ebay vs audiogon

I have the opposite experience. I have over 150 deals on ebay and 10 deals on audiogon. I have had 3 sour deals all on audiogon none on ebay. It was mainly my fault as I dealt with 0 or low feedback guys each time. I also have more offers that are not kept on audiogon as the system allows non-members to contact us. On ebay I have been lucky because I buy the seller as well as the equipment. The gon allows anyone to post feedback even if no transaction is completed. The reason I was burned is because I felt the membership was more honest here than ebay, but it is just a typical cross section of society. Some good some not. I learned from my audigon experience that here as with ebay you buy the seller as well as the deal and equipment. In closing I would say that ebay nor audiogon in general is better or worst. People will always take advantage when allowed. The false sense that audiogon is safer can get you in trouble someday.

I think the biggest problem in ebay is the "power sellers". A lot of these pick the stuff up from estates or whereever, and often no nothing about high-end audio, etc. They really dont even know HOW to list the items properly. Some guy had a Pioneer Elite CLD-95 Laserdisc player listed as Dolby Digital capable. I looked it up to make sure (I was already pretty sure it wasnt DD capable), and sure enough, it was not. I emailed him and he thanked me and changed the listing.

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