Posting interest for an item in an ad thread first new rule???

It’s a free market. A seller can choose to sell to anyone they pick. It’s their part.

A prospective buyer has no “ first rights of refusal” to a part.
That is one opinion.
Mine is.....The first to make contact should be the first one to consider.
Picking favorites to sell to seems petty and rude.
UNLESS the first to contact the seller has been a problem to the seller or others.