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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. 

yragteddy
tomrk
96 posts
 

@devinplombier

Everything you say is true, but on eBay, you can contact the seller directly if they didn't put in a shipping cost.   Plus on eBay you can make an offer without commitment (if rejected)

Not putting in a shipping cost invites people to ask how much to ship the item and what the total amount will be.  Sometimes the people decide on something else.   It's just part of selling on the internet, whether it's Audiogon, eBay Craig's List or Facebook marketplace.   There will be scammers (easy to spot), there will be people who ask and then stop responding.    If you don't have a thick skin, selling things online may not be for you.

denny001
12 posts
 

My audiogon story.  Posted a Classe pre-amp in perfect condition.  Buyer from West coast bid and I accepted.  He called a week later and said amp was defective.  He said he put a power supply on it and it and it failed.!  I said send it back and refunded all his money.  I checked the pre-amp on return and it was perfect.  He had tested the pre-amp on a low voltage input and the pre-amp had gone into auto-protect mode.  Seller beware of idiots.  

phd
1,330 posts
 

This is how members get negative feedback, selling speakers and then have to ship them! If you are going to ship speakers make sure you have the original packing materials. 

Any way if you are selling, having people contact you with questions goes with the territory. I know it's annoying but eventually it could lead to a sale. Be patient, be nice. 

jl35
4,187 posts
 

these stories are why I'm doing a lot more selling to TMR ... lose some on each sale, but so easy and no conflicts...

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