Bison Buckles-I screwed up!

**MOWOGO '72** · 09-07-2012, 08:26

Several days ago I made a gross error in judgement and jumped in on someone else's "want to buy" thread. One of our members was looking for a couple of sets of the old Warbonnet cinch buckles. When another member chimed in with 3 pairs to sell, my initial intent was buy 1 pair and leave the other "couple of sets" for the OP. At this point I decided to do an "I'll take it" for all 3 in order to insure that the other two sets didn't get snatched up before OP saw the offer. The idea was to put them on hold and then let the OP claim 2 of the sets later.
I posted my intentions in the thread and PM'd the OP.

I made several mistakes here.

1. Instead of posting my own WTB thread, I jumped in and made a claim in someone else's.
2. I set an arbitrary deadline by which another member must contact me to claim the items in their own thread.
3. Instead of contacting a moderator to ask, I posted saying 'they should let me know' if I should have handled it differently.

Looking back, I now see that I really bungled the whole thing.

I apologize to everyone for my bad judgement and would like to try to remedy it.
I will PM the OP and offer to send him the 2 sets for free.

**DivaB** · 09-07-2012, 08:39

Wow, you are doing really good at taking responsibility for whatever had happened. I would think the OP would be extremely grateful, and your being so upfront is appreciated. Definitely forgiven

**MAD777** · 09-07-2012, 08:41

It's called, "live and learn."
Thank you for posting this because we can all learn from it

**Resqsarge03** · 09-07-2012, 13:31

Good thread mowo. Handled like a Scout should!

**ringtail-THFKAfood** · 09-07-2012, 14:15

For what it is worth - the three buckles were mailed today to MOWOGO '72

**PapaSmurf** · 09-07-2012, 14:27

Good to hear a positive outcome.

**Stargaze** · 09-07-2012, 14:40

You made a mistake( we all do), you owned up to it ( that's not always the case with some people, and you made good by fixing the problem. That takes integrity, well done.

**barnes3126** · 09-07-2012, 14:42

You are a "stand-up guy", Thanks,

PS. feel free to jump in on any of WTB that I post, if you will buy it and send it to me for free. hahahaha

**Dos** · 09-07-2012, 18:05

hmmmm,,,,,

if I wasn't involved in the thread mentioned, I might say you are endeavoring to handle it in retrospect.
but there is no mention of my asking for a pair.
It just looked pretty greedy all the way around.

but ,
good job with the new post ?

**Youngmoose** · 09-07-2012, 19:02

Originally Posted by two isles

hmmmm,,,,,

if I wasn't involved in the thread mentioned, I might say you are endeavoring to handle it in retrospect.
but there is no mention of my asking for a pair.
It just looked pretty greedy all the way around.

but ,
good job with the new post ?

I agree with you two isles. But can't go back in time. At least MOWOGO '72 is admitting he did something wrong.