UPDATE: Okay. I was really mad. But they came by again, apologized, and swore they were ready to buy it, and we closed the deal the following Monday.

About two weeks ago, a group of guys stopped at my door to inquire about my BMW X5. It's been sitting idle for some time, waiting for me to do something about it, and I was planning to do something -- anything -- during this upcoming break in school, because my parents are donating some decent and cheap transportation to my car cause (I've still got the three bikes.)

So, one of these guys, Igor, ends up at point, and stops by nearly nightly to check out the car, telling me how much he wants the car, etc. I gave him my bottom-line price very early on, which slightly undercuts what I owe on it, and which is around $6K under the Edmunds quote for a comparable vehicle in "Rough" condition.

I keep telling Igor that I'm extremely busy right now, as it's the middle of finals. He seems to ignore that. He called and wanted to stop by yesterday with his boss, Alex, interrupting my studying, but I figured, "Oh well. It will be nice to have this taken care of." They again ask price and try to knock another $500 off. I tell them no. We schedule to take care of the transaction today, and I email into work taking the day off so I can handle this (the interest keeps going up daily.)

Today comes, I'm still prepping for my Antitrust exam, and it hits noon, when we're supposed to do our thing. Nothing. I call Alex. He says, "Igor hasn't called you?" Well, no. He's no longer interested. Says he stopped by today and found too many problems.

I was seething. The least he could've done is call me. He had my number. Not a great way of doing business, Bay Motors of San Mateo.