B/S/T Etiquette

[Section103]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Imagine if a seller made this explicit, how would it go over? For sale 1933 Goudey #53 Babe Ruth PSA 3 12K. Please note that I have the right to sell to whoever I want and being the first to say I'll take it does not mean I will sell to you.

While this would be exceptionally unusual, at the end of the day it wouldnt bother me because

a) Ebay has a block function that is WIDELY CELEBRATED here and this is functionally the exact same thing

b) I typically try not to act like an asshole here, so it likely wouldnt impact me (you reap what you sow)

[GeoPoto]

"Don't see the problem."

Your view is reasonable for a purely public market where strangers buy and sell cards. BST wants to be less public and more intimate than that. Predicated on the assumption that participants are, if not friends, fellow members of a fraternity. As such, it is reasonable to expect treatment more akin to how family members or friends would typically behave. Choosing to ignore the first full price offer in favor of somebody else's subsequent offer would invite resentments and jealousies that friends would try to avoid.

None of this helps the OP, of course, who is apparently undone by the facts.

[D. Bergin]

I think if some zero post count "My old uncle haz interest, please contact him at phishing4dollrs@hotmail.doh for payment arrangements" type of fella, contacted me 1st...and then a well respected, regularly posting Net54 gentleman/gentlewoman contacted me 30 minutes later with their offer to buy...I'd likely accept the 2nd interested party instead.

Not saying that's what happened here obviously...just following the unraveling of this thread.

[MJRaider]

Classic FAFO thread.