The OP states that the potential buyer and he were communicating by email and that is where the offer was made, outside the audiogon format which is a bit telling in itself. The way Agon is set up with the make offer system actually locks the buyer into the offer made and allows the buyer and seller to the sell/purchase. Moral of story is, always inform any tire kickers that all reasonable offers will be considered but only if placed through the provided format. Enjoy the music
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.