Quoted from tamoore:Generally, I don't have much use for retail outfits. There are a few who are wonderful assets to the hobby, but I've heard this same story from a few different people about this vendor. I believe they tried to swoop in on a deal I had made with a guy, but my seller also stood firm on his deal with me in the face of their phone calls to him, trying to persuade him to sell the game to them instead. Even when the seller had told them that I had rented a van and was on the way - driving the 100+ miles to get there, they said they could get there before me, and would give the seller an extra 50 bucks.
To me, that's not "business", that's sleazy. Good on the seller for sticking to our deal (which was really just my agreement to pay his full asking price).
A few years back the same thing happened on a transaction I was involved in. The seller and I agreed to meet within the hour (I was his first email), but he was inexperienced and gave out his address to the 2nd emailer...GRG. They showed up before me unannounced with the "well we were here first so sell us the pins." The seller realized his mistake and they actually got into a verbal argument ending in "Who the f*** do you think you are? Get the f*** off my property!"
I was unaware of all of this when I showed up and the seller was still fired up about it. Said he learned his lesson about not giving out contact info until necessary. He was completely cool with me though. It was one of those where I went for a quick purchase/pickup and ended up hanging out in his shop drinking beer. I love those runs.
