This is a standard practice in ALL of my sales threads. I've sold many books here on the Boards, and this is the 1st time this has happened.
I posted the book
Got a lot of nice comments
Got a few PM's (none from roulette44)
Mike PM'ed with a few questions, I answered
I had to run some errands with the wife
I came back, both "i'll take its" were posted, and the drama already started
Had I read Mike's acceptance prior to the "Ill take it" IN the thread, I would have posted it "SOLD via PM" myself. (If I could have even got it up in the few minutes between) Again, check any of my sales threads and see I've done that many times)
Therefore 1st "Ill take it IN the thread wins
Sorry if you don't like the rules I posted, but they were posted
To be clear. I made Dan an offer. He countered saying he would accept that offer if it was not Paypal. I accepted within 3 minutes via PM and more than 10 minutes before Roulette.
It's his sales thread and he can, I guess, run it however he wants. I know what I'm going to do going forward with regard to the seller in question. I also know that running a thread this way encourages sellers to string people along via PM in hopes of getting a higher offer in the thread. Not saying that was his intent. I did not run to thread to post a b/c 1) I thought we had an agreed upon deal [i believe SD acknowledges he felt the same way] and 2) I was proceeding through the airport to make a flight. Good for Roulette44. He gets the book I guess. Hope he enjoys it. I asked him to let me know when it's for sale again.
This did not happen, but suppose a seller promises a buyer (who wishes to remain anonymous) that the seller will post a in the thread on the buyer's behalf. Seller then waits a day to do so. Would a new buyer in the thread get it, if the seller had the same rules here?
C'est la vie. I've been looking for a nice DD #1 for a while now. This book had characteristics important to me. But, seems this one was not meant to be.
Reading through all these posts I have to agree with this particular statement, and I would venture to say that this "probably" will resonate true for may potential buyers in the future.
" I know what I'm going to do going forward with regard to the seller in question."