Here we go again. Another day, another broken deal. I was first to show interest (as in "I want to buy your blade" since other sellers seem to think "I'm interested in your blade" doesn't mean buying is what you want to do with them) and marked it on the thread for good measures. Seller responded he's opened to offers and asked me what was mine. I asked some more pictures of the nakago to make the offer since it really wasn't clearly visible. Seller said "there as good as it gets" so had to study seller's not-clear pictures instead. And when I made my offer, seller told me "sorry your to late, the blade has been sold". No warning that seller was considering other offers at the moment (though they would be wrong not to), no warning that seller was impatient or looking for immediate agreement, no warning that I had to make my offer faster, no warning that our deal was going to pass over to somebody else, just plain no communication after entering into the negotiation phase, and then gone.
About 80% of the time I'm looking at purchasing something on this forum, I encounter the funniest people acting in the funniest manners. So once again this forum really needs some basic directions, if not code of conduct, for buyers and sellers alike as to how to conduct sales, because at the moment it's just a big circus where sellers just go "sorry not you" or "sorry the second guy wasn't first but hey I don't care I've sold my stuff now". And since everything is happening in the PM section, no accountability is holding them. Of course people are free to do what they want, but I don't imagine this is an excuse for abusing members and the sale section, is it?