At what point after the person handed you £200 do you need to be concerned with his trustworthiness or moral credibility?
This is the main concern I had. Look at this objectively without thinking about the £20 loss I took.
The initial encounter resulted in this guy assuming I was an idiot ripe for a con. This is not a small matter of "no harm in trying", it is reneging on an agreed price.
This also tells me this person is not remotely trustworthy and to me has zero credibility on morals or ethics.
Possibly because the whole deal might come back one day and bite you in the Ass!
Like I said earlier, sometimes, some people simply are not worth dealing with!
(Especially if they are ******!)
How? If you want to use this logic in that because of their "untrustworthiness" selling the monitor to them might come back on you at some point, then not selling it to them is likely going to cause similar hassle, as they'll have something to hold against the OP for NOT selling it to him.
My point is that what you've said isn't sensible.
Trouble is this is a potential non-win scenario. Whatever you do you are likely to have issues,.
At least, if you haven't taken "Their" money you might have an advantage!
Possibly because the whole deal might come back one day and bite you in the Ass!
Like I said earlier, sometimes, some people simply are not worth dealing with!
(Especially if they are ******!)
What would anyone else here on GD do in that situation?
I'd have just sold it to the first guy for £200 there and then, save messing about. Although he tried to get a few extra quid off, it wasn't really a reason to refuse the sale, plus you messed him about for nothing.
There are some chancers who try to short change you big time. I sold a perfect condition 27" IPS screen on Gumtree a few days ago. They are £300 new, so had it on Gumtree for £200 and a guy agreed at that price. He came to the house to collect and said, "only got £150 on me mate", to which I replied "then you aren't getting it, sorry we agreed £200". He went out to the car where his (I assume GF/wife) was waiting, came back a few minutes later with all the money. I told him I had decided to keep the monitor. He whined about how I wasted his journey/time and I told him, "all on you mate, when you agree a price stick to it".
Luckily I had another buyer who offered £180 if I didn't get it sold. I phoned him up and he got the monitor at £180. I was happier to sell to a non scummy git who wasn't trying to pull the wool over my eyes.
What would anyone else here on GD do in that situation?
P.S I expect he will sneak back and put pooh in my letterbox![]()