Quote from: shorena on December 07, 2015, 01:57:21 PM

Quote from: Smithy337 on December 07, 2015, 12:04:03 AM

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The terms were in the OP. Were the terms changed and was the OP updated? No.

So only the first post counts? Was that a rule that was clearly known to those involved? Is that a normal and common behaviour in trades?

Quote from: Smithy337 on December 07, 2015, 12:04:03 AM

Here's a car wash example; I state that I'll pay $15 for my car to be washed (this takes x amount of time, effort and material).

To make it clear here, x is unknown for everyone involved. Finding a specific pair of glasses is not a priori achievable with fixed amounts of time, effort and material. From taking a look at a dirty car its pretty evident how much work, efford and material is involved/needed.

Quote from: Smithy337 on December 07, 2015, 12:04:03 AM

As I want my car washed promptly, I then tell the washers that they only need to clean the tyres.

This is not what you said though. You said - to stay with the example - "wash it as good as possible in the next 48 hours and I will pay the person that did the best job."

Quote from: Smithy337 on December 07, 2015, 12:04:03 AM

So I originally was going to pay $15 for a full car wash, why would I pay $15 for only my tyres (that takes significantly less time, effort and material)?

Because you said you would.

Quote from: Smithy337 on December 07, 2015, 12:04:03 AM

What if I deem the tyre clean unsatisfactory? Would you still pay for a half assed job? No. IF someone still washed my car fully, then they would be entitled to the original agreement.

If you dont want to change the agreement you should not announce a change in the agreement.

Quote from: Smithy337 on December 07, 2015, 12:04:03 AM

I think your reasoning is flawed and I'm not sure why you have 'trust'.

I dont think so, but this is hardly the topic here. I have the impression you tried to weasel out of a statement you made and later regretted.

Since you are clearly struggling to justify your rating, here is another example.

Let's pretend the terms were stated in the OP; that I will pay $15 for someone to find the EXACT sunglasses. Let's say the thread is 6 pages long and somewhere in those 6 pages I state that I no longer plan on paying a reward. Obviously everyone will see the OP but it is unlikely that they will see that the terms have changed, which would be deemed unfair.

Even though the unchanged OP clearly states the terms, I no longer have to pay a bounty because I buried a response in that thread that overrules the original terms?

Is this what you're trying to say? Because if this is so, the mods need to review your account. All I have done in that example is switch the current scenario, thus highlighting your misjudgement.