Well guys I can confirm that Mariowot has reneged on our deal. I have to admit I went fully scorched earth on him in PM which is out of character for me, but justified to anyone who values their time.
Since the OP did not contain any identifying details and he stopped responding once escrow was set up, I rightfully assumed it could be a scammer.
Mariowot confirmed to me they had received a better offer after we made a deal, and said "there is too much pms about that book. I will have to hold on with that sale"
I did not trust he even had the book at this point. I made him send me a picture of the encyclopedia with date and nick included, or I was going to neg him for being a scammer and wasting my time. He provided the image and I can confirm he is not a scammer, just lacking integrity. How does integrity here rank -vs- being in need of money to survive, not a simple answer, so I will not be leaving any bad feedback for Mariowot.
But this sets a very bad precedent here. What is the point of wasting time messaging someone and working to make a deal, only to have them back out after all the work is done.
Also, I posted here, "hoping for someone to shed light on the situation", meaning the person who offered more should have the integrity to stand up and let it be know, especially considering all the details I stated, but that did not happen!
This is another bad precedent, do we really no longer have any integrity here?
It doesn't bother anyone else that not one person came forward and admitted to making a deal with or talking with mario about buying the encyclopedia? Really?
Now we are operating on no reliability, no transparency, no integrity, and greed is the only motive?
I'm sure this will work out great for us
