Well this pisses me off

Had a similar thing happen to me from another member. I responded to a post for a particular item he had listed for $xx plus shipping/obo. So I made an off of $xx shipped. Doesn't hurt to ask, right? He sent me a response that it was a new item and (this company) sells them for $***. Told me I was too low on my offer and was going to wait and see what other offers he would get. He was to let me know. I kept a watch on the post and waited patiently for a pm as to the status of my offer. All of a sudden it was marked as sold. I passed up another one because not seeing any other interest on the one I made an offer on. It kinda pissed me off, but I decided if that's how he wants to do biz, he didn't deserve my money anyway.

Sucks tho, that you missed out on the wheels....

In your case, I can understand the sellers point of view, and I believe he informed you that he was waiting for a full price offer. I see nothing wrong with that, and because we are not allowed to comment in for sale ads, he was undoubtably communicating thru PM to other interested buyers. And he did let you know that it was sold, by marking it sold. Sorry, but that's the way it works, even face to face, you offer less than the asking price, if the owner declines and you walk away and it gets sold, it's your loss for not offering enough!