Had a bike for sale on Pink Bike (on here, too) and had agreed a price (£800) in advance. All went smoothly, he handed me a pile of Notes and said “count it if you want, I sold a car last week and the b*st*rd short-changed me”. So I skimmed through it, looked OK – deal done.
When I got home I counted it and he’d given me £900. Does the trust work both ways? Should I have counted fully while he was there? I know I’m too trusting to the point of foolish, but likewise he foolishly counted wrong in the first place. So is the £100 mine? I know my choice in the matter.
As an aside, when I walked to the bank to pay in the money I walked past a homeless guy sat on the street. With that much money in my pocket I felt bad when I thought “sorry mate, no change”… So I dropped a tenner in.