Can you turn back on buying a doll if they are on Hold?

There are no rules on the forum against it. The first buyer might be unhappy with you, depending on how long its been on hold for, but theres nothing actually stopping you

 

You will get flaky feedback. User X could have sold that doll to other people during the time they kindly held it for you.

 

If money is tight for you, with that price difference.... I think I'd risk it, personally. But thats because I'm horribly broke and that difference would feed me for a month, so I'm biased, do what you think is right for you. A week isn't a huge period of time.

If you feel really bad, you could always offer them half the difference to make up for taking up their time, but still end up saving yourself some money?

 

Just so you know, there are lots of people who will not buy from or sell to someone who flakes out of a deal.

 

I don't see anything wrong with it. If you decide you're going to go with another company on any product because another is offering a lower price, that's just how it goes. I'd tell the person with the higher price why I wasn't going to buy (someone has offered you a lower price). That's what stores do all the time.

I don't know if I'd consider this being flaky - yet. You were all set to buy from this person until someone else came to you with a better offer. You're in a situation to get the second offer before the first offer. Plus it's only been one week, so I wouldn't count it as flaky until it was a few weeks or more. If you never paid them, then I feel that you're not obliged to go ahead with the transaction.

 

On the other side of the issue here, I've had people ask me to hold things who have then come back and said they could not end up buying it after all. If I haven't received any money from them, I don't feel like they are obligated to buy. I do find it a little annoying, but I understand financial circumstances and usually won't be too bothered.

Any time I put an item on hold I do so at my own risk, knowing that I might not get a sale out of it and might be losing other potential buyers.

 

You need to tell them that.

You have to say "I cannot go through with this deal because I have found that my financial situation is in trouble, and someone has offered me this doll at a price I can better afford right now."

Maybe they'll offer to lower the price for you? Maybe they can't because they're in such a situation, themselves? I can't say for sure what will happen. But you have to be 100% honest with them, and with yourself, because there are such things that come in the way of paying a higher price.

 

Aw, don't freak out. Dolls are supposed to make us happy!

If I were in your shoes, I'd contact the original seller, maybe see if they'd accept a layaway or a good-faith deposit to continue holding the doll. I find straightforward honesty and sincere communication is generally the best approach (and can go a long way toward making the difference between "flake" and "person in a bad spot.")

 

If you've lost your job and really need the money, I think thats more important. If you explain to the seller they should understand, but ultimately you don't want to be in the situation where you have to sell the doll later on to pay your bills. Dolls are a luxury and real life comes first.

Other people might disagree with me, but if I was the seller I'd understand. Worst case scenario here, some people on this forum won't put things on hold/ sell things to you if the seller leaves flaky feedback. In the grand scheme of things, that's not actually serious. Definately not worth crying over *hugs*

 

it hapenned to me a few times that a potential buyer asked me to place a doll on hold and end up not buying it. it happens all the time to almost everyone! it IS a big annoying for the seller, but you have no real obligation to buy it

 

I agree that honesty is best and contacting the original seller as soon as possible may resolve the issue. I've sold dolls to people who have had extenuating circumstances and did not mind working with them as long as they were up front about the whole thing. It's when buyers (or sellers) start ignoring pm's and stop communicating that bad feelings begin.

 

There are no "rules" regarding this sort of behavior on the forum HOWEVER there is the allowance of "flakey feedback" that will be left in your feedback thread. If you have made a payment, then you risk having a Negative Feedback thread posted about you in the Problem feedback subforum and linked in your feedback thread.