HESITANT with NEW member sellers


I seem to struggle too frequently with members who are NEW, no history at all, but who seem to have beautiful systems, excellent taste, and are offering very reasonable deal on a very high end piece of audio equipment. 
I have passed up on "mint" Thiel speakers and "mint" REF6 Audio Research due to my fear of being ripped off. 
Is there protection built into AUDIOGON? Has anyone had experience with that?
I prefer Pay Pal, in hopes that they would provide protection...I believe they do..but the same sellers want cash or check....I am HESITANT. 
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Showing 1 response by harold-not-the-barrel

Selling overseas/thousand miles. If a zero history buyer buys my item and truly pays for my item I would say him/her yes and send item ASAP with tracking & insurance. But with PayPal I would be very careful because nowadays PayPal nearly always sides with buyer, whatever the case, on eBay at least. I may sell a 300 dollar item, at most though. There must be better/easier/cheaper ways than shady faceless PayPal. What would you recommend ?

The problem is if when true buyer and true seller meet and when right item goes to right buyer.
I haven´t sold for years here at Agon. I´m planning to sell (and buy too) a few vintage items for collectors and hobbyist/music lovers, normal guys like me. And I want to make happy transactions for me and buyers. Nothing more interests me in the end of a day. Could you guys advice me selling internationally. Best/worst experiences maybe ? Thanks in advance.