How long is too long to ship?

Thanks for replys. He said his bank thought it would clear by the 3rd if it did he would ship next day. I checked with the credit union and it did clear on the 3rd. Yesterday he sent a email saying he would check with his bank. He is about 12 days late on that. So its limbo for me. Will list out come as events dictate. Thanks

I have had good luck contacting Audiogon and getting them involved.
I had the same problem with a fellow who was supposed to ship me a cable. After it didn't arrive after several emails, I got Audiogon to drop him a line, and the cable showed up the following week.
It's a roll of the dice, sometimes.
Good luck.

As a seller, I have to say money orders are highly preferable. To protect myself, i won't ship until a check has cleared. I want to ship as soon as possible, but it's a hassle trying to determine if the funds are really available.

i hate waiting, i feel your pain. i have a similar situation going on right now. i sent the product in good faith, even before i got the money. i received a bank check a few days later. i gave positive feedback and proceeded to my bank. the bank check was made out to somone else. the product was delevered according to ups on the ninth. i cannot get a response from this person at all. it is now the 16th. can a bank check be cannceled by the person who sent it? needless to say my next step is to get audiogon involved. it is hard to be honest sometimes.

kirk930, What was the guy’s feedback like? I'm starting to feel your pain even more than Ninjas. I have had a couple bad deals here but have never been burned for any money. Knock on wood. There is such a thing as stopping payment on a check but I won't mention it as not to make you nervous. Some people are a combination of rude and oblivious, which is to say they don't do a very good job of staying in touch. On the other side of the spectrum there are people who are the absolute best. Try to hang in there, I have been known to call information and get the guys home phone #. Needless to say they are always very surprised to here from the guy they've been ignoring on their computer all week. There are a couple other methods I use but would rather not discuss them in an open forum. Try a phone call. Also, ask yourself was the item really worth committing inter-state fraud over? Now might be a good time to get Agon involved, they will do there best to help. