BST etiquette am I wrong

[bigfanNY]

So if seller posts I have card for sale for $100 and potential buyer posts I will take it. Other potential buyers can in your words Sneak in and buy it? Can buyers sneak out of deals after saying I will take it?

His reply saying we are good at $1750? Isn't conformation we had a meeting of the minds? And that the card was / is available when I posted I will take it?

I'm asking here I know Peter and Ohio Lawyer discussed this recently at length. But I am not a lawyer just a collector

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

So if seller posts I have card for sale for $100 and potential buyer posts I will take it. Other potential buyers can in your words Sneak in and buy it? Can buyers sneak out of deals after saying I will take it?

His reply saying we are good at $1750? Isn't conformation we had a meeting of the minds? And that the card was / is available when I posted I will take it?

I'm asking here I know Peter and Ohio Lawyer discussed this recently at length. But I am not a lawyer just a collector

Technically you didn't have a contract because technically you saying I'll take it was an offer, not an acceptance IMO. But again, to me that's not the issue. Any decent person would have given you a chance to confirm the requested payment terms. What ever happened to people doing the right thing not because they had to, but because it was the right thing?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Technically you didn't have a contract because technically you saying I'll take it was an offer, not an acceptance IMO. But again, to me that's not the issue. Any decent person would have given you a chance to confirm the requested payment terms. What ever happened to people doing the right thing not because they had to, but because it was the right thing?

Like I said, I would have waited but not sure I want to get in the middle of that kind of situation, from a punitive standpoint. I could see Judge Judy saying "ok, don't do anymore deals with him"...

She should run for President. (well, maybe 15-20 yrs ago)
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[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Leon

Like I said, I would have waited but not sure I want to get in the middle of that kind of situation, from a punitive standpoint. I could see Judge Judy saying "ok, don't do anymore deals with him"...

She should run for President. (well, maybe 15-20 yrs ago)
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I'm not commenting on punishment, just on the transaction itself, to be clear.

[Vintage Vern]

So would it be best practice for a seller after a person says I'll take it, the seller comes back with a post saying pending to so and so.

If that falls through then it goes to the next person that responded on the post or via DM. IMO a post on board vs DM is much better for transparency for all.

To me transparency can be had in the original posting without compromising privacy via DM for the nuts and bolts of the final deal. What seems to be the issue is what goes on behind the scenes in private.

[brunswickreeves]

Net54 BST is not unique to this conundrum of when a card is ACTUALLY owned by a buyer.

With eBay, you can have a discussion with seller, agree to a price, click buy now thus indicating willingness to pay, and the card sits in a virtual shopping cart until payment is made and clears the the bank, thus binding the agreement between seller and buyer. Until then, other buyers can swoop in despite the card being ‘In your Cart’, make payment, and when payment clears, the card disappears from your cart, with the rightful owner being the one who’s payment cleared first.

Lesson here? Assume all positive intent, but see the process through until the very end when the payment clears the bank so to speak. Unless of course you’ve done business together in the past and have established trust and/or process.