I think it's fair to conclude that 50 or so % of the commenters here think this is fine.
Thank you for your feedback.
seller etiquette
I have been reading here for a decade, first recent post under my newly found login.
I have contacted a seller about a subwoofer for a fair price. I asked if local pickup was an option. I got a response that it was. I wrote him that I would drive up, from 2 hours away, in 3 days. I told him I don't want to disturb him by plugging it in, I would just pay and pick it up, as I'd trust his word that it works. I was ok paying full price.
I then yesterday afternoon got an email that I needed to pay asap or he'd sell it to someone else as he got another offer. I didn't read the email until this morning when it had already been sold.
Is this normal? Fair? How could I have avoided it? Should have offered to pay in advance? Should he had been waiting for my response and payment for a little longer?
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@viridian that’s not how my brain and moral compass works but thank you for the explanation. I think it is fair to assume that when a local pickup is arranged, the point is to bring cash, look at the goods and then go on our merry ways. I could be mean to a lot of people without any consequence, I can put dog poop bags in my neighbors’ mail box but I will not do that because I am a decent human being. I would rather bake a cake and put that in their mailbox. Telling the user what guarantees a sale (e.g. I might change my mind at any minute, if you don’t pay now is a swell approach) Lastly I still don't know what the feedback has to do with it. |
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