Fuckin' Seattle!
Had arranged to buy a used car from someone in Seattle. Based solely on ad photos and a phone conversation. During the conversation, seller offered a $2000 discount off his asking price, and stated that he already had a scheduled maintenance appointment in Seattle to have a recall repair done. If i was willing to wait, he would get that taken care of. (scheduled for later this week.)
Bastard just sold it. "buyer is going to pay ($1000 more than our agreed, $1000 less than his original asking) to take it today without the recall work done.
"i had it listed for over a month with no bites, then you called last week, and this other buyer todayβ¦"
My final reply may have been overly snarky:
Annoyingly, in the week between us reaching the agreement to buy and today, the one local one that I was also interested in (more miles, more money) sold⦠:-(
"Just to let you know, i was willing to pay your original asking price of $(1000 more than what he admitted he just sold it for) and deal with recall myself. And if you had contacted me a little earlier today, i could have made it up there today. But hey, "easy way out"β¦ good luck selling, because if it falls through, i'm no longer interested in dealing with you."
I hope it falls through and he has to accept even less than our agreement from the next buyer, you slimy Seattle bastard.