Would you mention the flaw the buyer never asked about?
You are selling your car. The buyer is happy, the test drive went well, and the price is nearly settled. There is one thing: a rattle that comes and goes, and they never asked about it. You are not lying if you say nothing. You are also not volunteering the thing you know. Where you draw the line between answering questions and telling the whole story says a lot about how you see a fair deal.
You are selling your car. The buyer, satisfied, never asks about the rattle that comes and goes.
Why people pick each side
Mention it anyway
Mentioning it anyway leans Candor: a deal feels better to you when the other person has the full picture, even if it costs you a little on the price.
Answer what is asked, nothing more
Answering only what is asked leans Pragmatism: you see buying as the buyer's job to check, and you stay inside the honest rules everyone already knows.
You know what you believe. But what would you do?
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