Verbal Agreements

[legaleagle92481]

Re: Verbal Agreements

Unfortunately, I had the opposite happen to me last night/this morning. There was a great bat on eBay (of my favorite current player). After submitting the max of 3 Best Offers (questionable eBay policy), I asked the seller what he would take on the bat. He told me and I accepted. I asked him to either revise the Buy It Now so I could buy it or remove the auction and sell it to me for the agreed-upon price (since I had run out of Best Offer options). I didn't hear back from him until this morning. He sent me an email stating, "I decided to pass". I agreed to HIS price...how does he get to pass? I sent an email seeking clarification and he stated that he decided to keep the bat. I know he is on here and I am being kind by not stating who it is. But, that is bad business. It sucks when it happens to EITHER the buyer or seller.

Mike

Agreed, both parties should live by an agreement. Sometimes seller's get cold feet because they feel they did not get enough for the item if they went through with the deal but they should have thought of that before they said yes. Honestly I would not be surprised if you see the item on Ebay again in the near future. People come up with all kinds of stories when they feel they did not get enough for an item. Look at that story xpress posted on here awhile back with the Berkman jersey and the steps and lies that woman was trying to take to back out of the deal.