Commentary for Bava Metzia 101:6

ההוא גברא דהוה נקט ורשכי לזבוני קרי שיתא ושויא חמשא ואי הוו יהבי ליה חמשא ופלגא הוה שקיל אתא ההוא גברא ואמר אי יהיבנא ליה חמשא ופלגא הויא מחילה אתן ליה שיתא ואתבעיה לדינא אתא לקמיה דרבא א"ל לא שנו אלא בלוקח מן התגר אבל בלוקח מבעל הבית אין לו עליו אונאה

and erred. Finding him depressed, he [Rami] asked him, 'Why are you sad?' 'I sold wine,' he replied, 'and erred.' 'Then go and retract,' he counselled. 'But I have tarried more time than is necessary to shew it to a dealer or a relative,' said he. Thereupon he sent him to R. Nahman, who said to him: This was taught only of the vendee; but the vendor can always retract. Why? The vendee has the purchase in his hand; wherever he goes he shews it and is told whether he erred or not. But the vendor, who has not the purchase in his hand, [must wait] until he comes across an article like his, and only then can he know whether he erred or not.

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