Business Ethics opinions needed Please

[lharri3600]

I guess my question is this, was there a scan of the card in a holder before the purchase was made.

[danmckee]

Originally Posted by lharri3600

I guess my question is this, was there a scan of the card in a holder before the purchase was made.

No, the card was pictured raw when it was purchased.

Thanks

[oldjudge]

Seller sounds like a jerk. I'd never deal with him again and tell him where he could stick the card, slab and all.

[calvindog]

From my reading of this conundrum I'd say that Dan is unethical.

[danmckee]

Originally Posted by calvindog

From my reading of this conundrum I'd say that Dan is unethical.

Jeff you are all heart!

Funny! and all heart!

[travrosty]

this is easy, of course it is unethical.

it's not like it was an honest typo, like he wanted to charge 400 and accidentally listed it for 4.00

a deal is a deal, this is a no brainer, it is up to the SELLER to have UPDATED listings.

he offered it for 400, the guy bought it, it should be four hundred and a lesson learned for the seller.

should the buyer be able to do the same thing? buy it raw for 400, it gets a low grade than the buyer expected, but not trimmed, now worth 300, he asks the seller to send him 100 because the card wasn't worth the 400 in his mind now. when you buy raw, you buy raw, with the caveat that it isn't altered or trimmed and it is accurately described, but after that, A DEAL IS A DEAL!

Did I say a DEAL IS A DEAL!

think of it from the buyers perspective, this sucks! he bought it in good faith and the seller should buck up and take his lumps and learn to take the card off the website immediately if he wants to send it in for grading.

[drc]

Duly note the original question was ethics not "Would it be nice?" It would be nice if someone gave me a Ferrari, but that's not a matter of ethics.

[teetwoohsix]

If it were me and I had it up for sale for $400.00 I would've honored the sale.

I wouldn't expect him to lose money, he could ask for whatever it cost him to grade it on top of the $400.00, but I think going about it this way (honoring his original price on his website) would probably insure a pretty loyal future customer. Just my opinion.

Sincerely, Clayton

[Jlighter]

The card is the same card. The holder it is contained in is irrelevant.

[bbcarddan]

IMO. I say a deal is a deal. If said card came back from grader as trimmed and only recieved an authentic grade and was now considered to be worth less than $400.00 would this seller offer it for less money now? I tend to doubt it.

[drc]

If the card was really away being graded and the buyer agreed to back out of the $400 deal, I side with the seller. If the buyer agreed to nix the original sale, the buyer agreed to nix the original sale. I'm assuming there wasn't an agreement that the seller would return later and sell the card for $400.

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by Jlighter

The card is the same card. The holder it is contained in is irrelevant.

Great point. From raw to a PSA 2.5, from $400.00 (which is obviously what the seller decided he'd originally be happy with) to $700.00 (because the buyer showed he really wanted the card by paying for it?).

"$400.00 + grading cost, the card is all yours, thanks for purchasing from me and if you ever need anything in the future feel free to contact me anytime !!!!"

Sincerely, Clayton