AlienAgent
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I’m needing some perspective here.
Found a smokin’ hot deal on a nice, used Cimex 4 hours away this past Saturday evening for $600. They had tried to move it for double that for several weeks before marking it down. The banks are obviously closed on Sunday.
Made all the arrangements with the seller to purchase the machine at 4pm today, four hours away.
Get a text while I’m headed to the bank this morning stating that they have sold it for more than our previous agreement.
While I’m not upset, I’m disappointed. But not so much about the deal. What got me was the lack of integrity that is so common place today.
Growing up, the deal was this… if you had an agreement with someone on a deal, you kept your word until the deal was made or fell through. Then the next guy got his chance. I believe it’s called the right of first refusal or right of first offer.
Now, it’s the money talks, whoever shows up first thing. Reminds me of feeding livestock in a trough. 50 cattle mosh pitting over a few buckets of corn.
Am I wrong to expect better behavior of adults than I would of an animal or infant? Am I wrong to expect the same behavior of others that I expect from myself?
Found a smokin’ hot deal on a nice, used Cimex 4 hours away this past Saturday evening for $600. They had tried to move it for double that for several weeks before marking it down. The banks are obviously closed on Sunday.
Made all the arrangements with the seller to purchase the machine at 4pm today, four hours away.
Get a text while I’m headed to the bank this morning stating that they have sold it for more than our previous agreement.
While I’m not upset, I’m disappointed. But not so much about the deal. What got me was the lack of integrity that is so common place today.
Growing up, the deal was this… if you had an agreement with someone on a deal, you kept your word until the deal was made or fell through. Then the next guy got his chance. I believe it’s called the right of first refusal or right of first offer.
Now, it’s the money talks, whoever shows up first thing. Reminds me of feeding livestock in a trough. 50 cattle mosh pitting over a few buckets of corn.
Am I wrong to expect better behavior of adults than I would of an animal or infant? Am I wrong to expect the same behavior of others that I expect from myself?