Originally Posted by daf1009

Wow...finally met "one of those guys"...while I congratulate you on the bike, not on the method of purchase. This is what makes Craigslist the "evil list of Craig"...put yourself in the other guy's shoes...he thinks he has a deal with this seller...time to meet, etc. And then..."oh, I can be there 5 minutes sooner, so I am going to swoop in and purchase this..." While the other guy is driving to the meeting place to purchase...I have been that guy...have everything set up and then someone swoops in.

"Early bird gets the worm"...sounds like rationalization to me...

I started to say "not to offend"...but...realistically...I find this behavior offensive...so, I guess I cannot say that. Who knows? I may be in the minority here...probably am...and really do not want to start anything, but, having been the guy that was "on the way" when someone else jumped in...it is quite disturbing to see this group "celebrating" doing that...

Who knows who the "other guy" was? Maybe he was someone that wanted to get back into cycling, or get into to begin with...and now he has to start over...maybe he doesn't because of frustration. On the other hand, maybe he was the "dreaded flipper"...but who knows?