Dick move or not?

[Hugh R]

I want to sell, and the first contact shows up with $ and its sold. end of story. You have no rights at all.

[unclebilly]

Originally Posted by lendaddy

I can't believe people think the seller did anything wrong. He called the potential buyer but he didn't answer...on to the next man with cash. Selling stuff sucks enough as it is and flakey buyers are everywhere, he's a stand up guy for making the initial effort.

From what I gathered the seller may have had the unit up for sale elsewhere, with those ads come other implied obligations to act appropriately. Is he supposed to deny sale to a buyer responding to his ad until he hears back from a potential buyer that posted a wanted ad (but didn't answer his phone call)? How long should he deny sale to the first party? Maybe I'm reading too much into it, seems too simple to me.

Wrong one both fronts...

He didn't call me, he posted his number and asked me to call, which I did 40 minutes later (I waited until 7:00 AM his time). Some dick called first and he assumed this guy was me. The deal was done before I called.

The unit was not listed for sale anywhere else.

[lendaddy]

Originally Posted by unclebilly

Wrong one both fronts...

He didn't call me, he posted his number and asked me to call, which I did 40 minutes later (I waited until 7:00 AM his time). Some dick called first and he assumed this guy was me. The deal was done before I called.

The unit was not listed for sale anywhere else.

So yes, potential dick move by the guy that stepped in on your ad then. Seller is still clean in my book.

[berettafan]

No grudge against seller but if I'm seller I'd like to think I'll say 'let me talk to other guy first and I'll give you second shot if deal not made'.

The real dick is the guy who butted in.


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[RKDinOKC]

Seems we are missing some details here.

In your original post it says you posted a wanted ad. And that the seller sent you an email letting you know he had what you wanted and to call him. When you chose to call back the item was sold.

It does not sound like any exchange happened to make any sort of agreement one way or the other. If he just sent an email saying it had one and to call. How does he know you are interested in his item. You call the number and it is already sold. Well, tough noogies, you missed it.

If however, you exchanged a couple of emails with some sort of sales agreement that BOTH of you let each other know they agreed to then the seller is a giant nonfunctional male sex organ.

[ckelly78z]

It seems that you think you were owed something for being the first to respond, but yet, you just left a message ? Unless you actually talked to the guy, made a deal, and set up a time to pick the item up, then it is still "first come first serve".

[stomachmonkey]

You guys are missing the point.

It's not the seller he has a beef with.

It's the guy who jumped onto Billys ad.

Unclebilly posted an

"I want to buy xxx ad"

Someone with what UB was looking for replied to his ad with

"I have that, here's my number, call me"

Some 3rd person saw UB's ad and the sellers reply with phone number then called and bought the part.

3rd person would never have known that seller had the part unless UB posted his WTB.

Guy who bought the unit is a Dick.

[billybek]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

You guys are missing the point.

It's not the seller he has a beef with.

It's the guy who jumped onto Billys ad.

Unclebilly posted an

"I want to buy xxx ad"

Someone with what UB was looking for replied to his ad with

"I have that, here's my number, call me"

Some 3rd person saw UB's ad and the sellers reply with phone number then called and bought the part.

3rd person would never have known that seller had the part unless UB posted his WTB.

Guy who bought the unit is a Dick.

Yep. What he said.

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Dick move. You created the opportunity for the seller to offer you what you wanted. The dick cut in line to grab it out from under you. The dick didn't post a wanted ad that generated the opportunity, you did. The buyer is a dishonorable dick.?

+1
but ultimately and more importantly this:

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

You can be mad, and worry about whether or not it was a dick move, or you can let it go.
Either way, someone else got the transponder.

[1990C4S]

You have a 930. They have a transponder. You won. Move on.

[gsxrken]

Originally Posted by 1990C4S

You have a 930. They have a transponder. You won. Move on.

[rockfan4]

OK, what if there are two or more "wanted" ads seeking the same thing?
Do you reply to one, wait, then reply to the next, or do you reply to each ad and whoever calls you back first wins? Not saying that's what happened, but it could happen.

[Steve Carlton]

[unclebilly]

Originally Posted by 1990C4S

You have a 930. They have a transponder. You won. Move on.

I have 2 930s...

[1990C4S]

Slantnose ain't no 930.

[petrolhead611]

A lot of time and energy expended on this post would have surely been better spent sourcing another transponder

[svandamme]

There's no sale till somebody got payed.

In this case there wasn't even an agreement to sell.
At best there was an attempt and you weree to slow.


Why would you even ask if the other guy did a dick move, trying to call the other one a dick because you were slow , is on it's own a dick move

[Steve Carlton]

Brain damage much?

[javadog]

What amazes me about this thread is that very few people actually understand what he said to begin with. Most of you clowns are arguing a different set of facts then what he presented. Pointless...

For the record, yes, it was a dick move.

Maybe when the OP meets this clown again, he'll whack him upside the head, and we will all get to hear about it.

Until then, maybe we can ignore this thread, which seems to have run its course.

[McLovin]

Yes, people aren't understanding what happened, but that's because the post is a bit unclear, and you have to read 2 separate posts to get the full story.

The OP said "I posted a wanted ad on the local Kart club's online classifieds (I am a member).

Yesterday morning a guy replied with his phone number. I called him 40 minutes later. It was 7:00 AM (his time when I called) and someone else already scooped it."

That makes it sound like the seller sent a PM to OP. Or at least that's a reasonable interpretation, and makes it confusing.

It's also unclear as to WHO the OP is suggesting did the dick move (most readers erroneously think he is pointing the finger mostly at the seller)

But from later posts, it becomes more clear what happened:

1) OP posted want ad.
2) Seller posted publicly IN THE THREAD "Hey I have one, call me at 555-5555."
3) Joe Blow (some random guy) saw the thread, and called the seller, pretending to be OP.
4) Seller sold to Joe Blow.

If those are the facts, things seem pretty obvious. Seller did nothing wrong. Joe Blow obviously pulled a dick move (pretty much any time someone lies, pretends to be someone else, and tricks someone in a deal, that's a dick move).