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K7JQ

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Re: Beware of NN3V
« Reply #30 on: July 11, 2022, 09:03:14 AM »

At worst, it was a poorly handled transaction. No financial loss, no one got hurt except some feelings. Move on.
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AC2EU

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Re: Beware of NN3V
« Reply #31 on: July 11, 2022, 10:13:54 AM »

At worst, it was a poorly handled transaction. No financial loss, no one got hurt except some feelings. Move on.

Exactly! I don't think it rose to the level of deserving public condemnation.

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Re: Beware of NN3V
« Reply #32 on: July 28, 2022, 11:13:09 AM »

Kind of crappy I admit but (negating what I just said)... I'm assuming that's for the FT-100DR/DE for $80.   Pretty cheap for a discontinued radio.  It's been mobile for 4 years so that's really a realistic price.  But let's just play this out.   You want it. Yes it's for sale give me your zip.   Now we don't know how long of time lapses between this conversation but the deal isn't final until you pay.   LOTS of times I see relisted because the buyer backs out.  Now in walks Billy-Bob from the local Ham Club, you know the one "short time no comment"... he comes in and says  " A FT-100DR/DE YAYZOO!  I've been lookin' fer one of those forever!  How much".... "well it was $80".... "Oh NN3V  I willl gladly give you $200 cash right now for it."

Now tell me what you would do?   Remember everything up until payment isn't a contract.   Always more to the story that we never know.

Sorry I have to disagree with you here. I had the same thing happen to me recently. I responded to a sellers ad committing to the purchase and he responded asking me for my postal code so he could get a shipping estimate. When I hadn't heard from him for a while I emailed him to inquire and he responded saying he had sold the item to a local ham. That's plain bad business in my books and I told him so. IMO, when he asked me for my information he was committing to selling to me. I don't care if Joe Schmo comes along offering him 3x the asking price. A deal is a deal, unless you want to be that guy.
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Re: Beware of NN3V
« Reply #33 on: August 09, 2022, 01:00:16 PM »

Kind of crappy I admit but (negating what I just said)... I'm assuming that's for the FT-100DR/DE for $80.   Pretty cheap for a discontinued radio.  It's been mobile for 4 years so that's really a realistic price.  But let's just play this out.   You want it. Yes it's for sale give me your zip.   Now we don't know how long of time lapses between this conversation but the deal isn't final until you pay.   LOTS of times I see relisted because the buyer backs out.  Now in walks Billy-Bob from the local Ham Club, you know the one "short time no comment"... he comes in and says  " A FT-100DR/DE YAYZOO!  I've been lookin' fer one of those forever!  How much".... "well it was $80".... "Oh NN3V  I willl gladly give you $200 cash right now for it."

Now tell me what you would do?   Remember everything up until payment isn't a contract.   Always more to the story that we never know.

Sorry I have to disagree with you here. I had the same thing happen to me recently. I responded to a sellers ad committing to the purchase and he responded asking me for my postal code so he could get a shipping estimate. When I hadn't heard from him for a while I emailed him to inquire and he responded saying he had sold the item to a local ham. That's plain bad business in my books and I told him so. IMO, when he asked me for my information he was committing to selling to me. I don't care if Joe Schmo comes along offering him 3x the asking price. A deal is a deal, unless you want to be that guy.

I agree.  I buy and sell a lot of stuff via ebay and facebook.  And I don't act like that.

What I will do is tell Billy Bob that someone else has spoken for it, but hey, gimme your number in case he backs out.

It's called ethics.  You either have it or you don't.

Telling someone you will sell them something and then selling it out from under them is a really telling hint at your ethics.

--Shane
WP2ASS / ex KD6VXI
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