half as thoughtful as you did he would receive more sympathy. Folks who have a history of saying "I'll take it" and then weaseling on price or backing out should be called out.
 
Though I do agree that both parties should be happy with a deal, I don't regard buyer's remorse as an acceptable reason to be unhappy with a deal.
 
Hey Guys....

I can see if this happened once or twice with something.. Mistakes do happen to all of us from time to time..

However if it's happening on a continual basis, then yes the person is a problem and everyone should be warned....

Jumping down someones throat their first time, isn't the way to handle it,, however it looks as though Gravelface has done his homework and has given several different cases where this is happening with the same person,, so he is justified in my book for posting the warning...

Many years ago my wife and I had a Huge fight, and ended up on the verge of her moving out..To the point where she agreed with a landlord in another town to rent an apartment...

I called the landlord explained the situation to him that my wife and I settled things and she wouldn't be needing the apartment, and I gave the guy a couple hundred bucks for his time and the newspaper ad. It hurt at the time,, but I thought that was the honorable thing to do under the circumstances.

Anyway,, nothing to do with this,, just thought I'd share how I handled a situation, something like what we have here...

ttyle

Eric
O/ST
 
I have sent Gravelface two e-mails last night with my cell number, and am willing to make this right. I admit i did handle this wrong, and i am not here to mess any one over. If he contacts me and still needs to get rid of it i will send the pay pal right now. I did not know this was going to be such a prob, and realize that i was a jackass about this. Once again to everyone here i do apoligize and will make this right if given the opp.
 
spaceweaseal said:
I have sent Gravelface two e-mails last night with my cell number, and am willing to make this right. I admit i did handle this wrong, and i am not here to mess any one over. If he contacts me and still needs to get rid of it i will send the pay pal right now. I did not know this was going to be such a prob, and realize that i was a jackass about this. Once again to everyone here i do apoligize and will make this right if given the opp.
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That's the right way to handle things. It's a shame that it had to be posted here to get results, but get results it did.
 
I've been watching this thread for a while, man it gives me hope for the human race when somebody wants to set it straight.
 
Shawn, It shows great character when someone expresses the concern to correct any matter they feel they helped to complicate, and your emails have been very cordial. Like I stated to you in my email, if you want to save your money till after tonight, go ahead. I completely understand needing every dime for an extravaganzaaa, and IF you want the Battle Rat after tonight, it is still in the sales forum. But please don't feel any obligation to buy it, and only buy it if you WANT it. Thank you for your follow up with this.

Jason
 
Spaceweaseal: Good for you bro. I know Gravelface appriciates this and so do all BF members. Now let's all get back to what we do best: droooooooool over sharp, pointy things! ;)
 
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