Sh*t story alert.....You think people are you "friends"...
For convo's sake...lets just go with Halo 3 as the object in question....
As a last sec gift request, my gf wants me to try and find "halo 3" for her brothers gf....Its been out awhile..nobody has it in stock that often..not a "highly sough after" game....Lets say on the norm it gets 40.00 on ebay in an open auction....there arent any on right now but there are some in stores via buy it now for 80.00+....you know its overpriced..you dont want to pay that....
You find out someone you consider to be a friend has it...factory sealed...its part of their "collection"... You ask them if theyll front you the game...get to you in time for x-mas...after the holidays, youlll seek out another factory sealed "halo 3" to replace it....Youll cover their s/h to get it to you in time for x-mas...youll make sure the one you send in return is just as factory sealed, no damage, etc etc..the same condition if not better than what you got..on top of that, youll toss in something for their trouble.
*side discussion*.....
So at this point, if they dont come through, youll have to way overpay...its not a game thats going to be hard to replace, youre just in a position that you dont want to overpay, and yet you dont want to haggle a lower price because you need it asap.....
*BOT*.....
Your friend says no because they dont want to break up their "collection"...but they tell you to go buy one of the 80.00 ones on ebay considering they paid more than that when they first got theirs.....
Maybe I didnt explain everything the way I wanted but for the most part, people get what Im saying. Am I that much of an asshole if I feel kinda dicked over by that "friend"? If the shoe was on the other foot, I consider us to be the type of friend where I would have done it for them because I thought they would do it for me....So instead of helping me, and going for a month or so without "halo 3" to help me get it in time for x-mas...they say no and I have some hard feelings towards that.