buyer question

Good advice but I have one comment. I have found the Audiogon email system to be unreliable. I have generally traded actual email addresses early in the process and communicated that way.

When you look at the listing/selling infrastructure and level of service that Audiogon provides it is just absurd to try to cheat them out of their fees. We need them to survive over the long term and that takes money.

I would go one step further than the already excellent suggestions.
Report this seller to Audiogon for attempting to skip the fees and use their site as an advertising market with no intention of paying for said service.

Tammy will soon sort them out!

Obviously most of you dont sell a lot of equipment on here.  First off, when I list equipment for sale, I pay fees ahead of time, so audiogon gets paid no matter what.  Second, who said paypal is the only option to pay for equipment?  As a seller, we have very little protection.  And as a seller who has a ton of good feedback, and has been a member for many many years, I feel like when I sell something, I can ask for whatever method of payment I want.  The buyer has a right to move onto the next item.  I always add paypal fees, because if they buyer wants to avoid the fees, they can pay by money order, check, cash, or paypal friends and family.  If they want that extra security, they can pay the 3%. I put 20yrs into this site, have a good reputation, and have made a lot of good friends.  Last thing Im gonna do is let a new member tell me he is worried about dealing with me.  Back in the day, I traded many thousands of dollars back and forth and never really had any major issues.  Thats the way it should be.  Paypal can go back to Ebay for all I care.  As a buyer, just do your research.  

@souljasmooth  On Audiogon, Sellers can now only accept PayPal or Express Checkout payments.  Only Dealers can accept other Payment options.
We require this so buyers have the protection they need in case the item is not as described or item is damaged during shipment.

So what if someone is local and can pick the item up?  Still has to go through paypal?  Or if I am a local buyer negotiating the price, still has to go through paypal?  Makes no sense.  What is Express checkout payments?