Auction style FS thread

[Yzzim]

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Mods, check my PM's I've traded with Psycho14. Supposedly TechKnight offered this guy $15 for his cd-rom before I said I would take it. Now that I told Psycho14 I would get the mods involved, he switched his story saying that I did indeed get my PM to him first, and that TechKnight's offer of $15 came in after mine.

Regardless, both users are guilty of auction style tactics, IMHO.

Thanks,
Travis

 

[Yzzim]

Here's a PM I just got from TechKnight. Either I'm reading the rules (no auction style posts) wrong, or the rules need to be better written or explained?

I do real estate. In real estate, the buyer with the best offer wins. There is no rule on AT that suggest that you can not make an offer higher than the seller's asking price. The seller DID NOT state that PMs have first priority. You ASSUMED that while neither me and the seller did. Why don't you just drop it as you say you were? I can drop the deal with Psycho but I guaranteed you that he will raise the price to $15 and that's the price YOU can pay for it. Let me guess, now you're going to assume that the seller can not raise prices right? I'm not going to discuss this matter any further so don't even bother to reply.

I'll stop whining about not getting the deal now Just disappoints me when people don't stick to their price when other traders come in and offer a higher price. Seems too much like Ebay.

Thanks.

 

[Ryan]

Damn, now that's just wrong. Talk about an asshole.

 

[Buz2b]

While on the surface this looks "OK", when considering the details, it is definately odiferous. It may not have actually been an "auction" but the seller should have honored the first PM; whether he read it last or not. It would have been easy for him to PM the higher offer and admit his mistake (reading his offer first) and selling the item to the first PM. To me it is rather "convenient" that he (Oops!) read the later PM first and immediately confirmed the sale. Snnnniiiiffffff! Whew, something stinks in here.

 

[NetworkDad]

Just add to your do not trade list....

Auction style selling & trading here is just un-ethical, whether its against the rules or not..