Free market economy....Is it rude, by all means. If the seller has not agreed to a sale, then all is fair. Simply my sending an email saying you will pay the asking price does not conclude the transaction, this does not enter anyone into a contract. Once money is sent or a sale is verbally agreed, this is a much different matter.
For myself I am a private individual not bound by the "normal" bars of running a business. Would I do something like this, no. Do I think it's wrong, yes. But I would get over it and move on.
I have the right to refuse a sale on any basis I see fit. Simply by listing an item does not enter me into a contract with anybody with an email account. I have the right to cancel the listing at any point in time, to reduce or increase the price.
I also have the right not to deal with someone whom does this.
Just the other side.
Marty
For myself I am a private individual not bound by the "normal" bars of running a business. Would I do something like this, no. Do I think it's wrong, yes. But I would get over it and move on.
I have the right to refuse a sale on any basis I see fit. Simply by listing an item does not enter me into a contract with anybody with an email account. I have the right to cancel the listing at any point in time, to reduce or increase the price.
I also have the right not to deal with someone whom does this.
Just the other side.
Marty