Maybe he was such a bad driver, he got in another wreck on his way over...friggin' sellers always assume....
This is why car dealers always want you to buy TODAY because they know if you sleep on it, you may change your mind about buying.
I quit "promising" people anything anymore unless they put a stack of paper in my hand that matched my selling price. Like, oh, please don't sell it until I get there, I want to buy it, consider it sold, I'm on my way now...blah blah blah (never shows up).
Reminds me of this one time, at band camp....guy goes to buy an old truck I had for sale a long time ago, and he says "lemme talk to my wife first, and if she's cool with it, I'll come back and buy it tomorrow afternoon." Nice enough guy, and seemed really interested, we agreed on a selling price, so I said I'd sit on it until the next day without any earnest money. Had 2 other people stop and look at it and I told them there was a tentative sale pending. Oh, ok. Offered to call them if the deal fell through...no, it's ok. Next day, I heard nothing. Another turn downed potential buyer gets sent away that afternoon. That evening I called him with a Dude, wtf?- (paraphrasing) Him: "no, she told me last night I couldn't spend that kind of money on a truck right now." Me: "Last nigh? You could have called me. Would have been nice to know!" I chalked up another reason to despise inconsiderate people.
Lesson learned. F*ck 'em all. You want it, pony up the $$ and it's yours. You don't cough up some change, keep wishin'. First person to actually hand over the agreed selling price gets the item. You want promises? Go ask a politician.
