Dibs is sh~@t

Give. Take. Common sense. Normally works. Ultimately you ain't got nuffin' to complain about unless you agree a price / payment method and pay in a clearly stated time-frame (or turn up in person to pay) only to find some rude fucker has sold it to someone else. It is common courtesy to honour dibs if the buyer is prompt in cmmunicating and paying, but otherwise, sorry, I have a life to get on with, I want some cash in and I want some space. That's my priority, not some dibser who may or may not decide to come back to me 12 or 72 hours later.

I find that most people on here are reasonable, but that the certainty of ebay is often preferable.

Anyone who thinks here is a pain wants to try buying or selling on pinkbike. My favourite ever request on there was someone who (after numerous back and forth messages) wanted a set of my wheels, subject to me travelling 8 miles to meet him a bike shop, have someone check them over, at which point he would make his decision as to whether or not he wanted them. IT DOES NOT WORK LIKE THAT YOU FUCKING TIMEWASTING FUCKING ARSEHOLE. FUCKING TRUST ME, COME FUCKING HERE AND TAKE A FUCKING LOOK, OR FUCK RIGHT FUCKING OFF. YOUR CHOICE.

there, some chamomille tea for you Sir

DIBS???????
Waste of fucking time (WANKER)
In DM (advised) i Dibs on a item for the tosser to go and sell it to someone else!!? Prick!

Of course the imbalance of dibs is a pain but it's just not worth stressing about as buyer or seller! In my experience selling and voyeuring, 75% of dibsers then reneg often because of a 'greedy instant dibs' or 'reserve' something they or a pal may want without any prejudice or comeback on them (a PITA but hey ho) however if a seller doesn't honour dibs they're seen as a shoddy operator/human. Agree that common sense should apply from both sides or terms should be clear on posts (ie first to pay gets or I'll honour dibs for that same day) but it's a bit of a minefield and causes much consternation.

(Tongue in cheek) How about a dibs blacklist (certainly not a bad trader but someone who frequently dibs bits but doesn't follow up)

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:-)

Take a chill pill and go easy on the insults - It is just bike parts.

Did you send money?
Are you in London and can you pick up?
Have you contributed to the forum (parts/advice/donations)?

I have held parts for people many times before and they did not come through so dibs genuinely does not mean shit. Payment does.

You've sent me 2x messages, one about price then one saying "prov dibs", whatever that means.

There'll be other TT protectors, this is not a rare part.

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Thought you'd gone into the craft brew business with that picture. FiveGold is a great name for a beer.

FiveGold is a great name for a beer

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Noted. Will be sure to give the name to someone else.

Lol

This is some kind of secret thread dredge code to activate sleeper agents aicmfp

In another forum I go to we don't have dibs. If you want something you first send a PM with an offer of an immediate Paypal payment. That's your only option. Then immediately you post 'PM sent' in the thread. Then everyone else gives up, unless the seller announces that the sale has fallen through.

Has potential. There are lots of dibs then no follow through. A PM proposing immediate payment is a statement of intent. Only one thing worse than "dibs" is "dibs for XYZ". I suppose the seller can dictate if PM's with payment trump dibs

Only one thing worse than "dibs" is "dibs for XYZ"

‘Provisional dibs’.

Ha ha! yes!

Has potential...I suppose the seller can dictate if PM's with payment trump dibs

Seems reasonable. There are no rules against it. https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/143848/#6571218.

what is this other forum? i’ve basically replaced ‘the internet’ with lfgss

I'm afraid it's a fake Rolex forum! Lots of strict rules to control the dodgy types who go there.

So is the forum fake or the Rolexes? I think we should be told.

It's rwg.bz and it's for Chinese fake watches. Very well run. It connects members with trustworthy dealers, e.g. trustytime88.io. It's almost unheard of for someone not to receive what they ordered. Members often sell the watches to each other. But to list a watch for sale you have to show where you bought it and you're not allowed to ask for more than you bought it for, although you can recover 100% of the money you may have spent improving it, e.g. servicing, straps or an anti-reflective crystal. If only the second hand market for genuine watches was so well regulated...

Dibs! Oh ...

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