Originally Posted by
Propofol
If I was the seller, I couldn't care less. I'd rather not deal with eBay buyers who welch on their commitment to buy something from me. So I lose a buyer like that, big deal. eBay is a large enough market that there are plenty of other non-squirrelly buyers to keep me in business, so I'm going to hold all buyers to their word when they buy something from me.
Besides, you are ignoring the fact that the buyer is the one in the wrong here. It's not the seller's duty to excuse one's ignorance merely to generate a false sense of goodwill that may or may not benefit him in the future.
Maybe you are just replying specifically to pgjackson here, but here is my view on this. Yea, I jumped the gun. I wasn't trying to be dishonest about the situation, I made the offer, he accepted at which point I thought I would have the opportunity to make my final decision. When I found out I didn't, I was simply looking if there was an honest and ethical way of not making the purchase. When I emailed him, he said no. I followed through.
I dont see anything "squirly" about that. I wasn't generating a false sense of goodwill. In my eyes, I was honest and ethical and i ended up follwing through with my side of the deal when I realized there was option for a no purchase.