What would you do?

A situation similar to this is happening with my sister at the moment. She's selling her house with her husband everything's been fine going through the process for the last couple of months, everything is due to be signed and finalised next week and literally days before the buyer of her house has decided he wants another survey doing, seemingly for some last minute bartering on the price. Given her situation I wouldn't nock a penny off and would be happier to site tight.
 
Any bets on a vindictive "keying" of OP's car, or a puncture, during the next week?

I admire OP's principles, but the "chancer" now knows where you live. ;)
 
Personally I would have just sold it to him and saved myself the hassle of reselling it. Anything for an easy life lol.
 
ICDP said:
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.
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This is really the point, How did you feel??

(Ie, was it mere haggling or really people trying to rip you off?)

(Having said that, the guy sounds like a *****! I had the same thing last year but the other way round! I agreed a price for a 20 year old Dennon sound system and the **** came back and asked me for more! (Gazundering) |Needless to say there were no further communications!)
 
As someone posted earlier, at what point does financial loss override your ethics/principles.
 
I would have accepted the full amount and taken his wife/gf shopping, movies and dinner.

By dinner I mean chipshop fumble.
 
ICDP said:
As someone posted earlier, at what point does financial loss override your ethics/principles.
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not sure you're principles were challenged? Someone tried to low-ball you and then immediately paid up?
 
Malevolence said:
Is this not just the ***** equivalent of me haggling a price down at antiques shops/fayres?
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It's really not, because if you agree a price then you stick to it. Making an offer under the asking price initially is the equivalent to this - agreeing a price then trying to short at the last minute is not on
 
I think the OP came out of this with his head held high and with no need to worry about the original tosspot ever turning up at his doorstep again. £20 is a small price to pay for this.
 
ICDP said:
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.
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At what point after the person handed you £200 do you need to be concerned with his trustworthiness or moral credibility?

Still, you've made the world a better place for only £20 so we all have you to think for that. :)
 
I would recognise his poor attempt to negotiate a better deal and either take the 200 or up the price to 210 depending on certain details. Why would you find it insulting someone uses a negotiation technique? A deal is only done when it is closed.
 
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