dibs

[Rigmaster]

Ultimately, it comes down to this... The seller has the right to sell the item to whomever he wants. If he want's to follow "dibs", than that is his choice.

I never pay attention to who has dibs because most people send a PM about stuff. The first person who has money for me gets the part.

-Erik

+1

I don't really mind the whole "dibs" thing, but some people on this board seem to have "dibs diarrhea", they see something and call dibs on it even though they have no money, and no way to pay for it- it's a PITA.

But I'm like most people I think, I treat folks the way I would like to be treated. If I want something, but I need to get my $$ in order or ask my wife/mom/girlfriend/boyfriend/dog, whatever- I make that 100% clear in my reply to the seller. None of this "Have cash, want your item ASAP" BS that usually turns into a 25% of asking price offer if I take S&H green stamps and can deliver the item overnight to Swaziland for free.

Let me restate what Erik posted- "The first person who has money for me gets the part". That doesn't mean I won't work with someone who has a reasonable request, but this "my Paypal is broken" or "I got scammed and they locked down my Paypal" or "I'm sooooo busy at school I havent' had time to mail your payment" crap just doesn't fly. If you can't get Paypal to work chances are you know that before claiming DIBS, so just go get a Money order and mail it! Yeah, it's not as convenient as Paypal, but it's NOT my problem that YOUR Paypal account is screwed up. Just don't try to BS me by saying you mailed payment 2 weeks ago when a letter can get across country in 3-5 days.


Bret.

[Jand3rson]

You guys can do whatever you want when you're selling. I guess what I'm getting at is if I want to buy something really cool that someone is selling and I've got the money ready to pay, and instead of selling right to me, the seller decides he's going to wait a week for the kid that called dibs to get his next allowance, that's the kind of shit that's going to get me pissed off, and that's the kind of shit that was going on when we decided to start trying to get rid of the "dibs" crap.

[euro3]

no

You guys can do whatever you want when you're selling. I guess what I'm getting at is if I want to buy something really cool that someone is selling and I've got the money ready to pay, and instead of selling right to me, the seller decides he's going to wait a week for the kid that called dibs to get his next allowance, that's the kind of shit that's going to get me pissed off, and that's the kind of shit that was going on when we decided to start trying to get rid of the "dibs" crap.

That is a far strech from what happened in my case. I felt it was proper to wait a day to see if the guy was honorable.

You can be pissed at the "dibs" buyer, but as a seller I didn't do anything wrong.

[Jand3rson]

That is a far strech from what happened in my case. I felt it was proper to wait a day to see if the guy was honorable.

You can be pissed at the "dibs" buyer, but as a seller I didn't do anything wrong.

I didn't say that was what happened in your case, and I also didn't say you did anything wrong. Relax and quit acting like I'm jumping your shit.

I'm saying nothing more than what's been MY experience with it, and the kind of thing that's happened in the past.

[AdironRider]

Josh brings up a good point. Its one thing to give a guy a day or two to get his shit together but entirely different to screw a working guy who really does have the money out of a part that they want. Seller should use their own good judgement. End of story.

[delphini]

WELL.........what if you both agree on a price and you follow through with the funds but the seller is super slow to follow thru on his part, how long should you wait to raise hell?????

[euro3]

cool

I didn't say that was what happened in your case, and I also didn't say you did anything wrong. Relax and quit acting like I'm jumping your shit.

I'm saying nothing more than what's been MY experience with it, and the kind of thing that's happened in the past.

My panties are no longer bunched up!