What do y'all think?

Dawkind

Dawkind

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I've never had this happen in the going on 17 years I've been a member here and have done quite a few deals.

With that said, I made an offer to a Seller here yesterday via PM, got a return PM with confirmation along with the Sellers Paypal information.

Before I was even able to pay for the items another PM from said Seller hits stating that he got an "I'll take it" in his thread and that took presidency over the deal we'd made even though there was no stipulation made by him in his sales thread to post "I'll take it".

I don't do that anyway since it's no ones business what I buy or from whom.

I just want to get an idea what you folks think, I thought it was a real lame move considering it was over $5 less on the two items.

Thanks for your thoughts....




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Well I could say a lot about how things have changed over the years but I'll save myself a lot of typing. In my opinion once you were given payment info the items were yours. Unfortunately ultimately it's the seller's choice who to sell to and since you arent actually out money/trade its best to just move on.
 
Poor form on the seller's part, for sure. I agree with rycen; its yours once you got the pp info for payment. On the brighter side, at least you were notified about nulling your deal before you actually paid. No need to follow up for a refund.
 
That stinks, basically welched. Guess it's his perogative though, it's not a popular way to do deals here.
 
Simple....

You had a deal, so how does an "I'll take it" AFTER you agreed to a deal take precedent?
It doesn't.

Imagine walking into Car dealer's showroom and they have one car X left. You make a deal with the salesman for X amount, and as he's about to right up the paperwork on the deal, someone walks in and say's "I'll take it at the sticker price"

What happens?

A deal is a deal, your word is your word, otherwise you lack the basic's required by a human to earn much if any respect....
 
It's the seller's right, but this was wrong. I would never trust that seller again. The seller lied.
 
The seller should honor his first commitment and no other. Seller should tell later inquirers the knife is sold. I'd try to not buy from him again.
 
I'd like to know the sellers name. Not that he is necessarily outside of his rights, I'd just prefer not to do business with him.
 
Maybe the "I'll take it" was posted before Dawkind's agreement.
Seller may be honouring the time sig.

There are ups & downs to all decisions. Perhaps this is an example where refusing post in the thread turned out badly. I'm only theorising.
 
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I'd like to know the sellers name. Not that he is necessarily outside of his rights, I'd just prefer not to do business with him.
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Exactly, I've put a few on ignore because of this very thing happening. I'd rather not deal with someone that doesn't fly in the same flock as I do.
 
Dudley, it isn't right, but there's something else just around the corner that you want even more.........just wait and see!

Paul
 
rycen said:
Well I could say a lot about how things have changed over the years but I'll save myself a lot of typing. In my opinion once you were given payment info the items were yours. Unfortunately ultimately it's the seller's choice who to sell to and since you arent actually out money/trade its best to just move on.
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Good advice to move on. I'll also add that whether or not you want to post an "I'll take it" in a thread or not is of course your prerogative but not doing so gives you less of a leg to stand on. Even still, the seller has the choice to sell to who ever, I'll take it or not. What seems not cool is essentially taking two payments and choosing the higher one. That is like backing out on an "I'll take it" as a buyer, which is very frowned upon.
 
I completely understand all that's been said except for the assumptions and speculations which are off-base but those are probably the same kind of folks that I had this dealing with....:rolleyes:

FYI.......I don't live on Blade Forums so I sent the PM at 3:33, the Seller sends a PM at 3:49, I get the email from Blade Forums at 3:59, check it out, copy the Paypal info to promptly pay for the items we'd agreed upon and, before I could open up Paypal and finish the deal, I get the other emailed PM that he'd gotten a posted "I'll take it".......that was at 4:02 according to the thread......basically 30 minutes later.

Like was said, he got another $5 and that's $5 more than his word is worth.....Karma's a bitch. ;)

I'm done here but there's the timeline....BUYER BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't for one moment think just because you've been told it's yours that it is....good luck!
 
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If the seller knew ANYTHING about you, your impeccable character, your contributions to BF and the larger Knife Community, he'd have given you another $5 off.

But, he didn't, and you're the schmoe. :rolleyes:

[jerkit]So is he. Sigh.[/jerkit]

17 years of good people and at least one fool.

Coop
 
I'm with rycen and craytab in the "move on" camp. Certainly a deal's a deal, and you had one, but perhaps the seller thought he was under some obligation (whether by BF rule or convention) to honor "I'll take it" over a PM'd agreement. Not to say I think your deal shouldn't have been honored. Maybe it was the 5 bucks and maybe not. It's funny how we all spend hundreds to thousands on sharp pointy objects that we really don't need, but there are those who might compromise principle for a five-spot or circumvent PayPal for 3%+35¢.

I'm also with Paul the Sheathmaker (brother of Omar the Tentmaker?) that something else better will come along that'll make you glad you still have your money.

As with everything, open and honest communication is the key and it never hurts to say "I'm sorry" publicly for someone getting short-changed, even if one doesn't feel one did anything wrong. It is what it is, though.
 
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I'd like to know who the seller is also, because I dun wanna deal with somebody who can't read a clock.

Seriously crap move on the seller's part. A deal is a deal.
 
That sucks Dudley... On behalf of sellers with integrity, I would like to make amends by inviting you to purchase any of my available blades with no fear of having your money rejected. :cool::thumbup:
 
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