Tibex82

If not the timeline, which you aren't disputing, how about just the fact that his response is coming from thin air? You are sharing his response to a PM you sent him - where is that PM or what did it say? Once again, you are not sharing the cause of the responses you are offering as your proof. Leaving out the PM that compelled him to respond to you is the same as your failure to disclose why you accepted an offer while making reference to two other books that your non-buyer never asked about. Same problem as before, you can't cherry pick a discussion so others will the conclusion you want them to reach. I don't require a response to any of this but if you're going to go from "I'm not in the business of enforcing sales" to "I'm going to out this guy in an hour"...you should anticipate some scrutiny of your proof. Please just stop. I clearly have nothing to hide here. As stated before, the buyer is clearly and wholly aware of the ongoing discussion. If I was being a total and unreasonable hat here, I would be expect to be called out by the buyer which I would understand. So let me get this straight.... I'm "outing" a buyer whom I have not named to enforce a sale which I have no interest in completing? What is my endgame here? You seem to have some mysterious interest in the situation although it has been made clear that IT IS A DONE DEAL. I don't know where your unchecked aggression is coming from, but I'd be happy to meet and arm wrestle for dominance if that will make you feel better.

My thoughts exactly.

And here I was thinking how absurd it would be if something like the timeline was called into question

Are we done here? Notice the distinct lack of "I didn't actually claim it" or something of the like. It all apparently came down to miscommunication, the buyer apologized and that's all she wrote.

It's not trolling for someone to request complete exposition of the subject. You are the one who brought it up for the forum's review and comment. You either edited the PMs or you didn't. If you didn't, prove it. If you did, especially if done to try and spin the exchange, then shame on you. As is often the case, you start to look worse than the semi-anonymous complainee, when you attack the people for providing you what you asked for in the first place. Gotta disagree with ya there. When he asked a legitimate question he received a legitimate response and the follow up seemed to be nothing more than a question to create drama. Where is this edited PM's nonsense coming from anyway? The buyer in question is aware of this discussion and has apologized to me via PM. I'm not holding a grudge, but I would think that if he was in the right and I "edited" PM's, then he would be here stating his case. I come here in good faith while respectfully declining to "out" the buyer until I get all of the facts and suddenly my character is being questioned. Seems legit.

Please return to your home under the bridge bababooey. If you really feel the need to further discuss this, you are more than welcome to contact me via PM. Be forewarned though, any discussion that we may have will be taken completely out of context on my part. - Thanks for your trolling.

Just sayin' ? To recap, after much prodding you supposedly shared the buyer's words in a quote where he asked if you were willing to accept $100 for a book, your response where you agreed to take $100 indicates that he inquired about two other books that you didn't have, obviously you aren't sharing the entire scope of what this potential buyer is saying. Quit editing and/or paraphrasing the discussion if you are going to try and get people's opinions - sure you may just be omitting useless words but if you're asking for people's opinions then post the entire exchange, the context of the entire PM is relevant. Also, if you are planning to share anything further...just post it all (with or without outing the buyer) rather than drag it on for a dozen more posts. (thumbs u Hello, I don't feel that my post deserves a I was merely pointing out the fact that while countless messages concerning the sale went ignored over a 1 month + period, a message with the subject "probation discussions" was answered within a few hours. I have absolutely nothing to hide and if the community deemed it necessary for me to provide screenshots I would have happily done so. I went out of my way to not name the buyer because I wasn't sure if I was in the right and didn't want to wrongly accuse anybody. And your accusation that I am editing or paraphrasing is completely unfounded. To recap, after much prodding you supposedly shared the buyer's words in a quote where he asked if you were willing to accept $100 for a book, your response where you agreed to take $100 indicates that he inquired about two other books that you didn't have, obviously you aren't sharing the entire scope of what this potential buyer is saying. So fair of you to imply that I "supposedly" shared the buyers words in a quote while also implying that I am "obviously" not sharing scope and context. It's a done deal on my end and I'm over it, but implying that I FINALLY get an answer to a PM when the words probation discussion are used is irrelevant, is ridiculous. Thanks for your input.

Just a quick update: I sent a PM earlier with the subject "Probation Discussions" and wouldn't ya know I just got a reply. Just sayin guys.... just sayin....

I defer to the wisdom of the board and I can see how this didn't technically constitute a "take it", but all things considered the buyer is guilty of very poor etiquette at a minimum. Would you take $100 for book "X"? Yes, I would take $100 for book "X". Please claim book "X" in the thread. On no, you misunderstood, I was only inquiring as to if you would come down on price at all. My mistake, sorry about that. Problem is solved before it begins.

Just for the record, I've had people unable to pay, ask to pay later, etc and they contacted me and we worked it out. My main gripe here is being ignored. Consider the matter closed on my end though and Thank You everybody for your input. - Joel

Fair enough. The buyer never expressly "took it" and I'll admit that, but I don't feel that I'm being at all unreasonable with my grievance. Ok then, I'll just make a note not to deal with the person in question again. Thanks for your time and input everybody.

It was never claimed in the thread.

"Hello, I can go $100 on the Hulk book. I don't have either of those 2 other books, but I have a couple thousand to sell so let me know if anything else comes to mind. I'll also be adding more books to the thread. Thanks - Joel PS: Please claim the Hulk 377 in the thread." After sending this message, I received one back by him inquiring as to whether I had other certain books. If he hadn't implied a sale, I'd assume that issue would have been taken with me saying "Please claim the Hulk 377 in the thread."

And to be clear, I accepted his offer of $100 with no further haggling. We were never up in the air or a few dollars apart on price. He asked would I accept $100 and I said yes.

This is the actual wording: "Would you be willing to sell it for $100? Im slowly going through your thread so there may be something else I'll like. Maybe we can work a bundle up." I SUPPOSE that it could be argued that this doesn't constitute a "take it", but the context supports the fact that it was sold. If the buyer didn't plan to buy the book and was merely asking if I would accept a lower price, why was I ignored for so long? There was no response like "Oh I didn't wanna actually commit yet" or anything so it's pretty clear to me. But then again feel free to tell me I'm incorrect in my assumption, but to me the ignore, remove is very telling.