Quoted from purbeast:Yep, this is something I understood after the fact unfortunately.
And I don't really blame him, other than I just thought I had more time to give him a solid yes/no.
The thing you didn't realize is that you HAD been given an ultimatum.
"I have another guy ready to buy this but you can let me know today if you want it" is a pretty straightforward ultimatum, at least when it comes to pinball sales.
You basically "called his bluff" by asking for a discount, and unfortunately, he wasn't bluffing so he sold it to the other guy.
Ya win some ya lose some! At least next time you'll have some ammo when you have run it by your wife, you can remind her what happened last time and that it's a good deal you really need to jump on. Then you'll find out if SHE's bluffing!