The conditions stated by the Seller should say:

The first 'I'll Take It' with no conditions made""Posted here on the open Forum"" gets the item..
Please follow up with a PM for payment and shipping info.

Conditions to the buy, an I'll Take It sent by PM but no ITI made on the open forum listing take a back seat to the above.

JMO and how I list stuff.

This felt like a more friendly forum until I read this thread. Guess someone could miss out on the deal of a lifetime. Unfortunate. Regrettable. Whatever else. The Moderators should come up with rules? Maybe the guberment needs to make the rules. God help us survive the rules!

marlinguy wrote on Jul 12^th, 2026 at 1:05pm:


Val, this particular case that RJ posted about is a bit different.  He and I posted simultaneously in the thread that we would take it.  I didn't see his post, which I presume was above mine.  When I hit reply to type my post, there was no post saying "I"ll take it" in the thread.  The seller had two ads up, One for favorite parts and one for the high wall.  I wanted both.  I replied to the favorite ad, and sent a PM saying I would take it.  Then, posted in the high wall action ad, apparently simultaneously with RJ.    

I posted in both ads that I would take it, and sent an immediate PM.  The thing that went wrong was the simultaneous posting of two "I'll take it" replies, where I didn't see the one posted at the same as mine, above mine.   

What the seller saw was my PM saying I'd take both of the items, and I presume a PM from RJ later saying he would take the high wall.

RDBallard wrote on Jul 13^th, 2026 at 1:42am:

Totally agree. If somebody says I'll take it with stipulations like need more pictures or working out a deal, should not get the buy if somebody comes along and says I'll take it with no stipulations. Putting stipulations on the purchase just makes it harder for the seller. What if later, the person that wants to buy but waiting to see more pictures or working out a deal, backs out.

If you want more pictures or more information, IMHO, you shouldn't say I'll take it. Unless you post for all to see,that I will take it pending the pictures or information. The seller shouldn't have to hold the item very long after providing the pictures or more information.
You sure have to act fast at times to get a good deal.

So the basis of the question here is, 

Should the buyer be held to the sellers conditions.

Or should the seller be held to the buyers conditions.

One thing is certain, when the forum sets the rules, the moderators spend way to much time policing the classifieds and settling disputes.