B/S/T Etiquette

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I’ve never had anything bad to say about the BST section on the board before but this past week, two different transactions have begun to trouble me. In both cases, I responded to For Sale posts within a very short period of time after the cards were listed for sale (both cards were group listings where multiple cards were listed for sale at the same time). In each case, I was told by the seller that someone else beat me to the card I wanted. However, it was also clearly expressed to me that the buyer had picked up multiple cards from them.

While I realize that it is in the best interests of the seller to sell more than one card as opposed to a single card sale, I believe that the order in which the buying request is received should dictate who gets the card, not the greater sale amount. Am I in the wrong here or do others agree with me?