Has the seller read your messages? If so, message him again asking why it's taking so long. If he hasn't, something must have come up.
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There are legitimate reasons for such delays, although it seems a lot of people have been claiming these things are happening to them. Unless you have proof to the contrary, you have to accept their word about what happened.

A number of other scenarios are possible, but I hate to dwell on the negatives.

If no other options are available to you besides posting negative feedback, you lose nothing (unless there's something you haven't mentioned) by waiting. You can always post it, but if there turns out to be a valid reason for the delay, you could have to make an embarrassing public apology if you post negative feedback early.

6 days/1 week delays have happened to me also, as both buyer and seller. It made me very edgy and all kinds of bad thoughts went through my head. Balls were eventually bought and sold.

Good luck.

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TheDetective -
On the surface it might appear like deadmoney is "ambulance chasing". But, is he really "stealing a deal" as you claim?

IMO - Not if the tentative deal that I have right now has fallen through. This was the question of the original post - at what point do you declare a deal "dead"?. I think I'm getting close to that point.

From my viewpoint, he (deadmoney) simply offered me another option if I determine that my current purchase path is a no-go. I appreciate that he recognized my problem and offered a possible solution. It's a possible business opportunity for him, and he may just have been in the right place at the right time, with the right offer.

I'm not going to act unethically and immediately abandon my current commitment to the original seller in question in this post. But I am starting to plan for the possible contingency that I have to start over with my ball purchase.

I don't know deadmoney's past transactions, or reputation on this board or other sales venues. But I'm willing to listen to his offer for help. What would you do differently if you were me?

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Dan,

Have you sent any messages via BR and clicked the box to save???  If there was no response for a couple of days, I would have sent another to see if it was read, and if it's been read and no answer, I would only wait a couple of days and then send one more stating the waiting period is over on such and such a day at which time a no response means the deal is off.

If he reads that and does nothing, it should make it a little easier.
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Are you out any money or product on this deal? if not, I am not sure what the problem is. I know its frustrating when you don't get a response back, but to me that normally means for whatever reason the user does not want to continue talking about a deal and I just move on..

Thats just my 2 cents..
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