Rant - People have no honor or integrity anymore

[SouthPaw]

Some freakin' people. A friend of mine texted me yesterday asking if I had seen the ZX-14R that was posted on craigslist for $5500 since he knew I was possibly in the market for one. I jumped on CL, found the ad, and contacted the seller immediately. He said he still had it but he wasn't going to waste his time with tire kickers or flakes. I tell him to send me his address and a time and I would be there. He sends me the address, which is 50 min from me and says I can look at it at 7pm. I tell him that I am not a flake and if the bike checks out, I'll buy it. I show up at his house at 7pm on the dot. I go over the bike, ask some questions, take it for a test ride and it all checks out. I tell him I will take it for his full asking price. He thanks for me showing up and also not haggling on the price since it was already a good deal. He also said he would be removing the ad (which he did) since he knew I was serious. The bike was financed through a credit union and later that night, we make arrangements on how we can make the deal happen so he doesn't have to take time away from work. We agree that I will meet back at his house this morning at 8am, load the bike in my truck, drive to one of my banks in Aurora, get the cash and then drive to the credit union to catch them right as they open at 9am so he doesn't have to take any time off from work. My days start early M-F so I set my alarm last night for 3:45am this morning so I could get my workout in, go to my brothers house by 6am to get a ramp, then back to my house to load all my stuff up for the day and be at his house by 8am. This chicken sh*t texted me this at 6:54am, right as I was leaving to head to his house:









Never got a response after that last message.


I've had this happen a few times over the years and usually when you pull the 'you are only as good as your word' card, they honor it, but not this jackass. It's not the end of the world but still pisses me off that someone would have the balls to message someone after all of the hoops I went through to make the deal happen. This whole pandemic has people out of their gourd. At the end of the day, if this is the worst thing that happened to me this week, I am doing alright but this world is getting shittier and shittier by the day. I shouldn't be shocked because I've been outbid on a number of good deals the last year and a half but I figured since I actually showed up, we agreed on it, shook hands, I had it in the bag. Part of me wishes I should have played along with him and told him that I would still pay the $7500. Tell him we could meet at the credit union and then when he was waiting around for me, tell him that I talked to my wife and I talked and she thinks I am paying too much for it and that I would only pay $3500 now. It would have been no different if we set this all up and I show up to his credit union and tell him "ya, we agreed on $5500 but I only brought $3500." F*cking people.

[bigdlebowski22]

Did this happen to you or? I'm curious if this is your story. Either way it's fkd up that ppl would do such a thing.. ESP after all the flakes & such. Ugh and ppl wonder why I'm so cynical.

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[Irving]

Why wouldn't it be his story?

[fitterjohn]

Pretty frustrating, had that happen more than once, what I hate is contractors asking for more money after the work is done, same thing in my book. I was at a gun show once and paid what a sticker said for an sks about 10 mins later a guy came up to me and said my buddy said you ripped me off that it’s worth way more so I’m going to have to ask for more money. Had to say sorry I paid your price your loose is my gain. There is something to be said for cash on hand and making the deal before people can change their mind

[bigdlebowski22]

Why wouldn't it be his story?

I'm just simply inquiring is all. I haven't experienced a sale/buy like this myself but I have had bad experiences as well. Also heard stories like so and it rubs me the wrong way. I would NOT have been as cordial in the situation if this had happened to me but that's neither here nor there. I was simply asking and expressing empathy in the matter because that happening is PURELY messed up.

I gotta ask though.....do you have an issue with me? You seem bent on throwing shade my way.

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[Irving]

I have thrown zero shade your way.

[bigdlebowski22]

You first post indicates elsewise... as well as the demeanor of that post and others when replying to my posts. That's why I'll ask again...do YOU have an issue with me?

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[theGinsue]

I gotta ask though.....do you have an issue with me? You seem bent on throwing shade my way.

Welcome to the site.

The question you got is typical Irving. The longer you're here you'll have moments where you'll love him and others where you'll ask "WTF?". Check out the site and you'll see he posts a LOT and within those posts you'll see what I mean. Don't take it personal; as I said, it's just Irving.



As to the OP, yeah, that was a total BS move on the sellers part and an honorable man would have stood by his word. Sadly, I think things will only get worse and this is an example of what we'll come to remember as "the good ole days".

[bigdlebowski22]

Ohhhhh!! That's what OP means lol that just clicked with me. Let me finish your post and I'll post again.

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[bigdlebowski22]

Welcome to the site.

The question you got is typical Irving. The longer you're here you'll have moments where you'll love him and others where you'll ask "WTF?". Check out the site and you'll see he posts a LOT and within those posts you'll see what I mean. Don't take it personal; as I said, it's just Irving.



As to the OP, yeah, that was a total BS move on the sellers part and an honorable man would have stood by his word. Sadly, I think things will only get worse and this is an example of what we'll come to remember as "the good ole days".

I figured that might be the case but that's why I was asking him if we had issues. I feel I didn't say or ask anything wrong and was just inquiring about the post but that demeanor made me feel he thought I was an idiot or "stupid" for asking about the story when that was quite simply NOT the case. I also asked because if that's the case then I was hoping to put a stop to it as it is 100% unwarranted ESP in this situation.

I 100% agree on the OP issue. That is soooooo messed up. If that happened to me I might've been phoning the wifey from a holding cell for bail money. Just hearing about this kind of situation rubs me the wrong way. And the fact that it's getting worse is just abysmal. Makes me shake my head in disbelief more & more these days.

Thank you for your post by the by. I appreciate the elaboration and the de-escalation as well.

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