Re: Bought!

In message <nemoSat063007120955@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Calum 
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>In article <1183188582.394294.64550@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>KS<kd***ton1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>  That's ridiculous- it may as well be an auction, not a sale.
>
>Can't happen in Scotland FWIW (or at least, it couldn't when I lived
>there, dunno if it's changed since)-- the vendor accepted whichever
>bid they liked on a pre-arranged date, and the acceptance was legally
>binding.

That is exactly how the system works in Scotland.  The problem is moving 
from England to Scotland, because the Scottish purchase is binding long 
before the English sale.  Quite a nerve wracking period ...
-- 
Geep