Commentary for Bava Batra 171:2

אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק בששפכן איקפד רבא מידי שפכן קתני פירקן קתני אלא אמר מר בר רב אשי במתאכלי דתומי

[If] measuring took place before the price has been fixed, both may withdraw.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before the price is agreed upon. the sale cannot be regarded as completed; because neither buyer nor seller makes up his mind to sell or to buy before knowing whether the other party will accept his price or offer. Cf. n. 7. ');">⁴</span> Now, since the vessel of the seller, [if it is] on the premises of the buyer, does not serve as a means of retaining possession for him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For it has been said that, if the price had been fixed, none may withdraw, though the goods are presumably still in the buyer's sacks. This shows that the buyer's premises acquire possession for him despite the fact that the goods remain in the seller's vessels. ');">⁵</span> the vessel of the buyer also [if it is] on the premises of the seller does not serve as a means of acquiring possession for him!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If premises (the buyer's) can serve as a means of depriving the seller from ownership of his goods though still in his vessels, how much more, in the case of goods in the buyer's vessels, should premises (the seller's) be capable of serving as a means of retaining ownership. ');">⁶</span>

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