if you're not gonna wait and hold something, you should say hey, if someone comes ahead of you with the money it's gone. I've bought and sold many items, and have been totally blown off, people say oh ya I'll be there 6pm tomorrow, and never show, never call, etc... so after a few of those you learn hey first person with the cash, but at the sametime, if someone says they'll be waiting for ya...

I once drove 2hrs to go look at an atv I was pretty certain I wanted to buy, I show up, the guys son who's like 20yrs old answers the door, says "my dad just left for work" I was also baffled. The guy told me sure come anytime is good. I missed him by a few minutes supposedly. Then I was like ok, well can you show me the atv at least? he says his dad locked it in the garage and is the only one with the keys, ie didn't trust his son in his garage? was able to peek through the windows at it, which turned out to be a POS....not what the guy really said it was.

Some people are just jerks with no class, he did offer to drive it down the next day, but I was still fuming told him don't bother, should've told him sure....meet me at the home depot....then not even have showed up...

live n learn I guess. but I think in the future I'd let the guy have a piece of my mind.