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If I am selling.
I list a pedal £200.
Offered come in to buy, but buyer did not pay immediately. I would put it to them that I can hold it say "until I am back home tonight at 8pm". If payment doesn't arrive by then I will put it back out on the market.
If anyone else offers to buy then I would point it out to them that I have received interest and that the deadline is in a few hours.
If I am buying,
At that time I can only get on the forum, not the bank or PayPal for whatever reason, app down or etc. I would suggest the same "I will pay when I get home or back on wifi at X hours (same day)". If I break my word, I don't hold a grudge to the seller to sell it to someone else. If it is an expensive item like a guitar and I really want it and payday is a couple of days away then I would offer to put down a deposit to show my commitment to buying it.
We've all been there, you wake up in the morning to either a sob story about the wife's car failing its MOT or just total silence.
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My woe involves my football club giving (without any prior notice) an 8 hour window to renew the Red Membership, via email sent at 4pm on a Friday afternoon. I didn't read it until the Saturday morning, and fvck me, my Red Membership's now elapsed. To say I'm p!ssed is an understatement. I'm now in the queue to start all over again. And to think I was a gnat's whisker away from Silver Membership.
This after several years of automatic renewal.
Bolx.
Nigel, Your memory doth let you down...naughty...
What the stalwart actually said to you in a PMs was...
”Lots of interest at the moment, as you'd expect...”
”I've just had a £1500 offer (and a couple of low ballers too !)...
I'll keep you posted.”
”It's neck and neck, but you are closer. I can send the PM from (the other seller) if you need to see them.
First payment naturally gets it, but Id like it to be you, and you are closer.”
So maybe you were aware of the race to pay...
But duly noted for future reference.
So I've had people on here saying they'll have it, receiving ppg details and then after me chasing, receiving a message that they've changed their mind.
If someone messages you in the mean time and says they'll have it, and you wait till the following day to help the first buyer, then you may lose the sale.
My mind is ppg can be done in 30 seconds nowadays and OK bank transfer might take 10 mins.
I'll happily hold something if someone says they're 100% but I'd expect I'll pay you first thing in the morning and not I'll pay you tomorrow sometime.
The challenge I've had when selling something really cheap is that I've had several people message me within a couple of minutes all saying they'll take it and asking for payment details. That's fairly tough to manage!
I've also seen instances of people asking the weight and then getting a little unhappy as they wanted it but didn't actually commit to buying it - but that's probably a different thread!
First come first served, commit to buy and if the person is a known time waster take the offer with a pinch of salt until paid.
I agreed sale, exchanged paypal details, sent payment, sent my address along a msg saying "I'm away for a bit so no rush to send".
Couple of days later, got a message back "Oops, I've realised I still need <said items>, can I refund you?". I sat on it for a while as I was pissed off, then got a follow up asking me to confirm my paypal email for the refund, shortly followed by a refund (plus an extra fiver because the guy was remorseful).
I wasn't impressed, but meh.
R.
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
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Yeah, a new one on me too. It wasn't anything particularly special, but was a good deal.
R.
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
This has been rumbling on for months. The long and short of it is the customer owes me money for a business transaction which has nothing to do with the forum. He started ignoring my attempts to resolve the issue amicably a while back and so I took measures to ensure that he was blocked from my social media. He can only contact me via the website, which he has since done. The problem is still unresolved and he has made zero attempt to rectify it.
Thats the truncated version. I won’t be vindicated or held responsible for the thread heading south. My business is out of pocket due to this and the fact the seller of the amp tried to delete the content and run away shows you all what I have had to deal with.
This is not how SC Relics Guitars conducts business nor has it happened before or since. The underlying problem here is that he received goods (based on trust) which he still owes money for. Moral of the story? Don’t mix business with pleasure.
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