Is your "word" something to trust?

[JQ]

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I had a friend that found a 30th Anniversary LT-4 Camaro and made a deal with the seller. (He even sent a deposit to the seller to hold the Camaro for him.) The friend calls the seller back and he is told he sold the Camaro to another buyer for a higher price! How can someone do this while holding a deposit? I value my "word" when I give it to someone! This was wrong in my opinion!
I thought I would post this and see what you guys and gals think of this.

[/ QUOTE ]I think when a deal is made through a hand shake or a persons word it shows a lot of integrity and class....When a seller decides to change their mind and sell the car out from under a buyer who he already agreed to just shows poor ethics ...

[MikeA]

Because of the "big" money involved with these cars everyone has to be careful with written/printed documentation and be very careful when someone in giving you his "word".

[Rick H]

When it comes to big dollar transactions on rare cars such as this or any high dollar item it's a sellers market and the only "word" that means anything is what is written in the sales agreement. Spell it out completely.

Handshakes and promises are a thing of the past and mean nothing. It's a shame really.

Rick H.

[PeteLeathersac]

Handshakes and promises are a thing of the past and mean nothing. It's a shame really.

Rick H.

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Been there on all sides of this scenario but still don't believe it's all gone bad yet!

A hard part of the situation is, often a sale is to finance another purchase and so on down the line of guys doing the same thing....the chain reaction breakdown when one part goes sour causes more than the one deal to go bad.

Whatever happens, legal fights seem to result in even more wrongs so get on with life and enjoy the good things now....fill 'er up with Hi-Test and practise your Ronnie Sox clutching imitation while it's all still possible!

[Mr70]

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