Advice requested - Sale to buyer in Belgium

[ornate_wrasse]

A few weeks ago I posted here and asked the best way to receive payment from Belgium for my underwater housing for my nikon camera. Based on the advice given in the thread, I decided to ask the buyer to pay using a wire transfer. The buyer agreed to this and, according to his email, he sent the wire transfer at the end of last week. My bank tells me that foreign wire transfers take 5 to 7 business days.

While I am waiting for the wire transfer to show up in my bank account, another person, in a neighboring state (I'm in Oregon, the other interested party is in Washington) sent me an email and appears very interested. In order to protect myself in case the first sale falls through, I told him that, although another party in Belgium was interested, I had not yet received payment for the housing, which is true.

So what should I tell the potential buyer from Washington? Personally I think it would not be ethical to sell the housing to the buyer from Washington, as the wire transfer from Belgium is likely in transit as I write these words.

Any advice?

Thanks!!

Ellen

 

[nobbylon]

Ellen,
you agreed to sell the housing to the buyer from Belgium. You will just have to wait until the transfer goes through after a reasonable period. It shouldn't take more than a few days at most. If you lose the other buyer from US in this process then so be it. if you agree to sell then in my book you stick to your word,
regards john

 

[ornate_wrasse]

Ellen,
you agreed to sell the housing to the buyer from Belgium. You will just have to wait until the transfer goes through after a reasonable period.

if you agree to sell then in my book you stick to your word,

I needed to hear that from someone else, I suppose. In the end, I think it's the ethical thing to do. I'll just tell the interested party from Washington the truth, that I am waiting for the wire transfer to arrive.

Thank you!

Ellen

 

[jonmanjiro]

The money will arrive soon enough, Ellen. Be patient 🙂

 

[ornate_wrasse]

The money will arrive soon enough, Ellen. Be patient 🙂

Yes, patience is a fine virtue which I don't often have in large quantity 😀

Thanks for putting me back on planet earth!

Ellen

 

[rxmd]

In the end, this is not much different from an interested buyer ringing at your door when you've already promised the item to someone whose PayPal payment to you hasn't been processed yet.