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Originally Posted by Macroni
Why was this thread started if you feel so strongly about being in the right?
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I started the thread to get honest opinions. I guess I have gotten that. I did not expect such a lashing from a vocal minority. If I had set up a poll I bet it would be 90% "no" and 10% "yes". To me, it seems like the "yes" people are acting like I left some woman standing at the altar or stole money from a bank, that's all.
I guess you can take your personal code of ethics as far as you want, do you ever return an item you bought from a store because you found the same thing cheaper somewhere else? Does that constitute a binding contract? I would say it does because in that situation you actually PAID something for the item and the seller now has to refund you that money. Like I said, to me this is on a continuum. Some people here (Seahawk, artplumber, etc) feel like they would have just given up the $1000 and chalked it up to their own mistake for shaking on a deal that wasn't the best they could get. Most of the others on the thread are ranging in opinions from "nah, no biggie" to "hooray for you, screw em!!"
Like I said, everyone can take their ethical code to whatever level they desire. I think that a large portion of society would have broken the deal over $100 or $200 while I was willing to lose that money and keep the deal intact. Once it got to $400 plus more money for my trade, that's where I drew the line. I suspect even Seahawk would have a point where he would have to break the deal. Maybe it's $1000, or $5000, or $50,000 but the breaking point is there somewhere.
Oh, the other reason for starting the thread was because I was bored sitting in the finance office of the dealer I bought the car from...