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Originally Posted by Brutalblues
I get a kick out of people who think that offering to pay CASH is going to impress anyone these days. For one, do you think he was going to take a credit card or personal check from someone else? Whether it's Craigslist or the local yard sale, whoever gets there first wins. What probably happened was the seller told the next caller that he was meeting some guy tomorrow and the guy after you offered more $ or insisted on seeing it right away and beat you to it.
When you find a "buy" you need to be in your car, cash in hand, getting directions as you drive there to get it. If you're not the first one there it'll be gone.
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i understand what you are saying, but if you will re-read the original post i DID call/contact the guy immediately when it (Gretsch) showed up...he is the one that said to call him in the morning (next day) and we would meet and "do a deal"..i called early and got voice mail; he never got BACK with me until 5:00 that evening and said we could meet the NEXT day at 3:00...he's the one that never showed up or even bothered to call....i would have meet him in a public place the very hour the stupid thing showed up; he's the one that "flaked" twice, not me...and yep, in my world, cash talks pretty tootin' loud as opposed to....."i gotta check with the wife, i gotta see how much i can scrape up, i gotta see what my budget will allow, i'll be back, i'll see if i can put my rent off for a week"......i've heard them all...
the deal didn't happen, another one will turn up from a SERIOUS person, i've still got my money, and i'll give the money to a SERIOUS seller, not a flake such as this guy was....in my opinion, it was his loss, not mine...if he sold the guitar to someone else, that's cool, but that doesn't excuse him jerking me around for two days; he should have had the decency to call and say, "guitar's gone"...i would have..