...but if I sell you a gun it's none of my business what you do with it after that. It's your property to do with as you please.
AND... as I posted: "...until the money & rifle changed hands, it was still the Seller's property to decide what to do with. Hence the old saying: "Different strokes for different folks". So, by this logic, if you're asking me to sell you a gun, and you're intimating in your conversation that Ol' Jed is gonna get what's comin' to him for mess'n around with Betty Lou...it's none of my business?? Yes, that's an extreme example, however, if I have a very nice rifle, and I get the feeling from you that in 3, 4 days tops, that rifle is gonna become a bubba'd POS...until you have handed me the money and I have handed you the rifle...it's still MY, private property, and I still have the final say, whether you are going to receive it - you can offer me 15 times what I'm asking for it - that, in NO WAY, obligates me to accept it...for any reason.
Actually, no. That decision has been made once a lawful agreement has been reached. In some jurisdictions, that would require something in writing, but in most, other evidence will suffice.
Back in the day, around 1993(?) maybe...a guy calling up on the (landline) telephone and stating he'd like to come take a look at the rifle...that ain't no "lawful agreement". Even if it somehow...was...a lawful agreement...it would have been the Seller's word against the (rejected) buyer's word. Oh, and by that time...I would have been establishing my long & loving relationship with Norma!
Sam