I don't put up any rules.
I'm just trying to avoid any confusion. I think clarity helps, especially since I'm a noob here.
Again, if someone actually wanted anything, that is.....
-slym ( )
The job of noobs in the marketplace should be to maintain confusion and avoid clarity...,
Seriously though, I appreciate those sellers here who consider PMs as a placeholder for books under negotiation. I have to buy big books on time payments, so need to PM the seller first as a courtesy.
Let me clarify: I wouldn't ignore a PM offer for hours (or even minutes) trying to get the better price - that's just being a mile (it's Yiddish.) But if it happens that, say, someone PM's me in the AM when I'm not here, and within a few minutes of that PM someone else says "I'll take it!" publicly, the public offer wins. However, if someone PMs for a book while I'm here, I would certainly edit the thread to say that book is on hold, or something of the sort. Just in light of this latest fiasco, I think my line covers my pretty well.
-slym (knows this will still be taken wrongly somehow...)