Closed the Deal on a vehicle.. and literally YANKED at the last second!

Ok so I get a call for a vehicle.
I head up on my lunch.. get the "I'm broke, need Christmas $" line. Cool!



I get there- car won't start- engine warm- obviously something is wrong.
I look it over- it's a $200 car all day. (I can go to $300 max.. but I'll only clear about $150 off of it.)

I tell the guy that with it being that it dies every time you don't have your foot on the gas.. it could be a number of things. Hood is toast, body is dinged, interior is SHOT, OEM Converter gone!
He says "Its gotta be out of gas" this right after he told me "it runs- I just went to the gas station.. not 5 minutes before you got here" I asked him if he had his title for it "Yeah.. but it is locked in storage and we can't get it out until tax time."

I offer $250.. he gives me the "Man my wife would kill me- How about $700" OY!


I explain why it is a $200 car without being offensive.

I said "I can do $300 max" I get the "Man I don't know?!" I said "Look I can do $300 cash in your hand.. right now.. would be a good chunk to buy Christmas presents right?" He says "I think I gotta talk to my wife- you can come in if you want" I said "Nope- you go talk to her.. I'll be outside" I make a few calls and he comes back pleading for $400. I'm ready to walk.

He stops me and says "Ok, $300, its better than nothing at all- and I can really use the $300.. so cool.... we got a deal!" I grab my paperwork and fill out a bill of sale, take his DL #, and his buddy is apparently digging the registration out of the trash.. he finds it- I put it with my stuff. He takes his key off his keyring, I have Bill of Sale written out, ready to swap keys and get signature. I said "You only have the 1 key or 2? He says I'll check in the trailer.. He comes back out of the trailer and says "Well dude.. ya just got outbid.. the dude in there who pulled the registration out of the trash says he'll give me $400.. $200 now and $200 later"

I'm flippin FURIOUS! I give him back his license, close up my padfoilio and start walking.. all the while he's saying "Sorry man.. sorry... sorry for wastin your time.. ahh man.. Sorry"
I never looked back.

THAT is a first for me! Never struck a deal and got it yanked out from under me like that before!