BST etiquette am I wrong

[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.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by jayshum

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.

I hear you on that I'm lucky to get one lowballing person contact me half the time haha.

I could be wrong but I think most people would give precedence to the first I'll take it and not give the first contact a right of first refusal at that point.

[Carter08]

If anything the seller is guilty of offering something for sale at a more than reasonable price where a bunch of people wanted it. A rarity here.

[Jewish-collector]

There's nothing better in life when a Net54 member has an issue with another Net54 member and that other Net54 member comes on here to explain their side. Oh hell yeah.
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[G1911]

On the conceptual issue, I have never had a real issue in any forum's BST and it's not difficult. Transactions have been smooth and easy almost every single time I've sold on a forum from giving away cheap stuff for free to ~$10K deals. If I'm worried about it I do, adapted from my 'get-out-of-jail-free' clause from another hobby where discretion is more important, throw in a line at the end that I reserve the right to decline to do business with any person for any reason or no reason, so that I don't have to be 'obligated' to deal with someone who I am suspicious is going to try and make an issue or I suspect is going to be needlessly difficult. Whether one sells to the first "I will take it" or to the first responder who wants to talk about it, both are reasonable and not worth great thought or hand wringing. It is really not difficult to do basic transactions without drama. Although the dramatic meltdowns and frivolous imaginary lawsuits is a lot of fun when I'm not in the transaction.

[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.