Moral Dilema

MrBlobby · 3 Mar 2014 at 16:14

I had some ticketmaster vouchers that were near to the expiry date so I just bought ticket for something I didn't want to go to, just to spend them.

I thought now to sell them on GumTree. I agreed to sell them to someone for £40 each, but as the tickets didn't turn up I left the advert on Gumtree and upped the price £55.

Now people are interested at the £55 but I agreed to sell them for £45 so what do I do ??

Feel bad and take the cash or feel bad (lost money) and don't take the cash ? :confused:

Edit:-

The tickets will turn up in a couple of weeks

nick.lidgett · 3 Mar 2014 at 16:18

take the cash and stop being a wet lettuce

EGuitarStar · 3 Mar 2014 at 16:21

Do the good moral thing it'll reward you at another point in time.

ttaskmaster · 3 Mar 2014 at 16:21

Sorry, what?

- You used vouchers to buy tickets.
- You put the tickets up for sale at £40.
- The tickets did not actually turn up.
- You're now offering the tickets for £55.
- You also agreed to sell the tickets to someone for £45.

Is that straight?
Just to be clear - You have monetary offers for something you do not actually possess?

Haggisman · 3 Mar 2014 at 16:30

ttaskmaster said:
Sorry, what?

- You used vouchers to buy tickets.
- You put the tickets up for sale at £40.
- The tickets did not actually turn up.
- You're now offering the tickets for £55.
- You also agreed to sell the tickets to someone for £45.

Is that straight?
Just to be clear - You have monetary offers for something you do not actually possess?

Sounds like it.

OP are you asking: "should I get someone to pay me £55 for tickets I don't actually have for sale?"

platypus · 3 Mar 2014 at 16:31

If taking his post literally that is what I thought at first.

But then I assumed he'd mistyped and meant to say that the "buyers didn't turn up".

Dj_Jestar · 3 Mar 2014 at 16:33

I'm willing to be the tickets are non-transferable too.

i5aces · 3 Mar 2014 at 16:47

platypus said:
meant to say that the "buyers didn't turn up".

If that is what he meant then TAKE THE MONEY
if the origional buyers are still wanting the tickets then thats a call on how bad would you feel vs £20

Cosimo · 3 Mar 2014 at 16:58

It's not clear whether the OP has the tickets. He should just do a runner.

MrBlobby · 3 Mar 2014 at 17:13

Cosimo said:
It's not clear whether the OP has the tickets. He should just do a runner.

I haven't got the tickets yet, that's why I didn't sell them at the lower price. i will get them though

nick.lidgett · 3 Mar 2014 at 17:17

MrBlobby said:
I haven't got the tickets yet, that's why I didn't sell them at the lower price. i will get them though

i retract my original statement, you fraudster! and in 185 posts i will be staying away from you in the MM too

ttaskmaster · 3 Mar 2014 at 20:09

MrBlobby said:
I haven't got the tickets yet, that's why I didn't sell them at the lower price. i will get them though

I advise waiting until you actually have the tickets in your hand... and only THEN sell. If the original buyer comes back to you, fine. Otherwise just sell to the highest bidder.

Gregster · 3 Mar 2014 at 20:33

If you have already agreed to sell them for £45, then you should do that. Sorry but it is the decent thing to do.

Devrij · 3 Mar 2014 at 21:27

I but my bike up for sale at £1500 and was swamped with offers. I told one bloke I'd hold it for him to come see it. Another bloke offered me £300 more to buy it then and there. The guy was angry, but I had £300 extra and have never met the guy. I did feel bad, and I actually posted my boots to him for free as an apology for when he finally bought his bike. Just take the cash (when you get the tickets!).

MrBlobby · 3 Mar 2014 at 21:58

I can remember once my parents bought a settee that turned out to be unbearable uncomfortable, it's was really bad ! Anyway so they had to sell it. Someone came round with a bad back and they though can't sell it to him, so gave some lame excuse over the phone; my was he annoyed lol !

Jono8 · 3 Mar 2014 at 22:01

Devrij said:
I actually posted my boots to him for free as an apology

what

phonemonkey · 3 Mar 2014 at 22:14

nick.lidgett said:
i retract my original statement, you fraudster! and in 185 posts i will be staying away from you in the MM too

Why? It sounds to me he's looking to set up a deal which won't complete on either end until he has the tickets in his hands. It's fair to say that The OP has bought the tickets from a reputable vendor and has every expectation that they will arrive. He has apparently no intention of failing to hand over the tickets and would presumably provide a full refund if the tickets did fail to arrive on time.

Indeed he's even refused to sell the tickets once because the tickets weren't in his possession.

One would need to be careful when buying tickets in this kind of situation obviously but I can't see anything this far to indicate that the OP is a 'fraudster'