buyer/seller dispute

So you are the seller. Got it. Without sugar coating anything I would politely tell the wanna be buyer to pound sand. They apparently by your statments failed to live up to terms that were verbally discussed. A polite way to put it would be to thank them for the interest and then look for buyers that understand professionalism on both sides of the transaction.

Forgot to add that I wouldn't even do a deal without a deposit up front. Nonrefundable of course.

No deposit, no deal.

I don't understand how people expect a seller to hold something for them when no deposit was made. I also don't understand why the seller is chasing after the buyer either. I wouldn't trust getting a payment from someone who failed to be diligent from the start.

I know I research breeders before I buy and ask a million questions to make sure they are legit. So how come sellers can't be picky with their buyers? Seems a bit unfair. The seller gave the buyer a chance and the buyer blew it.

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It would be awesome if we could put down that type of buyer,like a rabid animal!http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...violent006.gif

As a new seller myself, I've already been in this kind of situation. I've had lots of people who say "Hey! I want X baby. BUT....I won't have the money for x-days". After getting stood up on payments or planning to meet at a neutral location for them not to show up, I had to adopt a "no nice girl" policy. If there is no down payment sent on the animal, I do not hold it...for any reason. I don't care if you are my best friend.

The buyer in this case is just butt hurt that he/she can't take advantage of your deal when it's convenient for him/her. You shouldn't have to be subjected to that. The buyer hasn't made any payment. I would go ahead and offer the snake for sale to someone else who can make payments.

I don't think this will be bad on your reputation. If the buyers plans on sharing his/her distaste, there are plenty of reasonable people (like on here) that will kindly tell him/her to stop being a whinny baby and just pay the money if money is due.

This person just wants something for nothing, but ONLY when it's convenient. Tell them to take a flying leap at a rolling doughnut and move on. If you are interested in one of my animals, be it a $20 normal or a $850 Vanilla super pastel, until I see cash, you get zero accommodation from me.

I'll use a really nice guy I recently did a payment plan for. He put down the required non-refundable deposit on a snake, and agreed to 90 days to pay said snake in full. When the 90 day mark neared, I contacted him and asked about it, since I had heard nothing from him for the entire time. He explained he was having some personal problems, but promised to pay as soon as he could. As a gesture of good faith, he sent additional payment. More time passed, I began to get nervous about the whole thing. Eventually he contacted me again and sent another payment. Although it was within my rights to deny him this snake, having broken the original contract, I couldn't quite bring myself to just keep the money and re-sell the snake. I agreed to set another limit, if remaining payment was not received the snake would be re-sold. Happily, things fell into place for him and the snake was paid for and shipped.

But, in the first place, a verbal agreement means diddly squat. If no money was exchanged, tough turkey if you don't like the fact that the deal is different. If you weren't such a jerk to begin with, you wouldn't be in this situation now. As the seller, you own this looser nothing. Not. One. Thing. Tell him/her the animal/animals are already sold, and advise next time payment or at least deposit be made promptly to prevent a repeat of the situation.

Gale

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Originally Posted by rainbowreptiles

it was 40 days ago now that the initial deal was discussed, two weeks ago that the first payment was to come in and then the extension was due about a week ago. there was no request for another extension, just a call on day 39 (almost a week later) asking if payment (an unstated deposit amount) could be sent in a "week or two or so" for the original deal 40 days ago. when the terms on that deal had changed, the buyer has become very upset. had the initial payment or even the payment due on the extended date come in i would have honored the deal but now that two different due dates have passed and no clear amount or date is in the future i can't see going with the original deal when i no longer even want to.

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Something else to consider... I don't know what the price is on this snake, but I expect it's not in the 4+ figure range because those buyers understand the concept of "pay to play". So, you're dealing with someone who can't manage to save up the sale price on the snake over the course of 8 weeks... what happens if the snake gets sick? Or will you see that buyer here asking for home remedies for burns because he didn't get a t-stat to regulate the UTH, and he can't afford to take it to the vet? Personally I wouldn't want to put an animal I'm responsible for into that situation, which is why I will keep BP breeding as a hobby rather than a business, I can be pickier about buyers. Someone who has to make money can't do that.