What can you do about a nonselling seller?


So i found a power cord that i really wanted. I emailed the seller stating very clearly i wanted to buy the power cord. He emails me back telling me the price. Obvoiusly i knew the price as it is clearly stated. I emailed him back again saying as i did in the first email that i wanted to buy it. This time he emails me back telling me its sold. But the first email well before all this happened should have guaranteed me the right to buy it. Or should it? I'm curious as to what others think....
lordgorian
I told the seller i would buy it. Ten minutes later i was told the price. Which i knew. I again told him i would buy it. Half an hour later he told it was sold to someone else. Whereas in the first email I expressly stated that i wanted to buy it so the second one, which at that point it was not sold, was a moot point. The seller however has contacted me and has now rectified the situation. So in the end all is well. Thanks
Unfortunitely it goes both ways. Many times when I sell things I get email from persons who say they want to buy it. I follow up with my address and never hear from them again.

So until "the check in the mail" it is still for sale.

Just for the sake of clearity, I am the seller with my son Tigger 0063. The email came saying he wanted to buy and he asked what model, an Elite, Mk I or Mk II. That did not sound like a done deal to me. Now I have made an offer back to him to sell the only other one I own that I am using today in my system. What I get is this discussion?
The advise you have received here Lordgorian is to get on with life, I will email you later to discuss this further.
having a situation to deal with. No comment really except to say to Jadem6-This did not start out as your discussion if that's what you are referring to. Or perhaps you are alluding to the discussion which took place regarding the discussion you were having with Lordgorian, which would or not be reflected in the ongoing discussion of others who were discussing what was the first part of your discussion without the full discussion of your discussion, that is, if that's what the discussion was about.
Jadem6, you have committed a selfless act, giving up a cable you incorporate in your system to appease Lordgorian. Kudos, worthy Audiogon'er.