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THE WORST SELLERS FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONS, Audiogon, Audiomart, E-bay.....Others

I spend many hours trying to get people selling things to either Sell or Answer Questions about there items, I call them "Face Book Sellers"     They would rather do anything but sell, pack and shlp something  The web site that seems to be the worst is Audiomart , and they beat every body else by hundreds........I have three deals going on right now, I send my Pay-Pal address for billing and they do nothing, send them a e-mail and they do nothing.....The other day I bought a 800.00 item, I have no tracking number. I have called and have no answers, I have e-mailed, with no answers.....The only thing I have is a charge of 877.00 and a phone number...........Nothing else.......Common manners are totally gone on the internet.....Right now I have over 10,000.00 spent and I can't get a answer from anyone......Some of the stuff will maybe show up, but most is lost on the inter net somewhere and will take another 6-7 emails .......So what do you find is the worst web-site for your purchases   ???
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tonykay
1,304 posts
 
I have bought a lot of stuff here on Audiogon over the years, and never been scammed. However, I have had instances where the seller failed to leave feedback, despite a successful sale. If they are members here, and obviously they are if they are selling, leaving feedback shouldn't be too big a chore for them. Are they really that busy?
mitch2
4,073 posts
 
I have fortunately had just the opposite experience over many transactions for both inexpensive stuff and really expensive stuff.   I had two transactions this week and both were from USAM and both went very well with extremely polite and friendly people - one buyer and one seller.
In addition to treating others as you would want to be treated, one other suggestion that has served me well is to be willing to walk away if you are not getting prompt responses, if the other party seems rude or inattentive, or if things just don't seem right.   
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stereo5
6,448 posts
 
When I sell here, I go out of my way for the purchaser. First, I send them a message thanking them for their purchase and also to let them know the day I am shipping and how it is being shipped. Once shipped, I immediately send them the tracking info. When I am sure the item has been received I wait a couple of days and message them inquiring if it arrived safely. If I don’t get feedback, a week later I will give them feedback and ask they do the same.

I would say 50% of the time, I get absolutely no response from any of my messages and some of these guys are always here in the forums (hint, hint). I have sold 4 items in the last 45 days and only 1 person has given me feedback and that was after 3 requests. The other 3 ghosted me, never answered any of my messages from day 1 and never gave me feedback. Like I said, some of these guys post in the forums weekly, if not daily.

They act nice here but are very rude not to answer even one message with a “thanks” or something similar. I have pretty much sold or gave away all my excess gear so I won’t be selling much more. In my 13 years here, I have lost out on feedback from at least 20 or so sales. Some people can really be jerks or a holes and need to learn proper etiquette or netiquette.
autospec OP
474 posts
 
Stereo5:  I can say "Amend"  to that statement...........Thanks
ebm
9,311 posts
 
Stereo 5 so true many turkeys here.I had one guy sold him Audience line conditioner he paid me after receiving unit I took a big chance.He did not deposit money until after he got unit then I asked him for positive feedback he said he felt funny doing it.(What a jerk).Audiogon has many jerks.
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