R. Chiya bar Yosef gave a dinar to a seller to buy salt. The seller retracted because the price of salt had risen. R. Chiya said to him - Don't you know that in heaven they have already prepared a sickle with which to hit your legs? The One who punished the generation of the Great Flood will punish one who does not stand by his word.

A person once partially paid for silk garments. The seller retracted on the deal. The case came before R. Chiya bar Yosef and R. Yochanan.

R. Chiya bar Yosef: Either the seller should give him merchandise according the amount he paid or he will be subject to the curse of 'the One who punished'.

R. Yochanan: Either the seller should give him all of the merchandise or he will be subject to the curse. (R. Yochanan held that partial payment obligates the seller in the full sale.)

R. Ila: (He did not give him partial payment; rather) he gave him collateral for the sale.

R. Zeira: He gave him partial payment.

R. Chiya bar Yosef agrees to R. Yochanan in the case of an item that is not usually sold in parts, such as a cow or a talis.

R. Yaakov bar Idi./R. Abahu citing R. Yochanan: If one pays with a ring, it is not considered to be collateral; rather it is 'partial' payment.