An old phrase which, I believe, may be timely...


The idea of "buyer beware" is not new, but may be very timely.  Knowledge is our best defense against being fooled/taken/scammed.  

I owned a very high end modern/Scandinavian furniture store for many 
years selling some very famous items, some of which are at MOMA.  

The famous designer "names" are in frequent use on ebay listings 
for poor quality items that have nothing to do do with those designers/architects. 
And the same can be said for Craig'slist and any other "resale" site....and in this 
economy people are selling off much of their expendable possessions. And yes, 
there are names that can be used in audio advertising for products that have 
nothing to do with those "names".   When in doubt, get an opinion from a 
person with knowledge. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caveat_emptor
whatjd

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...or,..."does anybody really know what time it is,..does anybody really care"  CTA album...

garebear758 posts
 
Thank you for your input.  I have had two bad experiences,  one on ebay and one on AudiogoN.  In both cases the "bad" Buyer in a very short time was not on either site...as I was not the only person they tried to or did scam. 

People are people, Nixon was Nixon....etc.  Although Dick had some early Heathkit stuff he really liked, but Pat was more of a Fisher person. 


but ebm is correct, buying and selling items like a CJ ART, Magnepan 20, several items from ARC, Thiel, Martin Logan and the like makes me an imposter and novice.

But I understand a user not being able to accurately look at my feedback.
I have 233 all positive feedbacks, just none in recent history.

and I completely understand doing all upper case ’HELLO’ it is my point of reference for many things....yelling with your keyboard is a sign of major intelligence.   , and just to be sure, I should use a few of these,.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, it seems that a post to this thread that had no good intent was removed by AudiogoN or the person posting it didn't care to seem as the post made them seem.  Good choice, thank you.