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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its like when I post something on Craigslist on Monday and someone says immediately they can they can come on Saturday to buy it. I tell them sure. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, someone emails me and says they will be at my house in an hour. I'm going with the second buyer every single time -- the person who completes the transaction fastest always wins.

Owner had no clue if you would flake, and so when someone else came along who could act faster than you, the owner went with them. It might suck but the owner didn't do anything illegal. [/quote]

You are not good for your word.[/quote]

Well, neither are most Craigslist shoppers. The landlord here had no clue if the OP would flake. It could have been the case that the OP delayed the lease signing in the hopes that she could find a better place -- the landlord just has no way of knowing. The landlord needed to get the place rented and so likely went with someone who provided that certainty faster, not with someone who might back out.[/quote]

Then you say, first come first served, or, I won't hold it for you. You don't make arrangements for someone to come over and then just take someone else who can come first. That's so blatantly selfish and inconsiderate.[/quote]

Uh, that's not the way it works.

Let's try a different approach.  Target has 5 whizgigs for sale, one per customer.  You want a whizgig really badly.  So do 10 other people.  The first 5 people to show up and pay for the whizgig get the whizgig.  Person 6 does not get a whizgig and Target is not being blatantly selfish or inconsiderate.  Target sold the whizgigs to the 5 people who got off their keisters and paid their pound of flesh for the product first.

OP, if you wanted the lease then you needed to get to the landlord, sign the paperwork and pay your deposit asap.  Reading your posts it sounds like you lollygagged around so I can see why the landlord moved on to a different tenant.[/quote]

There are no agreements in that transaction. There is an agreement when someone asks if they can come Saturday and you say yes.[/quote]And if someone comes on Friday, then the landlord can take that offer instead.  First come, first served baby.[/quote]

Honorably people don't behave this way. Did you not know?[/quote]

Honorable people put down a deposit and don't waste anyone's time.

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The comment was about CRAIGSLIST. [/quote]

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