"If the box is open, its used!" Couldn't agree more.
I've been really lucky buying and selling on Audiogon, but I hear from others about that occasional person like the one you described. Life's too short to deal with people like that.
The only "problem" I've had, selling items, is that I once had a guy who lived fairly local, we communicated via Audiogon email, he called me to ask some questions, we agreed on a price, he shows up at my home and the first thing out of his mouth was that he thought about it and reduced his offer by $600. I told him the deal was "off". This guy wanted to see the unit I was selling, after reducing his offer...no way! What I learned from this was to demand that a buyer make a formal offer on Audiogon, no problem communicating via email, but the offer and payment had to be done thru the site. Just my 2 cents.
I've been really lucky buying and selling on Audiogon, but I hear from others about that occasional person like the one you described. Life's too short to deal with people like that.
The only "problem" I've had, selling items, is that I once had a guy who lived fairly local, we communicated via Audiogon email, he called me to ask some questions, we agreed on a price, he shows up at my home and the first thing out of his mouth was that he thought about it and reduced his offer by $600. I told him the deal was "off". This guy wanted to see the unit I was selling, after reducing his offer...no way! What I learned from this was to demand that a buyer make a formal offer on Audiogon, no problem communicating via email, but the offer and payment had to be done thru the site. Just my 2 cents.