warleydaddy

Debated selling the 5 for the past few months,put it on pistonheads etc etc,with only swops been offerd etc etc...

Now,ive had a genuine guy say he wants it etc etc,and is coming tomorrow,im even going to put 12mot on it for him,as a good will thing..

BUT NOW........

Ive got someone esle,offering me £100 more,and wants to come down NOW with the cash etc etc!!!!!

Im a man of my word,and cnat go back on it,as im not like that,but wjhat a shit situation to be in,£100 is £100 quid at the end of the day!!!! What would you do?????

Pete...

Calyx

Id take the 100 quid mate like you said 100 quid is 100 quid more that you would have made

Just tell the other guy your really sorry its not life or death

JamesH

iTrader: (21)

All wrong, a man of principles myself, if I was put in that situation I would explain the situation to man no.2 and if man no.1 doesn't buy it then phone him

SapphyMike

couldnt of put it better myself.

Thrush

iTrader: (1)

I'd say if the first guy hasn't got a deposit on it then it's still for sale. £100 is £100, and also means you ain't got to MoT it and it goes straightaway.....

Chip

iTrader: (3)

Agreed.

"Genuine" buyers often end up buying something else instead.
Until you have seen some cash, I wouldnt take for granted its sold.

Whenever you arrange for someone to come and pick it up, unless they give you cash then make it clear that the deal is only if it hasnt already sold by then.

Redkop

How would you feel if you were person No 1 - would you like it?

Principles over greediness.... I'd stick to principles any day and have a clear conscience and not be thought of as a greedy c**t.

dave cos4x4

iTrader: (5)

fook the £100.

if the first buyer does not have it then i'm sure Calyx will still have it.

Calyx

Lol Very true but im that into this car now.

Im considering a few others and i dont really want to

MikeR

Principles are a good indication of chracter in my opinion i would ask number 1 how serious he is about it explain that you have somebody else looking and let number 1 have first call


Mike

Rab

£100 isn't worth losing your good name and reputation as a man of your word for.......

dave cos4x4

iTrader: (5)

you can see where we are coming from though,would you like to be the person getting gazumped.

dojj

iTrader: (3)

tell bidder number 2 that if the car is there on monday morning without having been paid for in full, or arramgements made to that end, then he can come and get it, but until then it has provisionaly been sold to bidder number 1

if he's so desperate for teh car then he'll wait

then again, if both bidders have seen that you are a man with questionable scruples, they may both decide to back out and you would be where you are now, worrying about nothing

89xr2

i'm a man of principles.

Theres a quote from Scarface that sums it up perfectly for me "All I have in this world is my balls and my word, and I don't break 'em for no one"

I know you'll do the right thing Pete

warleydaddy

Well ive tried to explain this to Calyx...

Dave you know me well,I AM A MAN OF MY WORD!!!! And ive promised it some1 else 1st,and im afraid i am going to stand by my word....

If it doesnt sell,then yeh calyx,you have 2nd pops at it,by all means... But as said above,ive sold all of my cars on PF,and never had a bad word said about me,as i just tell it as it is....and im not havin any1 slag me off over £100,sorry mate...

Pete.,..

Steven_RW

Definetly the right thing to do. £100 doesn't amount to a set of boost hoses. SO no reason to lose your reputation over it.

Cheers

RW

Calyx

Yeh i understand the lot of you Just me being over eager

Daviet

well done mate done the right thing imho .
just hope person one doesnt fook you off or cally will be offering 100 less than he was

gus

iTrader: (1)

me too

TIFF

Honour what you said mate

I myself have been took by something similar recently by someone on here and i was very pissed off....

The guy had something up for sale. I mailed him and asked what he wanted. He told me a price and i said YES, i will have them. 10 minutes later he mailed me back and said someone else had offered more money and he is selling them to him........

Now if the guy had asked for offers i would of given him good money, but HE told ME what HE wanted and i said yes....

