The situation that I dealt with this weekend is making my head spin.
I saw a bass for sale January 25 on social media marketplace. Immediately messaged my intent to purchase and hastily scraped together funds to cover it.
A friendly deal was made. I Met his posted price. I did not haggle . Paid the seller Saturday morning (again without haggling) . Confirmed receipt of the payment and was told the bass would ship Monday.
He held my money for two days while still having friendly daily communication via txt. We discussed how nice the bass was etc..
Yesterday (Monday) afternoon I get a message saying the deal was off and he got a higher offer (after I already purchased it)
(all the original listings have since been edited by the seller to wipe out the original asking price)
At the same time is was browsing talkbass classified and came across the same bass listed here at a higher price.
Apparently he had an ad going here at the same time while I had already purchased the instrument two days earlier.
It’s still up for sale (as of today Feb 1) and is apparently the listing is hinting at a “semi auction situation with a reserve set”.
The word auction is not mentioned but can be implied from the wording.
The thing that got me upset was that I accepted a lowball offer on a very expensive item that I wouldn’t have accepted otherwise.
I believed that we had a done deal and needed to cover my new purchase.
So not only am I out of the running for the bass I paid for , with my money now sitting in “PayPal refund limbo”, I’m also out the $600 I left on the table by accepting a low offer to cover the “purchase” from a disingenuous seller.
I would have purchased the bass even at the inflated price if the seller had posted it in the first place or even given me an opportunity to meet the offer, (although that shouldn’t have ever been in play…I already bought it)I just got a refund notice from PayPal and a “sorry man…”
Caveat emptor indeed
I saw a bass for sale January 25 on social media marketplace. Immediately messaged my intent to purchase and hastily scraped together funds to cover it.
A friendly deal was made. I Met his posted price. I did not haggle . Paid the seller Saturday morning (again without haggling) . Confirmed receipt of the payment and was told the bass would ship Monday.
He held my money for two days while still having friendly daily communication via txt. We discussed how nice the bass was etc..
Yesterday (Monday) afternoon I get a message saying the deal was off and he got a higher offer (after I already purchased it)
(all the original listings have since been edited by the seller to wipe out the original asking price)
At the same time is was browsing talkbass classified and came across the same bass listed here at a higher price.
Apparently he had an ad going here at the same time while I had already purchased the instrument two days earlier.
It’s still up for sale (as of today Feb 1) and is apparently the listing is hinting at a “semi auction situation with a reserve set”.
The word auction is not mentioned but can be implied from the wording.
The thing that got me upset was that I accepted a lowball offer on a very expensive item that I wouldn’t have accepted otherwise.
I believed that we had a done deal and needed to cover my new purchase.
So not only am I out of the running for the bass I paid for , with my money now sitting in “PayPal refund limbo”, I’m also out the $600 I left on the table by accepting a low offer to cover the “purchase” from a disingenuous seller.
I would have purchased the bass even at the inflated price if the seller had posted it in the first place or even given me an opportunity to meet the offer, (although that shouldn’t have ever been in play…I already bought it)I just got a refund notice from PayPal and a “sorry man…”
Caveat emptor indeed
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