Originally Posted by sortie

I read the screen shots of the post and you told the guy you would get to it in a few days. After a few days you should have contacted him and told him you were not going to do it.

You told him to wait and he did.

It was then up to you to tell him to stop waiting.

What if you had started it in a few days, then finished and contacted him and he said "Oh, sorry man, I didn't wait, I had someone else do it so I don't need what you worked on". You would be pissed, right?