BST etiquette am I wrong

[Peter_Spaeth]

Jonathan posted he would take the card. He obviously was OK with the price and obviously intended to pay. At that point, seller should have waited a reasonable time to work out the payment mechanics. Not as a matter of contract law, not gonna rehash that, but as a matter of principle/etiquette/whatever.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Jonathan posted he would take the card. He obviously was OK with the price and obviously intended to pay. At that point, seller should have waited a reasonable time to work out the payment mechanics. Not as a matter of contract law, not gonna rehash that, but as a matter of principle/etiquette/whatever.

Hard to say without knowing what PMs the seller may have received from others.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Hard to say without knowing what PMs the seller may have received from others.

What difference does it make? Jonathan said he would take the card and given his long history here there is no reason whatever to doubt him. It's not hard in this world to do the right thing by people.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

What difference does it make? Jonathan said he would take the card and given his long history here there is no reason whatever to doubt him. It's not hard in this world to do the right thing by people.

How do you know someone didn't PM him earlier and say he would take it?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by jayshum

How do you know someone didn't PM him earlier and say he would take it?

The seller would have told Jonathan that, instead of asking him if no fee was OK and to let him know. The card was obviously still available.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The seller would have told Jonathan that, instead of asking him if no fee was OK and to let him know. The card was obviously still available.

Pretty big assumption I think given what the OP says happened. Who knows what the seller told someone else. Maybe he asked the same question and was waiting to see which person responded first.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Pretty big assumption I think given what the OP says happened. Who knows what the seller told someone else. Maybe he asked the same question and was waiting to see which person responded first.

That kind of BS would not reflect well on the seller either IMO, if that's what happened. In that case, the right response to Jonathan would have been, deal pending with someone else, but in case it falls through, you're next in line and let me know if no fee is OK.

[111gecko]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

What difference does it make? Jonathan said he would take the card and given his long history here there is no reason whatever to doubt him. It's not hard in this world to do the right thing by people.

Yep..

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Jonathan posted he would take the card. He obviously was OK with the price and obviously intended to pay. At that point, seller should have waited a reasonable time to work out the payment mechanics. Not as a matter of contract law, not gonna rehash that, but as a matter of principle/etiquette/whatever.

I agree it should be sold to the first person when there is a contract. Offer AND acceptance.
According to the seller it was around 2 hours later when Jonathan got back to him AND he originally told him to hurry as others were in line.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Leon

I agree it should be sold to the first person when there is a contract. Offer AND acceptance.
According to the seller it was around 2 hours later when Jonathan got back to him AND he originally told him to hurry as others were in line.

Two hours is a long time? That's absurd IMO. And again, this is not a matter of contract law, it's a matter of decency and common sense. I am surprised you don't see this, honestly.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Two hours is a long time? That's absurd IMO. And again, this is not a matter of contract law, it's a matter of decency and common sense. I am surprised you don't see this, honestly.

Well, I was just stating what lawyers say LOL

Timing is up to the seller but I am not going to hold it against the seller in this situation. I would probably wait, but given all of the information, it's not going to get a reprimand on the forum. This isn't a situation where seller said, ok it's yours, and then backed out. He never said Jonathan got it. I wouldn't consider that a done deal but maybe you do?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Leon

Well, I was just stating what lawyers say LOL

Timing is up to the seller but I am not going to hold it against the seller in this situation. I would probably wait, but given all of the information, it's not going to get a reprimand on the forum. This isn't a situation where seller said, ok it's yours, and then backed out. He never said Jonathan got it. I wouldn't consider that a done deal but maybe you do?

I said twice at least there was no binding contract, but that to me is beside the point. The right thing to do was to give the man a reasonable chance to say yes (or no) to no fee. A reasonable chance is not 2 hours in the context of an online forum.

[Vintage Vern]

So it was sold with a private message otherwise another I'll take it if so and so doesn't work out on the BST original post. Otherwise it was sold out from under the original person that did so on original board post and then DM. So basically was handled the correct way by the person wanting to buy not the seller.