Hardly Selling

I was looking for a new phone, since my Lumia was starting to have problems with staying on. Naturally, I would like to invest in an iPhone since I'm growing more accustomed to iOS on my iPad, and especially with the ongoing troubles with the OS on my WinPhone, and Android is just a lot of meh.

More on that later. Anyways, I found an ad on Mudah for an iPhone 5, 16GB, black. Exactly the specs I was looking for. Moreover, the owner lives not too far from our house so COD shouldn't be a problem, otherwise I'd have to ride on my trusty but grumpy Honda Wave to wherever part of Selangor just to collect the iPhone. Oh, I can feel my butts numb already!

So I contacted the seller thru Whatsapp. Our exchange was as follows:

1/17/2015 9:38:55 PM: Junid(me): Hi the iPhone still available?
1/18/2015 1:26:00 AM: The seller: Ya
1/18/2015 2:06:27 AM: Junid: You got any more pics since there's only one in Mudah?
1/18/2015 3:36:00 PM: Junid: No other pics?
1/19/2015 7:55:37 PM: Junid: Original usb cable and adapter?
1/18/2015 11:47:05 AM: The seller: Physical condition tiptop
1/18/2015 11:47:17 AM: The seller: No scratch, never dropped
1/18/2015 3:36:08 PM: Junid: Can nego a bit?
1/19/2015 3:21:05 PM: The seller: Rm1000, it's yours
(The seller never replied until today)

Look at the timestamp. The response time was between 4 hours and 12 hours. How hard could it be to reply to such simple questions? Not that I was asking him some existential questions. The seller put 3 identical ads on Mudah, only about 2 days apart between each other. I thought he was keen to sell so I was prepared to do quick business since I was a little bit in urgency myself. My last question, he didn't even have the courtesy to reply to, let alone let me know if he's selling to me or not.

Honestly when he failed to show other photos apart from the sole one he put up on Mudah.my, I started to have qualms over this guy. What could be the reason he couldn't show some more photos? Is there a major scratch or dent with the phone that he wouldn't let people see? After all, it's a legit request,right? I mean, if he took the trouble to come over to do COD and I found the physical condition not as stated, I wouldn't go through with the purchase even if he would fume for being made to look like a fool. The photo request was supposed to avoid that awkward situation. He gave it a 'tip top' rating - I didn't care if he said it's tip top or mint, I still wanted to see it physically (thru photos) and assess the condition myself. Then only I was supposed to decide to proceed or call it off.

Actually, I'm in a bit of ethical pickle here. Wasn't the seller supposed to show some professionalism? Wasn't a mere sale and purchase a business already? Or because the seller is not a business entity ie company/shop then he's not subjected to being professional?