I was the first contact for an audio item I saw for sale recently. The seller was on the opposite coast and when I contacted him it was late at night (my time). He agreed to the price and gave me his PP info. I didn’t see that message until I got up this morning. By some stroke of insight I checked the listing before I sent the money and saw it marked as sold. I contacted the seller and he told me that he sold it to the first person who gave him the money - this was a contact from an interested party after he’d agreed to my offer. He didn’t have the courtesy to wait for a response! Really ticks me off! 
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not cool! Wise for you to have double checked. Good reminder for the rest of us.
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Thanks Tom. I was actually a little surprised by this, as it’s not the way I deal with potential buyers. If I get contacted by someone who wants to buy something I have listed, they get right of first refusal. If I get contacted later by another party I let them know I have an interested buyer and need to hear back from them first. Cheez, it’s just common courtesy.
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If someone were committed to buying my sale item first, and another buyer came in later I would for sure to check with the first one first. That is the basic rule in selling.
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Key word… “etiquette”.
Typically I look at it as it is for the best, meaning it was not meant to be. I just move on. Think of it like this, after the sale had there been “problems” how would have this seller behaved.
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Maybe he needed a kidney ASAP.
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