OT: OPINIONS ON PARTS SELLERS ON THE BOARD, Another One Without Ethics Or Integrity Options

[Type 4 Unleashed]

THIS WAS MY PM TO THE SELLER

I, am interested in the items, here is my zip- 92656, for shipping charges, if their still available?

PM FROM SELLER NEXT DAY AFTER GETTING HOME FOR WORK.

They are available. shipping to CA is 15 bucks.

I, SENT THE PM BEFORE I WENT TO BED, NO RESPONSE, BEFORE I CRASHED, HAD TO BE UP AT 5:30, WORK

RESPONDED TO SELLER AFTER GETTING HOME FROM WORK

I, just got off work.
Send, me your address, and I'll get you a Postal Money Order out in the morning.

RESPONSE FROM SELLER

Sorry, out of the blue a local guy came over and scarfed em' up.

MY RESPONSE

Too, Bad your one of those people who do business that way. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/stromberg.gif)

HIS RESPONSE

OK, partner, look at this serise of posts/replys.

No where in there do you say "I'll take them".
Had you done that they would be yours. I am good to my word and feel free to ask any body around this or other BBSs to find out the truth of that.
You didn't say the magic words and you're shit outta luck and blaming me for your own oversight.

You'll note that the guy that posted second said the words and he got em'.

I ain't sorry any more.

MY RESPONSE

What a crock of (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/stromberg.gif) , apparently I did have first's on those, by your pm last night, and you couldn't wait to hear back from me, you sold them to some body else before you did. Your using symantics as an excuse, you took the easy way out, you got your cash. And you sold them to some body close to you, probally some one you've done business with before, a friend? Your not the only one who deals that way.

I, seem to get all the ASSHOLES.

HIS RESPONSE

Suit your self, fuckwad, but that's the way it works.
I can see why some of your deals go bad. Everyone is a dipshit but you, eh? You're (note the speeling) my first complaint. Everyone has to have one, I suppose.

HE STILL WOULD OF SOLD THE ITEMS TO HIS BUD, EVEN IF I HAD SAID HIS MAGIC WORDS

OPINIONS: AM I IN THE WRONG?

[Matt Monson]

I've got a couple of rules I never vary from when selling on a board.
#1 There is no such thing as dibs.
#2 I do not take checks or money orders from someone whom I don't know or who I haven't done business with before. Pay Pal is the way to go, and I factor the fees into my asking price in advance. If you are on a board and don't have a Pay Pal account, you need to get one.
#3 I don't do shipping quotes. Most of my parts I price at a "shipped" price. But if not, the buyer can go to UPS.com as easily as I can, and they pay actual freight.
#4 I don't take pictures after I post the FS. If it is something that needs to be seen to see condition, I will include that in my listing. But when someone asks me for a picture of an alternator or an oil pump, I just say no.

Like someone said, this isn't E-bay. Most people behave in a moral manner in selling on boards. There are scammers, but Pay Pal can protect you from that. There is nothing I hate more than a distrustful buyer. If someone challenges me regarding the quality or that they will even get the part, I just refuse to sell to them. I've been around the communities I sell in long enough that I don't need to sell to some yahoo who just joined because he doesn't know who I am...