BST etiquette am I wrong

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

If someone says I'll take it at your price, WHY would you continue to negotiate with someone ELSE hoping that they eventually get there? This is not making any sense to me.

I'm not saying I would negotiate with someone who was offering a lower price, but what if they just asked for better pictures or had a question about the card? If they were the first person to contact me about it and I had already responded to them, I don't know that I would just tell them, too bad, someone else bought it. It certainly wouldn't happen that way in person.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by jayshum

I'm not saying I would negotiate with someone who was offering a lower price, but what if they just asked for better pictures or had a question about the card? If they were the first person to contact me about it and I had already responded to them, I don't know that I would just tell them, too bad, someone else bought it. It certainly wouldn't happen that way in person.

So you would not tell them and lead them on? I am not following where you are going with this.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

So you would not tell them and lead them on? I am not following where you are going with this.

I would probably tell them that someone else is offering to buy it and then tell the first person who asked about it that they need to make a decision if they're going to buy or not because someone else is offering to buy it. It gets back to the discussion in the other thread about etiquette. I don't see a problem with the first person expressing interest getting priority even if they didn't commit to buying right away. Again, like at a show, if someone is looking at a card, someone else isn't going to be able to buy it until the first person puts it down and says no.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by jayshum

I would probably tell them that someone else is offering to buy it and they need to make a decision if they're going to or not. It gets back to the discussion in the other thread about etiquette. I don't see a problem with the first person expressing interest getting priority even if they didn't commit to buying right away. Again, like at a show, if someone is looking at a card, someone else isn't going to be able to buy it until the first person puts it down and says no.

Again, how is "I'll take it" not a commitment? What more was Jonathan supposed to do other than cancel all his plans for the day in order to hang by his computer or iphone anxiously awaiting Cody's next message? You are making this endlessly complicated for some reason, I just don't see it.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Again, how is "I'll take it" not a commitment? What more was Jonathan supposed to do other than cancel all his plans for the day in order to hang by his computer or iphone?

Sorry, my post you responded to wasn't clear. I meant I would tell the first person I was talking to that they needed to decide if they wanted the card because someone else was offering to buy it.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Sorry, my post you responded to wasn't clear. I meant I would tell the first person I was talking to that they needed to decide if they wanted the card because someone else was offering to buy it.

I would tell the first person someone had taken it and I would get back to them if it fell through. Your response basically just blows off the I'll take it and renders it meaningless. Fine, if you think this is just contract law.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I would tell the first person someone had taken it and I would get back to them if it fell through. Your response basically just blows off the I'll take it and renders it meaningless. Fine, if you think this is just contract law.

I think it's fairer to the first person who contacted me about it and is more like what would happen in person. Fortunately (and unfortunately), just about everything I have sold on here has not been in such high demand that I've had to deal with an issue like this.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I would tell the first person someone had taken it and I would get back to them if it fell through. Your response basically just blows off the I'll take it and renders it meaningless. Fine, if you think this is just contract law.

Are there limits to the plenipotentiary powers of the phrase “I’ll take it”?

What if it was someone you didn’t trust or had burned you before? Or someone who was new around here? Or if it was me?! It just seems like there has to be some limits to just how powerful the phrase can be.