OP, even if a deal was negotiated, the buyer or the seller has a right to back out, unless payment was sent. Even in that case either can back out, though under certain circumstances. For example, seller decides they are going to use it. It does **** for the buyer, but hey, same thing as someone telling me they are going to buy something I'm selling and then back out. Pisses you off, that's for sure, but no need to go public about this. Should have been kept between PM's. It's not right to create threads like this that can potentially hurt other people's feedback. Nobody got scammed, so no need.