Yes, there's a difference. speaking for it is not money. Paying money is money. The deposit was not only a hold. It was a partial payment with the balance due upon their meeting.
I just wanted to say...
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Yes, there's a difference. speaking for it is not money. Paying money is money. The deposit was not only a hold. It was a partial payment with the balance due upon their meeting.
I just wanna know what does one tell a member who they talk to and agree to terms with before someone flashes a deposit and you suddenly decide you’re not selling it to that original member after all. I’m assuming this is when the ghosting comes into play.
No, you tell them all discussions are part of the negotiation, nothing is final until money changes hands, and you are open to accepting another offer if another person can get you money first.
Alright, I understand now
Pwizzy was trying to get 1600 out of a 1300 dollar gun. He gets a few offers and then boom, rudilly hits him with full ask, all cash and a deposit. So yeah, he goes for the gold and takes the deposit. Then rudilly starts having some buyers remorse and tries to back out. Realizing he has neither a leg nor a floor to stand on he takes to dem internets to excise the demons!
Yeah, he should not have jumped on the deal so fast, but once he did he should use some of that ex leo/mil.gov awesomeness and just mam up and complete the deal. Not pwizzy's fault that he got jacked around by Captain America.
Yeah, 1600 is a bit steep and I bet that pwizzy would have knocked off some dineros if the condition was mentioned during the physical meet.
Now i think pwizzy should refund the money, and leave some negative feedback with a link to the whiny thread. but it could be a scam so I think waiting to see if those funds stick around would be prudent.
Rudilly paid 600 to learn a valuable lesson...
Oh yeah, and just so that we are all clear. I am a future pulitzer prize winning author of a yet to be announced Noble prize winning manuscript of my times spent giving 110 percent to all of the needy people in the world. And I am uncharacteristically well spoken, good looking and sweet smelling.
Pwizzy was trying to get 1600 out of a 1300 dollar gun. He gets a few offers and then boom, rudilly hits him with full ask, all cash and a deposit. So yeah, he goes for the gold and takes the deposit. Then rudilly starts having some buyers remorse and tries to back out. Realizing he has neither a leg nor a floor to stand on he takes to dem internets to excise the demons!
Yeah, he should not have jumped on the deal so fast, but once he did he should use some of that ex leo/mil.gov awesomeness and just mam up and complete the deal. Not pwizzy's fault that he got jacked around by Captain America.
Yeah, 1600 is a bit steep and I bet that pwizzy would have knocked off some dineros if the condition was mentioned during the physical meet.
Now i think pwizzy should refund the money, and leave some negative feedback with a link to the whiny thread. but it could be a scam so I think waiting to see if those funds stick around would be prudent.
Rudilly paid 600 to learn a valuable lesson...
Oh yeah, and just so that we are all clear. I am a future pulitzer prize winning author of a yet to be announced Noble prize winning manuscript of my times spent giving 110 percent to all of the needy people in the world. And I am uncharacteristically well spoken, good looking and sweet smelling.
When I started reading this I thought it was going to rhyme. Would have gone a long way toward your Pulitzer.....
What if Scenario.
A) I agree with Baton Rouge Bobby on a Thursday to meet him for a deal Saturday a.m.
2) I actually make the 4 hour drive Saturday after an early morning confirmation from Bobby the deal is still on.
III) I arrive 15 minutes early at the agreed upon place. Cash, Valid La. ID, and dna sample in hand. Plus the obligatory pen to sign the multiple copies of the B.O.S. he wanted.
Four) He is a no show. He is nice enough to text me and let me know that probably about the time I was crossing the Mighty Mississippi River Bridge, his overwatch ride along brother-in-law gave him $10 more and offered to buy him lunch for the item Bobby agreed to sell me.
In that scenario , Bobby is clean? No foul?
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falshooter
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That's happened to me on this forum more than once.
I suck it up and put them on my never do business list
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GunRelated
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Time and money (gas money) was lost due to a broken verbal contract.
GunRelated
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All you can do. Sometimes it is a cheap price to pay
Gator 45/70
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We used to call these people ''Welchers'' people without honor and their word means spit.
