| dsaundry |
03-30-2008 01:22 PM |
Hmm
Without knowing the full story I will interject the following statement. First to the member that was selling the tank, If you do in fact have a deal, verbal or otherwise you should stick to it or at least give them first opportunity to match a price. That is kind of the idea of this reef site. It not only gives people the opportunity to exchange ideas and support, it allows other members to buy and sell their used and new products to fellow members. If you did strike a deal with another member and did not give them a time frame in which to come up with the money, IMO that was not very ethical. It would have been very simple to state to them that it must be picked up within 24 hrs. As to the member who lost out on the tank, if you had a deal you must also realize that there are several instances where you see an item up for sale and a thread that says deal pending, then you also see deal fell through. In this case you cant expect a member to hang on to an item unless you confirm a time and place within reason that you are going to pick up the item. The old saying "You snooze, You lose" is very often the case whether it is in this forum or any any other market. To a person selling an item it is often a case of "Money talks and B* Walks" You cant expect any member to hold an item on any site for any amount of time as they are trying to move an item as quickly as possible. If someone comes up with the cash the item will usually be gone. The moral of this post is if you see something on the site that is for sale and you really want it, don't mess around, go get it right away because if you don't it wont stay around for you. Lesson learned..:neutral:
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