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Posted By: Joann

Jason,

I believe that saying you'll take the card "subject to" doesn't mean the card is yours. If the next person says they'll take the card subject to nothing, I sell it to them. But I am also very clear about this policy in my BST posts. So really, any condition of any kind doesn't hold a spot in line despite including phrases like "I want it" or "I'll take it".

The "subject to" or any other condition means the buyer is not obliging himself to buy, so to me the seller is not obliged to sell. As long as the buyer is reserving for himself the right to not complete the deal, it's hard for me to see how he can expect the seller to be fully committed. Either both parties are committed, or both parties are not. That's just the way it works in my black-and-white little world!

But Steve and JC? Wish there were a way to call it a misunderstanding and put it in the past. Both really seem like such decent people.


Joann