Re-tip or Replace?

It may be just me, but I don’t trust ebay. Too many counterfeits/scams/ripoffs.

Well, it’s absolutely impossible to rip you off on ebay when you pay with paypal, buyer always protected and full refund always guaranteed by paypal buyer’s protection.

There are no conterfit of old Dynavector cartridges, but i suppose you know what is Dynavector and you can recognize it, i had 4 different models, two NOS from ebay. I have returned one cartridge for full refund when i realized the cantilever is a bit off-centered, return shipping has been covered by paypal, so no loss at all.

If you prefer to buy cartridges from audiophiles on audiogon it is not a problem, but not as secure as on ebay with paypal.

The only scams I've ever been a victim of has been right here on Audiogon.  However and as chakster says, since I used PayPal I didn't lose a penny either time.

agrippa

The only scams I've ever been a victim of has been right here on Audiogon.

That's interesting, because your Audiogon profile shows you've never bought or sold anything here.

I know, although I have no idea why. Might be due to the account being hacked a while ago, although that’s just a guess.

Whatever the cause, I fell for an Ortofon Cadenza Bronze last year. A good, but not too good, price, a seller with a fair amount of feedback and a PayPal option. Waited for the cartridge to arrive for a bit longer than usual, during which the seller kept up comms for a good while, and then his account was suddently locked due to having also scammed someone else.

Complaint sent to PayPal with reference to the closed account here and voilà, a refund arrived 3 days later.  Quite impressive really and much smoother than expected.