It's happend again

[ManDownUnder]

Plenty of self-proclaimed arm-chair lawyers here though. Funny how so many people know _their_ interpretation of the legal system is correct, yet we see so many differing, mutually exclusive, opinions.
Sorry, the amount of rubbish I see posted in the road law threads makes me puke...Rant over.
(Not directed at you in any way MDU, just something your comment sparked inside me!)

PS - Nice you got a result you were happy with Bartman.

PPS - 750Y's RoXoRz.

Dude if you're like me I think that spark comes from the lack of absolute law... and the plethora (not a bad word for beertime) of opinions...

Go to any lawyer and ask what the law is in this regard... you'll get a bill for $200/hour+ and an "opinion".

... nifty... but then the unfortunate fact is that you need those "opinions" prior to doing anything beacause they the most informed... most likely to be right (no guarantee of any sort of course)

No aggro taken from your post either...
MDU

[ManDownUnder]

Quote", We'll folks this thread is a wrap. After some careful telephone negotiation the guy has come clean and admited that a deal is a deal. I think this spleen venting rant on KB helped me calm down a bit before I rang him to explain what I thought of him

Thanks, and have a good weekend!

I'll finally be on a bike again.",





Good stuff!
See ya on the road soon!

YES!

[White trash]

Bartman, you're a cheap prick. If I know you, you'd beat the guy severly to get to the price anyway. Then he goes home, sulking about it, sez to his missus what the price was, she's gone off her head and he's had to try and save face, bleeding from the anus the whole time.

Glad you got a bike though, mate.

It's not another of those gutless seven fiddys is it?

[DingDong]

Offer and acceptance?... yes
changing the terms of acceptance?... not allowed
Proof of acceptance?... not really unless you have a email/fax or a third party was a witness.
Getting the new bike? unless you have a witness or pay $500

You'll have very hard time disputing the deal legally and it'll cost you more than $500
So... if you want the bike offer the guy $250, its your choice.

[Bartman10]

Bartman, you're a cheap prick. If I know you, you'd beat the guy severly to get to the price anyway. Then he goes home, sulking about it, sez to his missus what the price was, she's gone off her head and he's had to try and save face, bleeding from the anus the whole time.

Glad you got a bike though, mate.

Me? Cheap? Surely you don't mean that!

It's not another of those gutless seven fiddys is it?

Yep A blue K3, 10,000 ks 1 owner.

[Beemer]

We'll folks this thread is a wrap. After some careful telephone negotiation the guy has come clean and admited that a deal is a deal. I think this spleen venting rant on KB helped me calm down a bit before I rang him to explain what I thought of him

Thanks, and have a good weekend!

I'll finally be on a bike again.

Excellent result, and proof that calmly (after ranting to us and getting some advice!) stating your case can sometimes be all it takes to get the other person to reconsider. Very pleased it worked in your case, $500 is a lot of pingers to be down...

[marty]

good to see it worked out. a little while ago i bought a $25000 item as part of an on-line advertise/purchase arrangement. spoke to the (private) vendor, and deposited a substantial deposit, pending the items arrival by transporter (from the south island) in about 7 days.

3 days later, i received an e-mail saying that the item would not be delivered, as it had been sold by the shop that it had been displayed at. now i knew that it was at the shop, but had no dealings at all with the shop, and it was my understanding that the shop owner had been advised that the item had been sold to me.

understandibly i was concerned for the safety of my $$$deposit.

after some pretty significant negotiations however, my deposit was transferred to the shop, and an almost identical item delivered to me, the original vendor paying the difference, and the transport fees.

i know that the shop was under no obligation to negotiate this outcome, but at the end of the day, as i made it quite clear, they were making 2 substantial sales in a week, when the original item could have been removed from their floor without any money coming their way, and then the second item may not have sold either. i think it 'cost' (by way of effecively reducing the sale price), the private vendor about $1000. it still cost me the same.

all in all, a good outcome for me.

[Beemer]

Hey Marty, next time I need to buy something, I'll give you a call! You have much better luck than most people I know who end up in similar situations!