Deals Gone Bad

+2 secretguy & cleeds

I will NEVER use PayPal Friends & Family, no matter how inexpensive the item.

I hope this thread informs everyone at AG about the shady-side of internet sales.

captaindidactic

Sorry, but this means I will avoid the items you sell using F&F:  To me, it is as if your F&F listings do not exist... 

"What a pain! " - not for the honest.  If sellers want to avoid paying their sales taxes, it follows that they should also avoid what those taxes buy  (roads, police, firemen, air traffic controllers, teachers, schools, etc. and the list goes on...)

Research the person you are buying from and make sure they are who they say they are and they have had a presence for years instead of someone who just pops up to sell something. I find pictures of them (if at all possible) and their current address and how long they have been there. From the information i find out, I will ask them a friendly question that I already know the answer to make sure they don't lie. If I can't do that I don't deal with them and like others have said, i don't deal with anyone out of the country. Remember a fool and his money soon part.

[[.Both of these were out of the country]]

Maybe time to reconsider foreign transactions??

Personally, I would never buy anything out of country (I live in Canada) or from sites like Ebay. I trust Canuck Audio Mart or Marketplace. That's it.

Everything is either cash or EMT (no PayPal) and the buyer has to have a good transaction history.

As a result, I have never had a single problem and that is how I like it.

Deal with Audiogon members or u.s audiomart  with only a very good feedback record  .