Faith and common sense

Yesterday, I came across an interesting situation.  My friend was buying a house. The seller is in Sri Lanka (Indian though).  The deal was supposed to happen a week back, but due to reasons attributable to the buyer (they did not have some original documents) the bank refused to give loan. The Bank gave a long winding process of FIR, Affidavit and a public notice.  The Registration was then advanced to next week.  The seller thereafter refused to come to Delhi and asked the Buyer to pay for their flight expenses.  Considering the stakes (she had already spent around 3-4 Lakhs) she agreed to book the tickets herself.  She sent them only the incoming tix. At the registrar's office, the seller refused to sign the sale deed unless and until my friend would first give the return ticket to them.  I found that both appalling and hilarious.

I mean imagine cribbing with somebody for 12,000/- odd (one way from Delhi to Kerala) who is already paying around Rs. 35,000/-.  Additionally my friend could have easily cancelled the flight ticket.  So even after my friend gave the photocopy of the ticket to these idiots, once these guys signed the Sale Deed, my friend could have easily cancelled the flight ticket.  It would just take a little common sense and faith to realize this...