Missed out on the England game at Wembley because of it

foreverwhite

i wonder what your attitude would be towards the 1st buyer if he didnt turn up?

everyone would forget about it soon enough.

yet in this situation people would start a witch hunt against the seller just beacuse someone wants to buy his car for 100 more.

FUCK the first buyer...MONEY TALKS.

the amount of times ive heard of a 'guaranteed buyer' falling through means that whoever turns up at my door with the money gets the keys.

Nath

I wish to fuck I'd of bought a car from you as I got totally fucked about from breakfast till arseholes on my last one

Cant you call man #1 and let him know whats what as isn't there a chance he might bale out?

truthordare

Agreed, this way you are keeping your options open and honouring your agreement with the first bloke.

Debs

coco16i

Agreed !!

I always go on the assumption that something is never sold until the cash is in my hands, been let down so may times by someone saying yes for sure they will have it then never turning up.

The first person to turn up and put the pound notes in my hands gets it, regardless of what anyone has said about def buying it or coming to see it etc etc !! Far to many messers and dreamers out there these days.

chink

this happened to me few years ago had a nova sri dont start neway it had no mot or tax and i put it on ebay, a lad kept emailing me and we came up with a price of 350 to end the auction early! and for some reason it would not end and ended up going for just over a grand and i got an email straight away saying if the winning bidder does not buy il buy it for a grand
but i kept my word and let it go for 350

lardypants

heres were principls gets you....

i sold a car to a chap on ebay he promised me colelcting this morning, i even went and taxed the car for him £100

now i sold it for £1600 minus tax £1500

but since he won it i had two other calls of ppl wanting it but i put them off for obv reasons


the fookin wanker tosser never even showed, no calls or fook all no reply to texts or emails

pisses me right off

infact i was so pissed off i relisted the car for buy it now £1700 and it sold within an hour

now got some local bird popping up to collect monday

chink

do right mate

dave cos4x4

iTrader: (5)

ì know Pete.

i do hbut ope that the first buyer does buy it,but if both let you down,i see no reason why it won't sell easy enough anyway.

see you soon Pete.

Lee Reynolds

Id stick to my word for the sake of 100 quid....

Ginge !

id stick to my word,,,, money aint everything and ffs 100 quid,,,, sorry but unless we are talking about a car for 200 quid then i can understand but im guessing the R5 is up for a few quid


if i needed 100 quid that bad i would stay in on friday and get a chinese and sell the car to the first man


find is sick the amont of people who screw people over for a few quid,, so much so i NOW only loan money to people i wish would stop bothering me so they avoid me

Mark 3D

iTrader: (29)

why not ring the 1st bloke up and tell him u have someone who is very interested in the car and wants to look at it this evening!
if he is that keen he should say something along the lines that he will come and have a look now!!

i know i would if i were in that situation and didnt want to lose out on the car.

As people have said theres been no deposit left on it, if buyer 2 is genuine let him come and have a look at it.. he is offering you more for that privledge!!

Just let buyer 1 know first!!

Ollie.

Cant be bothered reading the replies but if not said above.....

MONEY IN YOUR HAND IS BETTER THAN MONEY PROMISED.

First come first served sadly.

Escy

1st come 1st served IMO.

rssteve

if you just want rid for original price sell to buyer then give the extra £100 to the first guy as a sorry. id personally take the best/quickest offer.

Ginge !

all these replys,,,, lets remember that pete AGREED to hold the car,,, he never had to and if the guy pulled out and he NEVER had a sale how would he feel ???


IMO you agree something you STICK to it,, problem with the country is nobody has morals anymore !!!

BRIGSPORT

iTrader: (2)

They were my tickets you coont!
Suffice to say i had the same e-mail as you. if he wanted more for them then why not say?
Danja = Cunt. (theres one for dojj's list! )

TIFF

Exactly my point.......If he had said what do you want to give me, i would happily of gave him £200 for the 4

Oh well....my xmas card list is smaller

dojj

iTrader: (3)

has the guy sold it/bought it yet then?

Mr S1

iTrader: (2)

My view exactly, and what I'd do.