To Gillbot,
First off, I'm here by invitation from the OP via a link to this thread...as he has continued to send me PMs insulting me, while all the time accusing me of harrasing him...I guess my guilt is posting the truth. Note that he has never (1) claimed he didn't agree to sell it to me or (2) shown anything to indicate that he had given me a limited time frame to pay, either in PM or in his For Sale thread. If anyone bothers to check my Heat under Reefa_Madness you will see that the common theme in most of the evaluations is how quickly I pay.
Secondly, my apologies for breaking forum rules by posting the contents of a PM or personal information. I was not aware that was a problem since personal email addresses are supposed to be visible for trading purposes, however, it will not occur again. What I was trying to do, however, was warn other traders as to this trader's actions and the proof was in the PMs.
As the PMs show, he confirmed the sale to me, he did not give me any kind of time limit to reply (nor had any in his thread) and he subsequently and arbitrarily chose, within a matter of just 3 hours to sell to someone else. He entered into a contract for sale (yes, he did, even though he claims it wasn't in a formal "contract" document; read up on contract law and you will see that the PMs contained the neccessary elements for a contract for sale...the offer and the acceptance) and he then went and broke it.
This is not about a $15 item, it could have been a $50, a $250 or a $500 sale and it would still have been the same thing. After agreeing to sell it to me, he chose to sell the item to someone else.
The following is a partial quote from the thread containing the trading rules:
Why become the topic of a thread that will damage or destroy your reputation? It doesn't take a genius to figure it out, my fellow traders! You are slowly but surely making a great opportunity like the forums into a shameful mess that will in time run everyone worth his salt away from here, all because of your lack of responsibility. And that's all this really amounts to ... taking responsibilty for your actions, and implementing a plan to maintain honest, ethical trading practices. You are all old enough to know better, so why act like you need a nurse maid to hold your hand to get the job done?
Your word is your bond, your word is your rep, and your actions speak louder than all the words combined. If you cant maintain and keep your word, and if you can't meet your obligations, then you have NO business doing business here. PLEASE do everyone a favor, including yourself, and dont do business where people depend on you to perform your duty to them, and conduct business in a mature and honorable fashion.
End of quote
So I ask, were this trader's actions in line with those quoted paragraphs? Did he keep his word? Was it me, or was it really his actions that soiled his reputation?
Perhaps this trader will be on the receiving end of a similar transaction one day and he'll understand why I got annoyed.
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