What can you do about a nonselling seller?


So i found a power cord that i really wanted. I emailed the seller stating very clearly i wanted to buy the power cord. He emails me back telling me the price. Obvoiusly i knew the price as it is clearly stated. I emailed him back again saying as i did in the first email that i wanted to buy it. This time he emails me back telling me its sold. But the first email well before all this happened should have guaranteed me the right to buy it. Or should it? I'm curious as to what others think....
lordgorian

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I think the best thing to do with a non-selling seller is not to buy from him,if nothing else it'll confuse him.
:-)
Seriously though even though I've never bought anything here on Audiogon since I'm in the UK-you must be aware it is the nature of the beast- selling and buying privately.
It's a sad fact of life that you'll get time wasters,people who blatantly lie and potentially a fair bit of grief when you try to either buy or sell most things-for every decent person you come across(especially when selling)you'll get five idiots.
Herman makes a good point and in the grand scheme of things a lot worse things can happen than what has happened to you.
Hope you get another power cord-Lordgorian.