Trading Rules

[Jim Jam]

Hi Mod's can a Mod please explain to me about Rule 10 in the Forsale section of this forum, as it seems to change with a persons take on it.
My take is the first person to offer asking price gets the goods even if there is lower offers on the thread that have not been accepted. This however could be wrong which is why i'm asking.

 

[admin]

The person selling can sell to whoever he likes. So no, just because you offered the asking price first doesn't mean you get the item.

Actually now I read it, how can there be any confusion?

Rule 10 ) "* The first person to offer the ASKING price MAY get the goods even if there are offers already tabled but not accepted, (it remains the sellers right to decide what offer to take)."

 

[Jim Jam]

The person selling can sell to whoever he likes. So no, just because you offered the asking price first doesn't mean you get the item.

Actually now I read it, how can there be any confusion?

Rule 10 ) "* The first person to offer the ASKING price MAY get the goods even if there are offers already tabled but not accepted, (it remains the sellers right to decide what offer to take)."

The confusion stands behind bit of offers and when somone offers over asking price because someone else offered asking price before them but the seller hasn't been on to check his sale so no offer of asking price is accepted.
The way the rules sound (to me, it changes on different peoples views) is that if a person offers lower than the asking price and another offers asking price the person who offers the asking price will get the goods even if there is offers that have not been accepted which lets the seller decided on the higher offer. However i didn't think that if you offer to pay over the asking price because you were too slow or couldn't afford it when you first offered, that you would be able to get the item, and if the other person offers more than you then you enter a bidding war which again i thought was not the point of this rule.
I thank you for clearing this up for me.

 

[Rider]

I think the key word here is "MAY"

At the end of the day it's down to the seller to accept whichever offer they choose.

However, as it states, it's unless an offer has already been accepted. It's a bit off to accept an offer and to then back track because someone offered 50p (or £20 or whatever) more....

It's always seemed pretty straight forward to me.

 

[Jim Jam]

I think the key word here is "MAY"

At the end of the day it's down to the seller to accept whichever offer they choose.

However, as it states, it's unless an offer has already been accepted. It's a bit off to accept an offer and to then back track because someone offered 50p (or £20 or whatever) more....

It's always seemed pretty straight forward to me.

When it said 'MAY' I thought it meant as in they may get the item if a lower offer isn't accepted, as i say it depends on peoples takes on it as i'm not the only one but now i know.
Thanks for clearing it up Fraser and Bon (Admin).

 

[Dusty]

It means the seller chooses whose money to take at the end of the day.

 

[Jim Jam]

It means the seller chooses whose money to take at the end of the day.

Thats fair enough, well now that, thats cleared up i'll leave you Mod's and the Admin to your duties.