Bad traders

@ hillsprinter:

as stated in my sales thread, my intentions where always to get this to a good home not to make money. It would have been fair by you to mention that the offer "that was too good to refuse" did not constitute of excess money (it is still going at the same price) but rested on the fact that i have the option to buy this back and it is going to a "good home" that i know.

With all due respect, you did register on the forum yesterday presumably because you gooled the add for this bike. In this light, i think it is a little out of order to behave like you just did.

Lastly (and i really do not like pondering upon technicalities but i feel i should mention it): i never stated in my post that the sale will go forward in the form of first dibbed first serve.

I understand that you are dissapointed. But as i emailed you you will be notified in the case the bike will be sold again.

thats it from my side

best regards "this guy"

edit: (just to make that clear) of course the bike was not advertised elsewhere!

@ Mr C. Sorry you've missed the point entirely. Besides the fact that I got in before anybody else, agreed that I would come to you, with the money you requested, and purchase the bike (and having made it clear that I would never split it, or sell it - by the way, Im an Aussie trackie/roadie, and a lifelong fan of Danny C, so I couldn't think of a much better home), the issue here is that a classifieds is where stuff is sold or bought.

There is no room on a classifieds for "conditional sale", or "sale with the option to buy back" (and particularly when that is not mentioned in the ad), as that simply creates the opportunity for unfairness like this. If you had any concerns about selling it to me (or anybody else) you could have voiced them rather than simply dishonouring our agreement (albeit a loose one at that). Thats simply not gentlemanly. And if you had any concerns about parting with the bike altogether, you should simply not have advertised it for sale, but given more thought. I should not have to pay the price for your indeciciveness.

I will agree with you that this is not about the money. Its about having faith that the classifieds on LFGSS operate with the integrity it should. In this instance, that is simply not the case.

(BTW I have been a member here longer than you have - I am The Black Widow - simply forgot my p/w and couldnt retrive it from my workplace so setup a new user to purchase your bike).