Most will probably stand on the corner and hold up a sign begging to.....nevermind, Mind went into the gutter.
Plenty that slither thru this form over the years, Be careful out there!
It depends on what your agreement was for that scenario.
I have done a "few" transactions on this forum... Check my feedback.
So it goes without saying (say it again Sam) that I have made deals and met people and sold and bought and traded stuff.
After a handful of deals you get the hang of it (or maybe you don't, so people are beyond help) and you figure out which deals are going to happen and which ones will not.
If the other party is being difficult in any way, slow replies, stilted conversations, too eager or too young/dumb, etc, you move on to the next person.
I always nail down the meet before I will consider an item spf.
And keep in mind you are dealing with another person that you are not likely familiar with. Sometimes it just does not work out, so is life. I have had a few interested parties on an item and I have had to tell multiple buyers that I have someone willing to pay asking price. I go by order of contact time and let them decline paying my asking price or commit. Seems to be the best way to go.
And if you do not have any feedback you will be meeting me close to home, more on my terms. And I will give positive feedback once the deal is done.
So it goes without saying (say it again Sam) that I have made deals and met people and sold and bought and traded stuff.
After a handful of deals you get the hang of it (or maybe you don't, so people are beyond help) and you figure out which deals are going to happen and which ones will not.
If the other party is being difficult in any way, slow replies, stilted conversations, too eager or too young/dumb, etc, you move on to the next person.
I always nail down the meet before I will consider an item spf.
And keep in mind you are dealing with another person that you are not likely familiar with. Sometimes it just does not work out, so is life. I have had a few interested parties on an item and I have had to tell multiple buyers that I have someone willing to pay asking price. I go by order of contact time and let them decline paying my asking price or commit. Seems to be the best way to go.
And if you do not have any feedback you will be meeting me close to home, more on my terms. And I will give positive feedback once the deal is done.
davidd
Expert in the field of wife avoidance
Last sale I made to an out of town member, I included an extra free box of 9mm ammo as a thanks to him for driving from Lafayette to BTR to pick up the item. What you describe, and what others confirm has happened to them, sux. Massively. So I try to go the extra mile when selling to insure those I deal with always feel like they came out with a happy ending. Or something like that. Well, maybe not something like that, but, you know, something sorta like that. Well, maybe not sorta like that...
I'll just stop here.
I'm pretty easy going with whatever it is I am selling. I dont like taking deposits and if the person is local I dont like for them to send me the money before we meet up. If someone wants the item bad enough they will find a way to meet up with me before the other buyers. I also dont mind holding the item for a day or so. I've only had one bad dealing here and that was just someone ghosting me. More so just a pain in the ass. Everyone else has been pretty upfront and easy to deal with.
I wouldnt have kept the deposit. $600 is a pretty big amount to lose just like that and I wouldn't want that to happen to me.
I wouldnt have kept the deposit. $600 is a pretty big amount to lose just like that and I wouldn't want that to happen to me.
It depends on what your agreement was for that scenario.
Bigchillin83
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they have evolved from welchers to snowflakes...totally new breed dude.. and they have the ability to identify as you are in the wrong not them... good luck
Gator 45/70
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No deal's with da flakes as I have no patience for flim-flam-Ery in any form.
Hard for me as it is to deal with 225 and 504 area code derps, Only exceptions being the online deal score/rating on here.
Then we have the 337 dudes that I'm sure are a F'k up mixture of Jewish/Cajun blood, Always wanting something for nothing those boys.
Good luck if you run into one of these as I do estate sales on most weekends, I talk to a bunch of em'
Anyone on here buy or sell a house? You put down earnest money, usually about $1000, and sign a purchase agreement and the seller takes the house off of the market. If the buyer backs out, the seller gets to keep the money. Usual exceptions are the house not passing inspection or the buyers can't secure the loan.
I see this as the same. I might not keep the entire $600, but I would definitely keep whatever it takes to make me whole.
I see this as the same. I might not keep the entire $600, but I would definitely keep whatever it takes to make me whole.
