PLEASE don't EVER do this to someone at the card shop/cards show......(i.e. ZIP IT)

[bigfanNY]

First if you look at thread 20 minutes before Sean's post there is a post that says PM sent. Clearly a buyer marking his territory. Leon would not have posted that Sean was given an infraction if there had not been CLEAR EVIDENCE . But feel free to make up some more alternate theories about how he was doing the right thing trying to help the seller and not trying to step on a deal that was none of his business.
Theory one it's ok to help old lady trying to sell her husbands collection. ( sorry not what happened)
Theory two it's ok to let a seller know about a typo. (sorry not what happened)
I am not saying Sean is a bad guy or that this is a big deal. But I think it is wrong to interfere. Like I said before I don't do it to other people because I would not like it done to me.

[Dewey]

Is this some sort of trick to drive more traffic to 1980s Section of the BST?

I understand the issues with interference. But given the rare case, an infraction is a small price to pay for a matter of conscience.

[pokerplyr80]

PM sent means nothing other than the obvious, a message was sent. Had someone wrote I will take it that's another story. With most sellers, myself included, an offer to buy takes precedence over ongoing negotiations.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

PM sent means nothing other than the obvious, a message was sent.

Exactly. In fact, there was even a thread about this very subject not too long ago.

Edited to add: I was one of the ones that inquired about the vending boxes. Unfortunately, I was too late. My reply was "I've got half a dozen people ahead of you." At that price, I can see why. So was the first "PM Sent" the buyer? IDK. But I believe Sean was looking out for the seller. Maybe he thought the seller made a pricing mistake? If so, that's a reasonable assumption. I would have paid a lot more than the seller's asking price for those vending boxes. They were priced at $40, I would have paid $140. You have to figure that just the '79 vending box probably had at least 450 cards left, and even at $.25 a card that it's worth $112.00. That's not even including the other 2 boxes. Again, there was a reason there were half a dozen people ahead of me. So it was reasonable for Sean to think it might have been a pricing mistake and speak up...and he gets an infraction for it??? Oh well, no good deed goes unpunished.