It's hard for a buyer to 'act in bad faith' as the seller is always the one making the final decision. My Mom sold a book at a yard sale years ago for 50 cents. After the sale was complete the man doing the buying asked her if she knew what the book was worth and her reply was that to her it was worth 50 cent. Turns out the book was 'worth' just over $300, and the man told her as much. Didn't phase her a bit, she named her price, he paid her price, from that point on it didn't matter. In other words any part, machine, etc, etc is only worth what someone will give you for it....if the price you place on it, that you'll take for it, is something totally different than that is your business as the seller. Granted finding some old woman with her husbands prized, ultra rare, million dollar brand x tractor up for sale for $1000 and buying it from her would be questionable at best, and something I personally couldn't do with a clear conscience without schooling her on the value of the machine, in the end the decision to sell or not is her's and her's alone. If the item is sold for $1000 and the person has a understanding of the actual value and still desires to sell it for the lesser amount then that is their own perogative. The only time a buyer would be acting in bad faith is if they knowingly bought the tractor from the lady, in an attempt to all but defraud her, because they knew full well she had no clue as to the actual value. Beyond a scenerio such as that, the buyer is always golden, and in the instance your mentioning is simply smart enough to wait around on a good deal....Which he could have just as easily have not done by buying the same item from someone else for a lesser price right from the start....instead of getting charged three times what it was worth because he "needed it now" and was desperate.
That said, in this instance (based on my understanding of the story) the seller placed an add for an item for a set price and had at least one willing buyer call. Said buyer was turned away without even the offer to ship the item for an extra cost. Had shipping been offered and turned down then there would be absolutely no beef, but it wasn't. Then said seller sees someone who appears desperate for the part so now he is more than willing to ship the item for an extra cost, along with the item he placed up for sale still being for sale at three times the origional price. Good for him if he sales it, yes. Still, answer the question, how would you feel if you had been the one that called looking for a part you needed for your machine (how bad you needed it shouldn't have been an issue, the fact you did call, and did need it, should have been enough) and knew you had been done the same way?????????
Think about it like this. You go into the auto parts house needing a radiator hose for your car or truck. It's 5 til 5 on Friday and they give you a price and then say, sorry, we can't sell you one because it's at the warehouse and they won't be able to get you one out until Monday, period, end of story. Then Joe Blow walks in with his car sitting right in front of their store with the hood raised and steam boiling out. They can clearly see he is from 4 states away and he says he's trying to get home for his kids birthday on Saturday. Now they offer him the same hose for 3, 4, 5 times the cost they just offered it to you, and to send a driver to the warehouse (which is just a block away, but Joe Blow doesn't know that) to pick it up for him for an extra $20 pickup fee. How would that go over with you if you were the one that just tried to order the hose for your car only to be told it wouldn't happen until Monday, Period...???? Personally I think I would be pi$$ed and that store wouldn't get my business again..........Same scenerio, just a bit different situation, but see how it plays out when the shoe is on your foot instead of someone elses???
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