BST Hypothetical to ponder

[Chicago206]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

First person to contact me gets priority. If they request an extra scan or something like that I have no problem giving them a few hours to make up their mind. I will however usually email the second person and let them know that if the first guys passes the item is theirs.

In my opinion you are asking for trouble on this board if you sell to the first person to say "I'll take it" as often that person will ask for more scans as well and I have even had people say they will take something only to change their mind. I want any buyer to be 100% comfortable with the item before they commit to anything. It's not worth pissing off the guy that contacts you first just because someone else came in later waving cash.

-Rhett

So by that logic, then its perfectly fine for me or any buyer on the BST to expect a seller to "hold" an item until im perfectly comfortable with buying it? That makes no sense to me. I dont sell cards on the BST, im a pure collector, but if I did list a card, the 1st person who was ready to make payment at my asking price would own the card. Not the 1st person to email me with a "let me think about it for awhile".

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Chicago206

So by that logic, then its perfectly fine for me or any buyer on the BST to expect a seller to "hold" an item until im perfectly comfortable with buying it? That makes no sense to me. I dont sell cards on the BST, im a pure collector, but if I did list a card, the 1st person who was ready to make payment at my asking price would own the card. Not the 1st person to email me with a "let me think about it for awhile".

And this is your choice to do. As a matter of fact many folks even put that in their listing "First to say I will take it gets it"....Personally I would do what Tony did and Rhett said. But that is just me (and them)...To each their own.

[rhettyeakley]

I guess we will just have to agree to disagree then.

I have no problem waiting on a fellow collector to see all sides of the card before I sell it to them, as I would want them to be 100% sure it will work for them. There is obviously a limit to my patience as I will inform the first person that I have had an offer to purchase the item outright from another buyer and they should make up their minds within a reasonable time (usually understood to mean hours not days) so as to be fair to other potential customers. I have done literally hundreds of transactions on this board and my method has never led to any problems I am aware of so I am apt to stick with what works.

-Rhett

[E93]

Chicago,
You are making yourself into somebody nobody will want to deal with.
JimB

[brickyardkennedy]

For what it's worth to you, I echo JimB's thought. Doubtless there are others who feel the same, but don't post their feelings.

[howard38]

I don't see why Chicago's opinion would or should deter anyone from dealing with him. What he wrote makes perfect sense to me.

[Chicago206]

Originally Posted by howard38

I don't see why Chicago's opinion would or should deter anyone from dealing with him. What he wrote makes perfect sense to me.

Its a case of "pack mentality" I think. Im the new guy, therefore I MUST be crazy.

[iggyman]

Originally Posted by howard38

I don't see why Chicago's opinion would or should deter anyone from dealing with him. What he wrote makes perfect sense to me.

Chicago's opinions are fine. It's his petty nagging over frivolous complaints that annoy me.

Lovely Day...

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by iggyman

Chicago's opinions are fine. It's his petty nagging over frivolous complaints that annoy me.

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