Feedback for janmerrick

Bear with me, this is quite long.

I posted an ad where I'm selling my MTB. He expressed his interest by posting a reply in my ad:

sir swap ko po with my 1month used nokia 6020(complete) - worth 5k and kodak     3.2mp digicam(complete) - worth 6k
if u dont accept swap,, can u pls txt me ur full adress?? gus2 ko po makta beofre i buy.. sure buyer,,,
just txt me if interested

and we had a series of conversation mainly him asking me questions about the bike. I even sent him pictures of my item for his consumption. The reason for such is for his and my benefit: to see the pictures (in 3.2MP) of my item and if he doesn't like it outright, he can cancel the deal. No biggie kasi di kami mapapagod.

He saw the pics and he agreed on the deal. Tumawad pa siya in which I obliged. We closed the deal knowingly the deal will push through. It seems that he's satisfied with our conversation and with the pictures at hand.

We ended up meeting for the deal in Cubao (I live in Sta Ana Manila) bringing the bike with me. I don't have a car so I ended up riding a cab with the bike. And then we met there. To be honest, if he refused to buy the item if he doesn't like it, then let it be, this is unfortunately a part of any deals that I had with anyone. Anyways, this is roughy how the conversation goes.

HIM: (checks the bike) Matagal mo na ba ito nagamit?
ME: As I said sir, I bought it last June.
HIM: (still checking the bike)
ME: (waits for him to finish his checking)
HIM: Sir, paki hintay yung cousin ko, siya talaga kasi bibili ng bike.
ME: (a red flag suddenly goes up inside my mind, but I went along with the conversation) Ahh ganun ba, sige hintayin natin

then after around 10 minutes

HIM: Sir pakihintay na lang dadating yun
ME: Sige ok

then around 30 minutes and with lots of small talk in between

HIM: Sir may emergency siya pinuntahan, he won't make it.
ME: (slowly confirming what I had in mind pero still WTF?) Ahh ganun ba?
HIM: Punta na lang kami mamaya sa place mo para walang hassle
ME: Sige text ko sa inyo kung paano pumunta.
HIM: Sige sensya na sa abala, sure naman na bibilhin namin yan eh.
ME: Olrayt, see you later then!

And he gave me 200 (as a reimbursement for my fare in which we both agreed upon prior in our meet up) and I went home with the bike.

To be honest, the moment he mentioned his cousin, it gives me the idea that he's trying to bail himself out of the deal by using the cousin card. But still I gave him the benefit of the doubt and waited for his text to tell me that the deal will push through.

He texted me later only to tell me that

sir nag backout yung cousin ko, sensya na sa abala

Bingo. Suspicion confirmed. He bailed himself out of the deal.

I don't mind that:
1. I gave him a last tawad since he's such a nice person to deal with
2. I spent 120 pesos (my fare back and forth is 320) for the commute
3. I spent almost an hour waiting knowingly I have a commitment afterwards.
4. He didn't buy the item since he apparently didn't like it.

But the part that really ticks me off is that
1. He didn't tell me outright that he doesn't like the item. His "no" is good enough for me. No frills, no excuses. It's his money after all.
2. He tried to create an alibi (and a lame one at that) just to bail the easy way out of the deal.

Sir JM, I've been forthcoming with all your inquiries and questions. I did all that you've asked. I even stretched an extra mile going to your place for the meet up eventhough it's a big hassle on my part. All of this in the spirit of doing a fair deal.

All I'm asking in return is being professional in your part.  You should have mustered enough courage to tell me in my face your decision not to buy my item. I think I deserve that with all the things that I've done with our deal.

Despite of all this, I don't feel bad. But I think it's just fair for me to leave a negative feedback for you, not to vent off my angst with the deal but for the potential seller of items to be aware of my experience with this guy. He might be a good seller and I won't attempt to judge his credibility there, but as a buyer, just guys be aware of what has happened to me.

Still sir JM, if I'm grossly wrong with anything that I've said here, kindly tell me your side and I'll gladly retract this (if I find your side convincing).

I don't want to post this, but sir JM, this is for the benefit of the sulit.com community.