if some one offers item for sale and you respond with "ill take it" how long should you wait for seller to acknowledge the purchase? 3 days, 5 day, a week? no reasonable response time tells me sellar is holding out for better deal. what say!

1 day tops!

Did you follow up with a PM?

Was it read?

Have you checked to see if they've been online since your post?

If they offer an item at say $100, and you say "I'll take it", what sort of "better deal" do you think they're holding out for?

What he said.

on8-5 i said "ill take it" no response till 8-12. advised seller i forgot about item. seller then responded that he had another offer. based on time frame i conceded to other purchaser. nice item, fair price, just to much lag time between communication. i felt uneasy and advised seller to take other offer on 8-13. item immediately reposted with lower price.? i follow my gut and subscribe to buyer beware. but most importantly communication is king. somebody wants to buy you sell it to him. quick!

Agree, one day should suffice unless extenuating circumstances; such as illness or emergency. It happens with us old farts on occasion!!!

I just went and looked.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth..._Johnson_Mills_Wool_Hunting_#Post6747287

You are correct, there was a week lag.

However, it looks like he agreed to sell it to you.

By your own admission above, you then changed your mind.

And, it was not "immediately reposted with a lower price". It was noted as "not sold", and the same price was put on the same line. The price wasn't adjusted until two days later.

If you're going to start calling out people, you better have a solid, and consistent, story....

I had a similar issue on another forum. After 24+ hours, I sent a PM explaining I would have to withdraw my offer based upon non-response and basically that the whole thing raised a red flag with me. Seller understood and went on to sell to another individual (had been very busy).

cavaet emptor

agree. the issue , on my end was the week delay. i moved on and forgot about item. advised seller and agreed to renegotiate sale. seller advised of other offer. i conceded to other buyer. then item was reposted. my bad for mistake in chronology but again issue was the week delay or item would have been in the mail. as stated i moved on. but this is not slamming seller just a wake up statement about communication and diligence. i would like to have purchased and am the guilty party for not being patient. but items move very quickly on the fire and "snooze you loose" many times affects the outcome of a sale.

This all sounds so horrible.



Travis

What I don't understand is why this stuff even gets brought up. If you wanted the item buy it, if not move on. It wasn't as if the guy screwed you. He contacted you a week later. You had the option to buy it or move on. You moved on so what is the problem.

Gotta agree there. Must be a slow week in someones house.

No chit....