buyer beware of late


Did anyone else respond to the "unbeleavable" listings lately, like the B&W 800's for $3000 or the N802's for $3200...new members with no feedback. I received the message from Audiogon saying the members were "questionable" and not to do business with them. Same thing happened today with a listing for a Jadis integrated amp. I guess the only safe bet is to stay away if there's no feedback..but that doesn't do much for the legitiment new members trying to get established.
dave43
Good for you for posting that! Bravo. We have to look out for ourselves sometimes. I do feel strongly about this community.

Your exactly right about the 2 remaining of the original 7. There are new adds that have Pics and all. Looks like the scammers have a foundness for B & W products and big Krell Amps.

I havent emailed A'gon about these newest adds. That brings up a good question. Why doesnt A'gon have a "fraud alert" link? Maybe they do... and I am just to dim to locate it.
hahaha,here's a new twist,a greenhorn with a stupidly low priced mac amp sent me an email in an offical looking audiogon service dept page stating that his deal's will be handled by the audiogon staff & that they will fall under the audiogon buyer protection program which will protect buyers for up to $5,000.

this new twist appears to be an attempt to get personal information from buyers,this fool keep's telling me that i need to give him all of my contact info before we can proceed & he refuses to give me his info,he even went as far as to say he is in my state too.

i fowarded all of his email's to the agon staff,this new offical looking email stuff look's bad.
If I see any items from zero feedback sellers that look very suspicious then I email Audiogon.

I think we could all do each other a service by doing similar.
no phone number no deal no western union no emails from someone saying they are representing audiogon ie daysonake@yahoo.com dba william mccabe of royal oak,mi