Buying Used Equipment on the Internet

I bought and sold a several components on usaudiomart. It's about communication, you pretty much have to figure out if the person on the other end is trustworthy. Ask some questions that aren't realistic but the responses will be telling:

"I will be in the area, can I listen to it?"

If the response is: "it's in the shed, I just had surgery, I can't get up, well.... why would his/her priority be to sell this thing."

I bought and sold a several components on usaudiomart. It's about communication, you pretty much have to figure out if the person on the other end is trustworthy. Ask some questions that aren't realistic but the responses will be telling:

"I will be in the area, can I listen to it?"

If the response is: "it's in the shed, I just had surgery, I can't get up, well.... why would his/her priority be to sell this thing."

As a seller, I can be picky too. I don't want tire kickers in my home, and will generally ignore such buyers, unless I know you. If you don't trust a seller's feedback history, why even bother?

Even if you try this on a 0-feedback seller that has intent to defraud, they might just call your bluff. They can cut contact any time and what do they have to lose?

everyone has to start from zero reviews and any seller can go rouge after many positive reviews. If the seller refuses to show the equipment, even in a parking lot, I wouldn't bother. The desire to look at expensive, decade+ old equipment is not tire kicking.

This might be a better option.

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650001546-musical-fidelity-m5si-integrated-amplifier-black-faceplate-nib/