Buyer Beware!

after about 15 or 20 buy\sell deals i've done on audiogon I've only gotten stiffed once.Most of the people i've dealt with have been really good people here on audiogon. After talking to a few people that do the e-commerce thing it seems that most people have had the most trouble buying or selling to\from Florida residents.Dont know why that is.

I have done 5 transactions on ebay in last 3 weeks and all went well, maybe Im lucky, but Ive had more problems and wasted emails on audiogon...

Alexc: who was the dealer/person your transaction was with??I always hate the time where they have my money/and I have no product.In a paypal deal, shipping should be immediate / or he should tell you an order has been placed,and when you will get your product.That is, if it has to be ordered. I always ask if the product is in stock,and ready to ship.

Thanks for your great comments one and all. I, like LakeRat, feel compelled to answer any and all emails when I place an ad (it's a personal thing). And I ain't pissed off anymore either. This expierence has not soured me on audiogon either. A little wiser with your help, greatly appreciated! I just needed to vent my frustration over the situation without harming anyone including myself. :^)

My wife has over 500 transactions on Ebay (both buying and selling) and has only had a problem with four or five auctions. All problems were resolved except two. My wife excells at clear communication. I have made three purchases at Audiogon (attempted four) and the three went very well. The fourth involved strange emails from the seller that gave the impression that they were either in the process of suffering a major stroke or in the middle of a major binge "on something". I did not continue further at that point and it was not a big deal. I recently made a local purchase of speakers that arrived home broken and following that were ill repaired by the dealer. It turns out that the US importer (also local) supplied the dealer with a pair of the speakers that were from a defective batch. They were known to be defective (by the importers own admission and post at AA) prior to them being supplied to me. I was supposed to be purchasing the speakers from a new shipment that had been updated at the mannufacturer and by his own admission in an email to me the importer substituted this pair to the dealer. Both the dealer and the importer have refused at this point to replace the speakers and have only offered to perform the updates here. I was originally going to go for this, but have since decided that I should receive what I paid for and not a pair of "doctored" speakers. It is still up in the air. So I guess you could say that I received a royal ass reaming in a person to person sale. I would prefer not to post all of the emails and documentaion on the web as the story may gernerate a negative opinion of the manufacturer and my dissatisfaction is really with the importer. But, of course I will do just that if the situation is not corrected. I have also contacted the manufacturer and am waiting to hear back from them. I have discussed the matter with my attourney and am not concerned about getting my money back, but would rather have the factory modified speakers instead as that was the whole purpose of the purchase.