It seems pretty common to make an non-binding "offer" as a message, and see what happens...nothing wrong with it, but not to be confused with an "official" offer...and certainly shipping charges are part of the bargaining process...
Sellers Beware
I would like to inform the Audiogon Community about an individual I tried to do business with and hopefully what happened to me will not happen to others.
An individual, Frank, made me an offer on my speakers. I accepted his offer. He then sends an email asking how much freight will cost and he wanted the least expensive. A legit question. I informed him about clicking on Audiogon’s Get Cost for the freight cost and I proceeded to tell him I would take the speakers to USPS and get an actual cost for him.
This was all by email. I asked him to please make an official offer through Audiogon. He never did. I have not heard a word from him since 5/30 when he asked about the freight cost.
My thoughts are this individual should not be trusted.
Have other members had experiences like this? I have sold quite bit on Audiogon and never had a problem before.