Buyers Flipping your good deal. Make you mad?

[ULEWZ]

I sold a seat on this forum for a great deal and the guy is flipping it for $100 more just one week later. Would that make you mad, or just par for the course?

I started off mad, and now I am ambivalent.

I believe in paying it forward. What do you think?

 

[puppychow]

Agree! Pay it forward, not going to get rich flipping farkles for a profit, might as well get rich in goodwill from your riding brethren.

 

[Chuck35]

Karma is a ******!

 

[Geezer]

I would not be too happy. If he bought it from you intending to use it and then found that he did not like it for some reason, then reselling is OK. If he bought it from you because it was a bargain and he intended to flip it for a profit then I'd say he's used up his good will around here. This is not a competitive site like Ebay, this is a forum of people who generally like to help eachother out.

 

[HotRodZilla]

If he's selling it off site, I wouldn't stress it. If he bought it here and is selling it here, well, that just makes him an *******. Guess I'm gonna have to go peruse the classifieds.

 

[LKLD]

Ethically, I would say it's wrong, but that is always subjective to individual opine. Once sold, it's known that the buyer can do what he/she wants to do with it, and that includes selling it for profit. If this bothers you, remember the buyer and don't sell to him again. That's your only real recourse.

I guess we should add "seller beware" here, as our mantra concerning classifieds.

 

[Chiefblueman]

Maybe he's bumping the price up to give himself some room to bargain and recoup his expenses. That's my glass half full take on it.

If he's here as a "member" taking advantage of good deals offered in the spirit of the FJR brotherhood, then profiting from his brethren, well.....

I got a smokin' deal on a Bill Mayer saddle here, paid $150. Sat on it, wasn't for me. Passed it along for what I paid and was happy to know it was a good deal for the next guy. YMMV

 

[owsley]

I believe that once someone buys something, the connection is over. If someone is purposely buying stuff here and then flipping for $$$, bad karma.

 

[Aasland]

He's not a jerk. My uncle is a jerk. He borrowed his sister's VW Golf for a few years, racked up a whole pile of kilometers, convinced her it wasn't worth anything, bought it from her for a pittance, sold for a lot more, and never gave her back the profit. Never paid her for using the car for years. THAT's a jerk.

Over a $300 seat? Not involving a family member or someone you need to deal with daily? Eh, move on. Not worth your heartburn.

 

[Intech]

Not worth stressing over. You chose what to sell it for and got it. Granted, I agree with the other sentiments here. If he bought it just to resell not cool. If he bought it and found he didn't like it, sell it to cover what he had into it and pass on the deal to someone else.

 

[ionbeam]

ULEWZ offered the seat at a great price expecting that the buyer would be a grateful user or a gratified user that they got such a good deal. Now someone that actually needs a seat is going to have to fork over a lot more cash because a greedy, self centered person that is taking advantage of the deal. That's not right, IMO. YMMV.

 

[Bugnatr]

I was once foolish enough to think just because someone rides they are a good person. I don't believe that anymore.

 

[Pterodactyl]

Not worth stressing over? Probably.

On the other hand, I know a guy who knows a guy who can... well youse know....

 

[FJRay]

Gotta say **** happens. Ride more and stress less. The world has a way of leveling the playing field.

 

[Bustanut joker]

Agreed Ray... Once I sell something it's over for me.
If the buyer resells at a higher price? I'm the guy who made the mistake of listing it too low.

That being said, I've gave away probably a few hundred dollars worth stuff here. Good karma is just that.

 

[Bounce]

I have a whole passel of Rockband **** setting at the curb for someone to have for free. Talk about investing a lot and getting zip on the open market for it. It would cost me more for gas than I could get out of it selling it.

it took 2 days and I had to hang a "This ****'s free and it all works" sign on it before anyone would take it. At least it didn't go in the land fill.

 

[TomInPA]

A sale on the forum is often viewed as a sale amongst friends. It should be that. After all many of us meet, ride, eat together and share a common bond. Forums are often described as communities, so giving a good deal to fellow forum members is a commendable thing that is not uncommon. Using the For Sale area here to turn a profit is definitely not cool, and if it was the common behavior rather than the exception would change the tone of the forum.

That said, every village has one.

 

[PhilJet09]

I tend to snap up good deals and then gift them to friends I know are looking for said items, just did that with a Spot locator. The other way around just doesn't seem right.

 

[Pterodactyl]

The person who probably really has a case of the a$$ now is the guy who paid $400.