Buyer commits to the purchase on Monday, willing to "transfer in 5 minutes" via PM.
I provide courier pricing, banking details, and pictures via WhatsApp at his request.
Then comes a WhatsApp message asking for a VAT invoice, stating that he needs it for the company to cover his laptop under an allowance structure --- I explain that I'm not VAT registered, but would supply a Tax Invoice, which was what he needed - and that it would be sufficient to process through the company and claim the allowance perk.... "Okay, I'll definitely take it if that's the case - I just need to confirm with the company."
Now come more questions --- does it have backlight bleed, does it have coil whine, what's the condition & how much usage has the machine seen, what brand of SSD does it use, etc etc.
I answer these questions on Tuesday, and tell him the machine is packed & ready to go... he responds that he'll come back to me that evening to finalize arrangements, but doesn't.
I nudge him this afternoon, asking for an update, which he reads, but doesn't reply. I then sent another WhatsApp this evening, stating that I'd been keeping another buyer hanging, on account of waiting for him, and could only conclude by his lack of communication that he no longer intended to honour the deal.
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