Fraud /SCAM

Good advice, a day or so shouldn't bother an honest seller.

PayPal almost always favors the buyers.  If you are buying from a site like ebay or audiogon and USAM, paypal is best used as buyer.  

As a seller you can get scammed since they favor the buyer.  A friend sold Rims to a high end BMW and the buyer returned them, but put bricks in the box.  As the seller he had zero way to prove it.  

Best advise is look at the buyer and sellers history.  Zero is very very bad.

Hi guys....all I can say is.....If you use paypal for buying audio gear..ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS send through Paypal Merchandise and Sevices...NEVER..NEVER, NEVER  Family and Friends..... I was convinced to use Family and Friends   which is another story..but I got ripped off $11,000  Paid for a dac and never got it.....out $11k   not easy to swallow.....

A lot of guys here and on other threads advising never transact with someone with zero feedback or new to site.

Every person here buying and selling started with zero feedback. Don’t perpetuate a Catch22. If you’re interested in buying/selling an item from/to someone with zero feedback, be smart and cautious about it. Look for red flags. Price too good to be true? Sketchy payment option? Ask questions. Ask for a phone number so you can talk personally. Cover all your bases. There’s no need to exclude someone by automatically thinking because they’re new, they must be a crook. There are more honest folks out there than crooks. Be understandably wary to minimize your risk, but don’t necessarily exclude everyone new. You may miss out on a dandy deal for something you’re looking for.

I will NEVER purchase anything from an individual, not backed up by a company that can handle credit cards,  unless I can buy through PayPal merchandise and services.  

Every other method is a ticket to give money to society's pariahs.