I finally noticed that you're in Tucson, the scene of a CL success story (for me). Last year I was driving cross country and saw an ad for a bike I fancied- called the fellow up and asked him to hold it. Son-of-a-gun did too! 3 days no less. In appriciation I didn't haggle (It was a reasonable price however). He appriciated that and threw in some 'goodies'.
I geuss the moral is that there are good peopleand jerks out there. The best we can hope for is to deal with the good folk and have fun yankin' the jerks around.