Primarily Petroliana Shop Talk Forums Shop Talk Petroliana Forums General Petroliana Discussion What ever happened to your word and integrity???

Gotta vent sorry!

I found a sign on craigslist yesterday. I called and talked to the owner and we had made a deal. I told him I could not get there to pick up the sign until I got out of work. He said that would be fine. I asked if he wanted me to send him a deposit via paypal as a good faith gesture he said that wasn't needed. The sign was a bout 2 hrs away,

I get out of work and head out excited to get the my new sign. I can't buy a lot of stuff due to having a family so its rare for me to spend the amount I was going to on the sign $500. Well I arrive after the 2 hour and 20 minute drive only to be told that he sold the sign to someone else about 30 minutes ago because the guy offered him $25 more than I was going to pay. So I never had the opportunity to even match the offer just poof and it was gone...

Thanks vent over but I don't feel any better.

Don't feel alone...We have all had this happen.

I hope you told him a person is only as good as his word, and he wasn't very high on the chart. He could at least called and offered you the same deal.Not that it would of been right,after you two had agreed that the deal was done.
Its a shame that some are so driven by the all mighty dollar. Something to do with up bringing,or the lack of it I think.

To his defense wonder how many call make a deal and never follow through.
Back to that your word thing again.

...that sucks...I'd have been tempted to give him some dental bills that wouldn't be covered by the extra $25

Yes you are right with you discussion title . Your vent session was a very calm and in polite manner ......I can imagine what you really said and how you felt , I hate that happened for you because I have been there myself ,its a sick feeling for sure .

That is a jerk move doesn't matter how much more.once I sold a truck at a swap meet and 5 minutes later someone offered me $500 more to cut the deal.Irefused it ,very few people have morels these days.

did you call hime before you left your house on the way there

Tom, was it a Mobil sign? I had the same thing happen a couple weeks ago. Almost the exact way,offered a deposit in good faith,called before leaving and when I was about 1/2 hour away he calls and says he sold it to the original owner of the station because it was the right thing to do. Days later I get a call from the person who bought it trying to sell it to me. Unreal! Just part of how people are today. A man is only as good as his word!

no did not call before I left went straight from work.

yes John it was a mobil sign...

Mobil marine

yup did u buy it?
If you did I'm glad for you. It least it went to a good home.

No wasn't me,but I feel your pain,price was too good to be true

sorry nochevys... what a ***** deal

Anytime I'm driving a long ways to make a purchase, I worry about this very same scenario...

I equally blame the guy who offered $25 more. Whatta jerk

A guy told me long ago, when I was just starting out, that this hobby was "driven by greed".

But hey I still love it.

yeah, i think this unfortunately has happened to all of us. Hell, one time I drove an hour to pickup a sign after agreeing on the price... then once I got there, he still had the sign, but had decided he wanted $80 more for it than what we agreed on... I about lost my mind.