Audiogon is becoming the hub for scammers.

That’s a shame. I’ve have nothing but good luck buying off Audiogon. Hope Audiogon bans these bad actors. 

As has been said before, it's up to the buyer to do the due diligence. The OP has been here since 2009, I would hope he's privy to the "ins and outs" of this game by now. It does appear that he is MIA from this thread though.

@jim5559 - No shortage of crooks here, that's for sure, but that's kind of a blanket generalization for a place with 350 million people, dontcha think? I've always bought and sold in the US and have had no negative experiences. 

That's why I buy used from  local sellers on here,so I can preview the purchase and should a problem arise well the seller is a short drive away to clear up the matter in person. I have never had an issue buying on here not even close.

I always use PayPal and that is exactly what I did. The Very next day Audiogon suspended the seller, another ad showed up for Mcintosh MC452 with same exact description as the one I had to deal with. Why can’t Audiogon just put all those new sellers ads on hold for 24 to 48 hours until they verify the seller. Audiogon is the one who told me the seller is a fraud and he is located in the UK and not the US as per the ad. Looks to me that Audiogon can identify those scammers, so why not do something about it on the front end before something like this happen to more longtime members?