🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1993Jan9.015021.629@sed.stel.com> jon@sed.stel.com (Jon Radel) writes:
>
>Oh, it would be nice, but don't hold your breath.  Just this week, I've
>heard back from someone who said he was going to buy something from me,
>but now he'd kinda changed his mind, so sorry.  The one that really
>annoyed me, however, was the person, who within 24 hours did the following:
>
>1) Got an offer from me on something originally advertised without a price.
>2) Accepted that offer and asked for my shipping address
>3) Wrote back to say that my offer had been topped, did I want to counter-offer
>4) Got a counter-offer from me that was higher than the then top offer
>5) Wrote back to say that he'd sold it.
>
>Hey folks, if you want to auction things off, try to play with a consistent
>set of rules that you decide on before you start.  :-(
>
jon,
the point is that the person at least has the decently to respond to you
instead of letting you wait week after week for something that was never
sent.  worse, they never to answer all the emails you sent them.  people
are entitled to change their mind as long as they let you know quickly. 
in your case, the aunctioning is wrong.  typically, the first guy to email
or call and make a reasonable offer gets the stuff.  the other guys will
have to wait to see if the deal doesn't go through before they can get it.
but the thing about obo is that they want a top price.
if you promised to a deal, then you keep it.  don't go back on your word.
thanks for the input jon,
vince