Buying Used Equipment on the Internet

I buy used often and had no problems other than UPS.

Another vote for TMR. They will test the equipment before selling it.

You can also buy open box equipment through dealers like Safe & Sound, Hi-Fi Heaven or Music Direct. Most of my gear is either used or open box. I have bought some things off eBay but as others have said I always do research and pay through PayPal (not friends and family).

Good luck in putting together a great system.

Buy the seller, not the equipment. Meaning if you don’t have trust in the seller, don’t do the transaction. 

i cannot gave advices...

I dont purchase gear now...

When i purchase gear it was after months of studying everything about it

all over the internet, then i wish so badly to buy it, i dont gave a damn about the sellers...

The two Sansui amplifiers i bought, and my AKG k340 headphone...My Mission Cyrus speakers...

The other pieces were new...a dac...

I did not have any problems with my 4 purchases... 2 pieces were sold in my city...

One amplifier the Sansui Alpha was sold by a dealer i did not know in Britiswh columbia at a very good price...The AKG K340 were sold from Ontario...

The only times i want to buy from the US it was more complicated than from Russia... Most of the times sellers dont want to deliver from US to Canada...I tried few times...  I forgot a subwoofer i never used finally from the US...I never need it after my acoustic job and anyway synchronizing a single sub in a small room is not easy... With my actual headphone i have a sub around my ears... 😊

Dont purchase anything without an extreme study of all aspects of the piece of gear as i did... We dont have control about the sellers... I was lucky...

they are the best deal i ever made...

I've purchased all but my source used. I've turned over my system twice buying  used gear at a fraction of the new price and never had an issue. My advice buy used locally  i.e. how far you are willing to drive so you can test drive the used gear before purchase and pay a return visit if needed period, amen. Now I'm a jersey guy so I'm in a predominantly urban/suburban setting which makes this process easier.  Know the brand up for sale and only buy gear with a  good reputation for quality and performance. You may not get the brands you crave but you will get great gear nontheless.

A cautionary tale for you.   As a recent college grad I bought used Adcom gear, (highly recommended), many decades ago  and  for a third of the new price I might add,and Snell c2 mk.2 speakers as well. First day I attached bare speaker cables to the used Snells and the  Adcom 200 watt amp turned it on and woops I shorted out the amp as my bare speaker wire hit both of its terminal's lesson learned don't use bare wires it only takes one thin strand of copper to crash your amp. Lucky for me Adcom was located around New Brunswick NJ a short drive from home. They told me to bring in the amp with some donuts for payment and fixed it while I waited. I had that gear for 40 problem free years!  Sold it just to try something else which was a used a Technics integrated sug700 and Canton 9k reference speakers both were just a couple of months old and for a song. I was aware many audiophiles are a well healed, obsessive, and demanding turns out all good attributes for bottom feeders who don't have the denero for high end or even mid fi gear or who are Scottish (which is my case).