2. member-reviews
  3. 127512-5961

Would you sell to someone with no feedback?

 A new member has offered to buy equipment from me using PayPal. He/she has no feedback. What precautions should I take before accepting the offer and posting the item???

rrm
garrettc
40 posts
 
I few well worded email exchanges can help you to judge the person's character.  Use Paypal always.  Ship only within the USA.  Take precautions if in doubt.  Remember, if you are not comfortable, you don't "Have" to sell that item. There are other buyers.
seanheis1
624 posts
 
Only ship to the PayPal address or you lose all protections
vindanpar
58 posts
 

What about advice for someone who wants to sell a couple of components but has no seller history. Will anybody buy from him as he is a first timer and has no feedback?

My only experience on audiogon is buying a pair of speaker demos from a dealer by wire transfer which went very smoothly.

Any tips for a first time seller or is this probably fruitless? As somebody said everybody at the beginning is a first time seller. You got to start at some point.


audio_hub's avatar
audio_hub
82 posts
 
everybody should start from somewhere and given a chance to purchase.
What I have noticed though being a dealer, is that the no-feedback buyers do back out from the purchase often
1extreme's avatar
1extreme
161 posts
 
There are "buyer protection" policies vs "seller protection" policies. Any seller who does not become an expert in the details of PayPal seller protection policies is rolling the dice with every sale. One misstep such as not getting delivery confirmation on your shipment will make you vulnerable to the many scam buyers who prey on uninformed sellers by using the power of the well intended but flawed "buyer protection" rules to their advantage.
More to discover