Seems the only posts I get in on are one like these, guess It's because I'm no expert "yet" on gas and oil stuff but do try and live my life in such a way that when I die people will at least say "he was a good man" LOL. This guy made a mistake, period... not a ethical one or one based on greed...just a mistake. He should have mentioned he had a eBay listing, he should have checked to see if there were any bids before agreeing to deal verbally but he didn't, that was a mistake. When he did realize his mistake he did the only thing he could, apologize and do the right thing let the listing ride. I completely agree a man is nothing more than his word, and a verbal agreement and handshake is concrete in my book however in this instance because of his mistake (we can only hope it was a honest mistake) his verbal agreement has to take a backseat. Once he had a single bid he was involved in a legal contract with that bidder, if he were to end auction and cancel bids he would not only be breaking his word but breaking a legal binding contract (although it's NEVER enforced!) He did the only "right" thing left he could do which is honor the legal contract and admit fault/apologize. Some could argue it was not a mistake, that he was only looking for top dollar and he wouldn't let the auction keep going if bid was only say $200...That we'll never know but I like to look for and hope for the best in a person and would like to keep thinking this was just a honest mistake....JMO
