Altogether too often these days, small 'rings' of userIDs seem to pop up with a low number of positive feedbacks each. In the old system, you could see the userID in full. Looking carefully, the 3 or 4 userIDs seem to work together and buy-sell from each other some music, or components and bolster each others positive feedback. At times and in one specific case I have experienced, it is only 1 or 2 people, all working from the same IP address(es) to put the setup in place. Audiogon will not legaclly pursue a fraudulent seller in my experience, or lend a user help to do so either but they will ban a user or an ad in relatively short order. The problem is the users come back with different userIDs, some even tied to the same or similar information and location a short while or up to a year later and start the ring all over again, sometimes using the exact same pictures and items descriptions they stole from somewhere else a year before to defraud other users.....unfortunately this is altogether too real on this forum and people have gotten burned.
buyer beware do not buy from this seller
i have been become extremely frustrated with a seller on Augiogon that goes by Robert from NY (with address of bobsprit(at)aol(dot)com and number of 7187577114) so i decided to post my experience here. he sold me a defective Rega DAC, which I paid $700. after i received it and discovered that it was defective (static popping sounds), he offered me a replacement as he claimed that it was still under warranty. he seemed like a reasonable guy over the phone so i trusted him and sent it back to him in September 2012. since then, he has been avoiding my phone calls and have not replied to my emails. the few times that he has answered my phone calls, he gives bogus excuses, such as that he forgot to send it, and claims he will send it in next few days. he even offers that if the DAC still has issues that he will refund me the money. i have yet to see an email from him that the DAC has been sent. it's obvious that he has no intention on sending a replacement.
i have sold and bought many items over the internet, mostly on ebay, and have had no issues such as this so far. i have always treated my buyers with respect and disclosed any defects in any of the items i sell and i expect the same from others. it's sellers like this that ruin the online community. Robert, you sold your integrity and honesty for $700. karma does exist..you'll see.
i have sold and bought many items over the internet, mostly on ebay, and have had no issues such as this so far. i have always treated my buyers with respect and disclosed any defects in any of the items i sell and i expect the same from others. it's sellers like this that ruin the online community. Robert, you sold your integrity and honesty for $700. karma does exist..you'll see.
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