the title transfer promise
we made an agreement. He just wanted no more part in the bike.
besides with me a deal is a deal. when you shake hands it is done and you must carry thru with it. If you dont like what I have to offer dont buy it. No harm it is just business. I dont dick around when buying or selling things. I give all information out when I sell something because I expect that from others. I have been hosed in the past and know how it feels. So when I get the title switch and pictures I will be putting this future bad daddy up for sale.
later
I don't get it. Of course a deal is a deal. Was the title transfer specified to be made in a given amount of time? If not, you are still true to your word. You are not retreating to do what you said you would do. You must be ready to make your word good, but there is nothing wrong in asking beforehand.
Say that I talk over the phone with somebody who is going to buy my bike. We agree on the price, the deal is done, and he is coming to pay and pick it up. Meanwhile, my wife tells me that she didn't mean it when she told me to get rid of the bike. Now she has changed her mind. But the guy is coming and the deal is done.....
You can either tell him to go back from where he came, or explain what the situation is. Who knows, maybe in the way to your place he was having second thoughts about whether it was the right time to buy a bike and he didn't want to retreat because "he gave you his word". Maybe the bike is not the colour he always wanted and he can always find another one in a short time at the same price. So I see three possible outcomes:
1. You refuse to complete the deal, failing to your word - Bad
2. You explain the situation and both of you agree to undo the deal - Good
3. You explain the situation but the other party insist in finishing the deal - Bad for you, but you stay true to your word. He can never have bad feelings about you. On the contrary, you are proving you are true to your word even when it's not what you want to do.
Communication is key for both making and breaking deals. A broken deal by both parties is nothing more than a deal made to break a previous deal. Circumstances change so quickly that it's stupid to stick to a deal because of your "word", when the deal must be harming both parties. Otherwise, nobody would divorce if they must stay true to their wovs of "eternal love".....
That is, there is nothing wrong with leaving your wife -regardless of your wovs- when you don't love her anymore, but it is bad retreating from a deal about buying a bike or making a title transfer...
Stop thinking and start wrenching, or your friend will just realize how little self-commitment you have....
