Furious! Does anybodys word mean anything anymore!

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I bought a car last friday from sydney. Negotiated a price, and told the guy i needed a few days to arrange freight. Was due to be picked up tomorrow arvo, and i just spoke with the guy to confirm.

On friday when we spoke, he was happy as larry, i offered a deposit via eft, and he said that as long as i assured him we had a done deal he was happy to just sort out all of the money tonight in 1 lump sum. I assured him that it was a done deal, that my word is my promise, and that i had the funds, and would transfer tonight when i called to confirm a pick up time.

WELL!!! : :jab: !!!!!!!!! This is where the fun starts, he just called me, me thinking to confirm times and with account details. Instead he tells me that there is someone else coming to look at the car, (which is sold to me) and that he has straigh out offered 10% more than the price we agreed on, sight unseen. So basically i can match that, or he'll sell it to him! So i said basically, yeah we'll you've got me over the barrel dont ya! I have planned on getting the can, already bought other bits for it, and we had a verbal handshake deal on the car. He basically replied that he needs money so i match it or it goes! I had originally planned to pick the car up on saturday myself, but struck a good deal on freight so was going to let someone else do it. I said if i had have picked it up on saturday there would not even be a car there now, and that basically his word was worth $h!t and that i was basically being made to bid on something that i had as far as i knew bought.

So i said as i am apalled that his word meant nothing, i have basically no option but to match what he's asking, and that usually on a matter of principle i would tell him to jam it, but i cant see me getting the same deal anywhere else so am still better off. I told him i will match his offer on the 1 condition that the buck stops there! If he calls the other guy and tells him that i matched it and he offers more, stiff.

Makes me so angry that you have to treat everyone as a liar these days because peoples standards can be bought so cheaply. Yes, its my fault as i did not push harder for him to allow me to make a deposit and be given a reciept, but makes me so so so angry! Been stooged on a house the same way! I treat people as honest and in good faith, but guess there are less people around like that now!

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