I have been THINKING..............

[Bebot]

Originally Posted by springer

but there is something called integrity that hasn't made it into the consciousness of many people.

Some people have none, and the example given in the original post strikes me of a seller with no integrity.

If the item are less than $100.00 then I see no problem people keeping their words. But if were talking about in thousands of dollars and you never really met the buyer or the sellers, a lot times integrity goes out of the window. Especially with this kind of economy, people do changed their mind.

I have a watch here for sale and one of the member told me that it is sold after doing some long back and forth negotiation (not to mention all the photos I had to take per member's request). So I pack the watch nicely and took it with me to work (I work 50 miles from home) the next day. Did not hear from the buyer that day. I got an email the following day to tell me that he another watch that he would to buy instead. My response was, that's okay, no big deal and thanks for your interest and good luck.

Common now, let's be realistic here. This is a public forum and more than 99% of the members you haven't met.