AR15.com..

[Great-Kazoo]

bitch over there.
MY $0.02

if you don't have the money in hand do not commit. I understand "things" popping up out of no where. Unless you posted your pm or em to him there is no way we know what was said regarding commitment to purchase.
I listed a tool box week of christmas on CL. guy hounds me on the phone 3-4 times. Insist on coming over to buy it that night. OK he shows up, says it is Exactly what he needs.
THEN ASK ME, Could you hold it for a few weeks until i get some money??? WTF it's $45.00 dude.

[HBARleatherneck]

bitch over there.
MY $0.02

if you don't have the money in hand do not commit. I understand "things" popping up out of no where. Unless you posted your pm or em to him there is no way we know what was said regarding commitment to purchase.
I listed a tool box week of christmas on CL. guy hounds me on the phone 3-4 times. Insist on coming over to buy it that night. OK he shows up, says it is Exactly what he needs.
THEN ASK ME, Could you hold it for a few weeks until i get some money??? WTF it's $45.00 dude.

well, thanks for telling everyone. now i feel bad. can i buy it with foodstamps, Jim?

[Great-Kazoo]

well, thanks for telling everyone. now i feel bad. can i buy it with foodstamps, Jim?

only if you used the stamps to by smokes and beverages. otherwise NO.
I do have a more cost efficient tool box i can carry you on for a few weeks if you want it. :O

[TDO]

Well the thing is i did have the money in the bank until my truck had to take a dump on me.

[HBARleatherneck]

most people i have dealt with in life, both in real life, and on the internet, will work with you if you are upfront and honest. so...why did this go south? did you immediately contact him and ask him if he would be willing to let you back out? or did you say, too bad, I cant afford it now? i think, if someone commited to buy from me, and then came back and said " i am willing to keep my word, but if its possible, i would like to be released from my obligation" I would say " no problem"
but, if I listed an item, and then worked with a guy to get the payment, and then was told, "sorry i cant afford it now, im not keeping my word", i would probably say that person was welching. our word is all we got.

oh and this isnt ar15.coms fault. they have a zillion transactions, thats how it gets done.

[TDO]

bitch over there.
MY $0.02

if you don't have the money in hand do not commit. I understand "things" popping up out of no where. Unless you posted your pm or em to him there is no way we know what was said regarding commitment to purchase.
I listed a tool box week of christmas on CL. guy hounds me on the phone 3-4 times. Insist on coming over to buy it that night. OK he shows up, says it is Exactly what he needs.
THEN ASK ME, Could you hold it for a few weeks until i get some money??? WTF it's $45.00 dude.

This was all of our PMs
TDO
I'll take it, but its gonna take about for days to get the money in my paypal. Please send me paypal info.
Thanks,
Tom

manosteel00
****@gmail.com
Please let me know you're shipping address.

Thanks!

manosteel00
Im gonna have to pass on the rail, my truck just broke down and i need the money to fix it. Sorry about this.
Thanks,
Tom


Thanks for making me hold it for you.

[OneGuy67]

Im gonna have to pass on the rail, my truck just broke down and i need the money to fix it. Sorry about this.
Thanks,
Tom

As others have mentioned, it is how you deal with the issue that mattered and from your post, you didn't handle it well. Had you apologized and tried to work with the guy, he probably would have moved on to the next person interested. The whole "I'm gonna have to pass on the rail" isn't the right way to start a conversation with someone whom you have a verbal contract with and owe money to.

My $.02.

[TDO]

Yes I did not handle it very well.. Looks like I learned my lesson the hard way

[rondog]

Sorry to hear of your troubles, everybody's different with sales and things.

I just bought a large, heavy item from a guy in CA, it was $185 for the item and $140 for shipping it. He boxed it all up and shipped it to me, before I paid him! I didn't even have his address until the boxes arrived. The man didn't know me from a bag of assholes, he sure didn't need to do that. But by God, I had the cash on the way to him via FedEx before I even opened the boxes.

[CrufflerSteve]

It is a shame. When stuff goes bad you can often work it out by being upfront and asking what you can do to make it right. Most people will let it slide or take a few bucks for the inconvenience. If they're given a chance to be reasonable they often will be. If you get their back up by seeming to be a welsher - things get bad.

I don't know if you're losing much by being banned from ARF. The place always seemed full of tightly wound sorts and abrasive know-it-alls. I wasn't at all upset when I banned myself by switching my old email to an anonymous gmail. I ain't going to get another email to make them happy.

Hope your trucks stays fixed and you get caught up. This is a good time to have credit but that is a bad trap if it gets out of control.

Steve