Extreme Rant Warning - Ethics of selling cars, or...

[Brendan]

On Monday 05 November 2007, Huw Powell wrote:
> > In the world of purchasing anything...money talks. This car was
> > priced to move and move fast...and frankly, at $2,000 I under priced it
> > as nobody tried to bargain or get a lower price.
> >
> >>>A Q-lister just stiffed my son.  A verbal agreement to buy his CGT
> >>>apparently meant nothing as he stiffed a 16 year-old who was attempting
> >>>to buy his first car.
>
> I'm not sure a deal that falls through (or item that gets sold before
> you turn up) counts as "stiffed".
>
> But I don't know *exactly* what was said, by whom and to who.  According
> to Dave above, no "hold" was agreed upon, although there may very well
> have been a misunderstanding.
>
> When someone says they "want to buy" something I have for sale, I tell
> them that until they pay for it, it's still for sale.  Although I would
> probably do a short hold if they call and say they are turning up with
> cash in an hour or two, telling any other interested parties what's
> going on if they call during the "hold" period.

Same rules apply here in Nashua.