Why the truth is not in them ??

Sorry to rain on your parade, but feedback exists for a REASON.

How are you going to leave feed-back when the deal was never done....You have to have a transaction.......That's the problem , no transaction

"...the Romans didn’t turn out so well in the end either. Nor the barbarians."

Nobody turns out well in the end. The goal is to do well along the way.

@cal91, Unless you lived under communism and had any personal experience with the amount of distrust within such a society, perhaps you should reserve the advice you are giving @millercarbon for yourself.

I sold to commercial accounts for over 30 years and can't deal with consumers. Whenever I sell something, I let a dealer handle it. If I've traded it in, he can either give me trade credit or take it on consignment. I even had a guy sell something because I didn't want to deal with registering as a seller.

Just by chance a dealer emailed me about an item I gave him on consignment saying he took it down from Audiogon because "a guy made an offer on the amp - we'll see if he comes through". He sells all the time on Audiogon and other sites, so you can see what it's like out there from his comment. It's worth paying him a commission to deal with the BS, shipping, payment processing, etc.