Are there any repercussions for welching in the classifieds here?

[Sigblitz]

 

[SouthernStar25]

I know I got a bad reputation.
And it isn't just talk talk talk.

Great stuff!

And I couldn't have one conversation
If it wasn't for the lies lies lies

 

[ed1838]

I had one seller back out. We made the deal on Sunday or Monday it was going to be Friday evening or Saturday morning before I could meet. Mid week he messaged and said sold to a family member. I was disapointed but ok with that. If I could have meet sooner may have got it. Asking to wait a few days to meet up leads to problems.

 

[Cameramonkey]

I had one seller back out. We made the deal on Sunday or Monday it was going to be Friday evening or Saturday morning before I could meet. Mid week he messaged and said sold to a family member. I was disapointed but ok with that. If I could have meet sooner may have got it. Asking to wait a few days to meet up leads to problems.

Only if the seller isn’t patient

 

[NyleRN]

I was gonna buy a sofa off a guy but backed out when I found he had a warrant out for throwing change at cops.

I understood that reference

 

[bobzilla]

I was gonna buy a sofa off a guy but backed out when I found he had a warrant out for throwing change at cops.

Interested in a used vcr?

 

[Sigblitz]

I understood that reference

Me too.

 

[Sigblitz]

Interested in a used vcr?

Nice. I used to have one.

 

[Sigblitz]

I have 3 rounds 22 short for sale.

 

[bobzilla]

I have 3 rounds 22 short for sale.

I’ll take it.


Probably.

Maybe not.

 

[indyartisan]

Claimed

 

[MommaBean18]

I've backed out of a deal after initiating contact with the seller but before we even discussed meeting. If you commit to buy you should buy. The seller could have missed several sales while waiting for payment that never came. I think the review should be neutral since you didn't leave the house but it was an inconvenience. I've had people hold stuff for me and others sell it out from under me. I've also been the guy that benefited from an item being sold out from under someone else, so I have mixed feelings.

The WORST experience was losing an hour and a half of family time waiting for a guy in the Cabela's parking lot. We were both at Cabela's... He was in Hammond and I was in Noblesville. Still not sure how that happened.

I agree. If they contact you to let you know they are no longer interested and they didn’t just ghost you, that way you can carry on with your business, then at least they gave you that courtesy. They deserve a neutral.

 

[MommaBean18]

I'm sure that works great, if you are in the city, trading with your nieghbors.

For a lot us, leaving the house for a trade is a fair investment in time and money, regardless of selling or buying. Often both parties travel to meet in the middle.

Looky lue to decide at the meet location, is not a consideration for a lot of us, the rare exception being collectors items to be graded and the like.

Again, this is why pictures are required. Also why more pictures can be supplied when requested, as many of us have done.


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Pictures are great, but they don’t always tell the whole story. Even you request as many as you want. The cameras these days, are good at making things look better than what they are.

 

[bobzilla]

Pictures are great, but they don’t always tell the whole story. Even you request as many as you want. The cameras these days, are good at making things look better than what they are.

That’s the truth. Would have been so much easier dating back then with these cameras.

 

[Flingarrows]

I usually chew on it for a day or two. If I still want it, then I reach out with every intent to follow through

 

[MommaBean18]

I hem and haw A LOT before I buy anything, anywhere, from anyone. I've missed gun deals because I'm researching model #s, variations, replacement parts, sale prices, manufacturers, mags, ammo availability, etc. If there's no repercussion for backing out, I guess i'll just start spamming "I'll take it!" for every listing im mildly interested in, and then back out later if my research gives me reason to do so.

I shop the same way. I want to make sure I’m getting the best product of the best quality for the best price. But I don’t think I should get a negative if I decided it wasn’t up to my expectations. On the other hand, I wouldn’t tell someone I wanted to buy something if I didn’t have intentions to do so either.

 

[bwframe]

Pictures are great, but they don’t always tell the whole story. Even you request as many as you want. The cameras these days, are good at making things look better than what they are.

How many trades have you backed out on because the pictures made the item look better than what they are?

Did the pictures somehow make the product description differerent than the actual product?

If the seller is misrepresenting then there is a problem. A problem that needs to be reflected in feedback as a warning to the rest of us.

I guess that's a possibility, but not one I have ever run into using the INGO classifieds. Then again, on INGO, the feedback system and checking post history gives the oportuninty to vet who you might be trading with.

A lot of the reason many many of us trade only on INGO is that we are not dealing with nameless faceless possible scam artists.

 

[planedriver]

Im late to the game, in my mind there are people of integrity and the rest of them. Both deserve an old fashioned voice conversation discussing everything, including the price of feathers and how you can’t afford a pillow.

Most scammers and folks of less than good character will cut short or not talk at all when asked to visit!

I’ve not had a bad transaction here……. Ever…. Maybe I didn’t offer the chance. Integrity is integrity, there is no substitute..

End of rant

 

[bwframe]

I had one seller back out. We made the deal on Sunday or Monday it was going to be Friday evening or Saturday morning before I could meet. Mid week he messaged and said sold to a family member. I was disapointed but ok with that. If I could have meet sooner may have got it. Asking to wait a few days to meet up leads to problems.

I always try to get the deal done ASAP. Often the same day or the next.

Not my own experience, but I have read of others having problems when trades had a few days of separation. Life stuff sometimes jumps up and bites plans made. Sometimes legit, sometimes who knows?

Best practice is to get the deal done quick, before wayward brother in law gets wind of the sale and beats you to the seller.

 

[planedriver]

I always try to get the deal done ASAP. Often the same day or the next.

Not my own experience, but I have read of others having problems when trades had a few days of separation. Life stuff sometimes jumps up and bites plans made. Sometimes legit, sometimes who knows?

Best practice is to get the deal done quick, before wayward brother in law gets wind of the sale and beats you to the seller.

I’m in agreement and lived what you are putting out there. seems like honor and integrity are lost. If a deal is struck, the term “you know how it is” , “the other guy paid more “, “ my wife, bil, cousin or Biden told me…….” Is bull shi*.

I guess I’m getting old. I just expect people to fulfill their commitments or at least communicate their failures. ‍