Am I Wrong: Craigslist Edition. Please judge me.
I responded to a CL ad for a kids bike, posted about a month ago. The guy said it was still available but he moved out of the country and his BIL was handling it for him. We emailed back and forth a few times, I said I was seriously interested and would like to purchase. Eventually (week +) he gets me his BIL's contact info.
BIL and I talk on the phone and I ask to meet at a bike shop of BIL's choice to have them check out the bike. I told the BIL that since it was a kid's bike I couldn't just ride it around the block and make sure the breaks worked and the gears shifted ok. He picked a bike shop near his house and we met there.
The bike shop checked it out, said it needed a tune-up (dirty, cables need adjusted, not shifting super clean) but was overall in solid shape. Said the chain needed replaced soon.
I asked BIL if he would take 80$ since it needed a little work. Original asking price was 100$. BIL said yes, I take bike and go home. I would have paid full price if he had said no.
This morning I got an email from the original guy saying he couldn't believe I would make his BIL meet me at a bike shop, and I should have just bought it full price since we had emailed back and forth about it already, and he had other people in line but gave me priority. It was a long, unhappy email.
Was I wrong to do what I did? I honestly can't see any fault on my end, which makes me think maybe I am missing something. Or is this guy just another crazy person on CL? Also, should I respond to his email or ignore? I have never had a person get angry with me about a CL deal.