Going back from an agreed upon price:[1]
If a buyer and seller agreed on a certain sum for an item, then neither party should go back on their word and ask to pay more or less than the agreed upon sum. [If one does so, then he is considered Michsurei Emuna, and the sages are not happy with such an individual, and is therefore forbidden to do so, as explained above. This applies even if one discovered that other stores sell the item for cheaper.[2]]
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[1] See the following Poskim regarding resolve in heart, and certainly this would apply even more so if it was actually expressed and agreed upon between the two parties, and doing so would be included in the category of Michsurei Emuna, and Ein Ruach Chachamim Nocha Heymena: Admur C.M. ibid; Rabbeinu Gershom and Rashbam Bava Basra ibid; Rashi Makos 24a in name of Sheilasos Parshas Vayechi 36; Hagahos Ashri Bava Basra 5:21
[2] Alon Hamishpat Vol. 51:6
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