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Originally Posted by 19Yzerman19
This is incorrect. I made an offer - 300 delivered. He made a counter offer - 250, with me arranging for the items to be picked up. I accepted. That's a legally binding contract. He breached it by selling them to someone else.
Now, it's not worth doing anything about that, because my damages are minimal. However, I could technically sue him. People are really casual with contracting on Kijiji; I was very close to sending a statement of claim to the movers I booked who didn't show up just to make the point that you can't conduct yourself like that without consequences.
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While I appreciate the legal lesson:
1) I'm not sure there was a true meeting of the minds if he thought it was fine to sell to someone else before you got there;
2) you wouldn't have any damages; and
3) there was no exchange of consideration.
I'm not saying it isn't a dick move, but from the buying/selling I've done on Kijiji in the past, you are just going to be frustrated if you expect people to conduct themselves with honour. It certainly happens sometimes, but you'll be better off if you expect people to no-show and to sell it to whoever shows up first with cash in hand.
Anyways, I'll add my gear grinder. I'm in the process of buying a new vehicle, have it narrowed down to either a Ford Explorer Limited or a Toyota Highlander XLE. I'm planning on booking 1-2hr test drives with each of them then demanding invoice+$500 from whichever one I like best. Once (s)he turns down that offer, I'm going to email around to every dealership in Southern Alberta until I find one that will give me the best deal. Then I'm going to go to my closest dealer and ask them to match it.
What GMG is that doing all of this makes me feel like a jerk.
I feel like I'm wasting the salesperson's time, as well as all of the time of the other people responding to my e-mail.
What really GMG however, is that this is a system that the dealers have created for themselves. I have nothing against the salespeople at all, I get that they are doing their job. But if I can save $2000 by pissing off a dozen of them and haggling over e-mail, I'm sure as heck going to do it.
