Is this a great deal for a People 150?

[hypophthalmus]

Negotiating a price I think is separate from a commitment to buy I think, especially in this case.

And knowing how Craigslist is, I'm supposing the person selling it wouldn't have hesitated to sell it to someone else after that negotiation, even for the same price, if they just got there first.

[Mr. Paul]

In this case it was no longer a negotiation. It was an agreement. The buyer offered $600.00. The seller accepted the offer. That constitutes an an agreement. I am not even going to address the legalities here. Not everything that is illegal is wrong, and not everything that IS legal is right. To offer a purchase amount to a seller then to withdraw that offer AFTER the seller has agreed to it is in my view, wrong.  A man honors his word by holding to the agreements he has made. I am struggling with having to explain this, it is so obvious to me.

[h2ou8n4]

I'm a gun dealer (FFL) and I've done a lot of business over the phone, on a handshake, and on the internet. Here in Texas, we call a fellow who reneges on an agreement a "crawdad". It happens on occasion. But those gentlemen, once identified, don't do business with me again. We live with the choices we make.

[hypophthalmus]

I definitely agree that the legalities here aren't important.

I understand not backing out of an agreement, but it's unclear that this is what happened.

When I was looking for a van to buy, I made a few offers for promising vehicles just out of my range. If accepted, I would have checked them out. There's no way that's a commitment to buy them, I hadn't even seen them.

And I'd be shocked if the seller would have turned down somebody who came by with cash to buy that scooter, telling them it was sold.

[Redk]

That's wonderful, MJR .

There's always exceptions to the rule, and you are indeed an exceptional person !
redk

Perhaps one day I'll type in my tale of the Craigslist accordion for entertainment.

[Redk]

Hypo...  they won't !
I have made arrangements to pick up an item I had agreed to purchase for a specific price, cash money.
When I arrived, the seller says it just left...  a guy came with cash and I did not know if you would show.

I fully understand many have a base strongly rooted in integrity.
It is wonderful.

We are all dependent upon it, yet when it fails, or even withers, serious damage may be inescapable.

Best to protect against that.
redk