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BEWARE OF FRAUD with this member

FRAUD ALERT!
I recently sold a Mytek Liberty DAC to this user.

Buyer: locmao003
503-583-1266
locmao003@gmail.com

In the Audiogon Selling portal they listed their shipping address as a US Oregon address.
I shipped the item to this address. 
Paypal payment made to my account.
USPS Insured shipment, with delivery confirmation.
Delivery confirmed on June 11, 2021 by USPS.
I got an email, from a DIFFERENT email address stating they received the item.

Next, I got a dispute from Paypal saying the buyer never received the item.
The buyer listed their address as VIETNAM! Not Oregon.
I NEVER sell or ship overseas and would not have accepted this purchase if that was disclosed.
Paypal has approved the claim, and took my $500 payment back. I am left without the original DAC or payment.

BEWARE of this Buyer!
128x128thegm
burtontjones
8 posts
 
Sorry for your trouble.
 There is so much fraud on the internet today. Our hobby is certainly not immune to this type of crook. I've got burned a few times myself. I have reached the point where
I have actually gone back to dealing with one or two audio retailers, and paying their prices. At least I know I'm protected with dealing with an actual store.
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thegm OP
24 posts
 
Thanks for all the input and support. I will take this as another ‘learning experience’ in a long life of them. I appreciate the Audiogon community a lot. I perhaps trusted a bit too much in the ‘kindness of strangers’ but I still feel like this is a great community of shared interest. 
cdrat
3 posts
 
I had an interesting experience last week. I ordered a $30 item from eBay. I received a ups tracking number that it was “delivered”. But, as usual, the confirmation did not say my address , only my town. I called ups and they verified it was not delivered to me, but would not put it in writing. eBay rejected my appeal, and expected me to pay.  On second vigorous appeal they said the item is listed as “stolen” and refunded me.  They are not equipped to handle this sort of easy fraud. A heads up for me, think if it was a $300 or $500 item? Somehow the seller found the tracking number for something sent by Amazon, coming to my town, and put that as the tracking number for my item.  Very clever!
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asvjerry
4,608 posts
 
If there's a sucker born every minute, there's a scam artist born every hour.....

(Original, you can use it....no copyright.  I just want to see how long before I hear it elsewhere....;)   )

I only use PP as a buyer....'not a lender be...'

Way too many bad experiences for the small-time seller, the 'one  'n dones', proportionally....

...esp. with a 'hot' item of value.

Sorry you're getting the wrong end of the stick, @thegm...
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asvjerry
4,608 posts
 
So....to be of service to the next potential ’mark’.....

What is the most reliable and ’screw-proof’ means for a transaction of this nature?

It can’t hurt to glean from the collective ’here’ as to ’the How’....to do it right, every time. And to keep the scamscum @ bay...
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