OBO could mean anything. Jill could offer Jack something other than money. The best offer is what the seller considers the best offer.

Well, the seller is fishing and it sucks, but at least he stepped up and told you that you were facing an auction situation and gave you a chance to adjust your bid. You pass it off as "it is just an 8-Ball". But what if it was something more desirable and people were really chasing? Would you blow it off as easily if the seller went the auction route and did not let you know?

Some around here say they were working with a seller who was pulling the sale/auction routine and they will never do business with that guy yada yada. I don't know about anybody else, but if it was a grail pin and a higher price was still under market value I'd be bummed out big time if I was not told the sale switched to an auction and I was not given a chance to play.

Yeah, sure. I don't blame you. I am not fond of 8-ball and would not walk across the street for one. But my question was: What if it was not just an 8 ball but something a little more desirable?

What is interesting is how everybody at the top of this ad was playing shark chasing a deal and thinking there is a fool seller here who does not know what his pin is worth. And gdMFSOB, the mf'r is trying to "fk" with us.

Yeah, I hear you. I had it happen with a classic Stern when someone came in behind me and bid a price up. I eventually found the Stern I was looking for. I had to pay twice the price. If the seller came back and told me he was going to auction, I would have played. The seller left a lot of money on the table.

Oh, so you remember me and now you choose to out yourself. I was not going to do that.

I don't know what you did not like about my Ts & Cs. I answered your ad and said SOLD ! I agreed to your asking price, was willing to make the drive, make a Paypal deposit, be there in two days, lay $100.00 bills on the glass, disassemble and load up the pin---and be gone. All for less than one hour of your time. Simple stuff: You have the cash and I now have the game loaded in back as I roll back home. This method has worked exceptionally well for me and the 12 others who sold me their pins. How do you imagine I would have been after driving off with your game? I imagine I would have been tired and thinking about the long drive home.

When you called you told me you had 6 hits on your ad and that you may just decide to keep the pin instead. And you offered me first dibs on the pin if you did decide to sell; You offered; I did not ask. I accepted your offer of first dibs----and like a fool---waited for a call.

It is a longer story but I figured out where the pin went and for more money than your ask price. It is a rare, desirable pin and if I had known you were going to switch your sale into an auction I would have told you that I wanted to play; But you never gave me the chance.

I did find one of these rare pins a few weeks later and I paid retail thru the nose. You left a lot of money on the table. A big FKn pile.

Anyway, as you stated above about the 8-Ball action "Not cool at all". I agree. You come across as taking the high road but I'm thinking this is a little bit like the pot calling the kettle black.

And you know what? If you ever have another pin that I'm looking for I would still buy from you.

Now, I'm over it.