BST etiquette am I wrong

[Cody77]

I feel like I’m just repeating myself to everyone for no reason. HE WAS NOT THE FIRST TO CONTACT ME ABOUT IT. His comment if it’s still available, then I messaged him letting him know I already had interested parties. So therefore, was letting him know I was in contact with others and would add him to the list in case others fell through. I was confirming he was good with no fee method (many are not due to lack of protection) or if he preferred with fees and if he was willing to cover those fees. I simply sent him a message saying others were interested and if he was ok with doing one of those two things. I never said it was his, or he was first in line, or anything. I reached out and asked him a question and let him know of other interested parties. He never got back to me and the people ahead of him did in fact take the item. So I posted it as sold, before he ever responded back. If the previous potential buyers backed out then it would go to him. But without having an exchange of messages I never got fully into explaining all that. Telling him others were interested I thought was an obvious way to say he wasn’t the first in line and therefore had no claim to the item. At no point did I ever give him the illusion that it was his. But I was going to add him to my list if other interested parties backed out. It happens. I’ve had people not pay or whatever so it goes to the next person. His comment wasn’t the first and a comment before even let him know others had contacted me. I was simply waiting until the payment was made to mark it “sold”.