A lot of people buy things at auction for resale. That's how a lot of folks support themselves. I don't see where the guy did anything wrong. He bought the contents of the building. The loader brackets were part of the contents of the building. Everyone at the sale would have had the opportunity to see what was in the building. Everyone would have had the opportunity to see the brackets weren't with the loader. It's an auction folks. Pay attention!!!
The time to ask about the brackets was before the contents of the building and the loader sold!
Now let's say he paid more for the contents because he knew the brackets were there....knowing he could resell them for a profit. The profit motive in and of itself is not an evil thing....It takes money to live and if you're not making money to live on then you're a burden to someone else...but that's a topic for another time. Now let's say that after the fact the seller and auctioneer tried to take the loader brackets from the guy that bought them so they could give them to the guy that bought the loader. How is that right? Doesn't he deserve to be compensated for HIS loader brackets? If anyone is to blame it's the seller and auctioneer for not having the brackets with the loader. The buyer should have asked about the brackets before he bought the loader. The guy that bought the contents of the building was just a savvy auction buyer.
We don't have the whole story. He didn't say how much he sold the loader brackets for. Could be he sold them for what he paid for them, or at a modest profit. Now if he had refused to sell the loader brackets I'd say he was an A-hole. With the info provided I'd say things worked out ok. The guy that bought the loader brackets probably made a couple bucks. The guy that needed the brackets got what he needed and it looks like the seller chipped in to help make it happen. It was his screw up that caused the problem to start with.
Having said that.....I bought a couple of Sun automotive electrical testers at auction and got some manuals with them. A guy that had bought another tester said the manual that went with his tester was in my stack of manuals. I knew that if he didn't want to buy it I could sell it on ebay or one of the other forums I frequent. I chose to give it to him. Judging by his response he was expecting to have to pay for it. I like to make money as much as the next guy, but sometimes making sure something goes to a good home is good enough.
This post was edited by Pops1532 at 21:47:30 01/02/13 2 times.
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