On 20 August 2017 at 19:45, Rob Jarratt <[email protected]> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rob Jarratt >> via cctalk >> Sent: 19 August 2017 23:33 >> To: 'Paul Anderson' <[email protected]>; 'General Discussion: On-Topic and >> Off-Topic Posts' <[email protected]>; 'Pete Hollobon' >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: DEC VT125 on Schpock in Birmingham, UK >> > Well, that didn't go too well. > > I made the offer of the asking price. I got no reply, no acknowledgement, no > acceptance or rejection. Then today someone else made an offer which seems to > have been accepted. When I asked why I had not even had a response I was told > he wasn't prepared to wait for several weeks (I had said I might not be able > to collect for a week or two), and I had not been given any opportunity to > discuss it. I could see he had accepted someone else's offer, and he then > promptly asked me if I would beat his highest offer. > > After accepting someone's offer it doesn't seem too right to then ask if > someone else will beat it. Perhaps not the kind of seller to deal with I > think. > > So, although I have wanted a VT125 for a long time, it looks like I am not > going to get one :-( >
Ugh. Sorry to hear that. I've some success buying things with Schpock, but it is more like making a best offer on a buy-it-now on eBay: until the other side accepts, it is just an offer. There isn't an equivalent of a straight buy-it-now, any offer (even of asking price) is up for approval by the seller. It looks like that guy sold it to someone else off Schpock anyway, presumably for more than the £55 he quoted you. Pete.
