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Originally Posted by btimbit
You agree to sell something to someone, you don't go and sell it to someone else instead. Yeah, that's life, whatever. It's still wrong, and anyone that does it is a dick.
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The problem with Kijiji is that the seller had no guarantee that Yzerman was going to go through with the purchase. So while the seller was waiting for Yzerman to show up with the cash in hand, somebody else came through with a better offer; both in terms of monetary amount as well as being able to close the deal quickly.
If the seller had already accepted a deposit, or maybe even not bothered to call, then I'd say he was being a dick. Is it unfortunate that Yzerman lost out- absolutely.
Even with the buy & sell here on CP, I have had established members tell me they are totally interested; when and where can we meet up? And then nothing. Even on time sensitive items like tickets for a game that night. So I can understand a seller on a medium where you don't know anybody else not being as trusting. At least not to give up a better 100% deal for the sake of honouring a lesser deal that wasn't 100%.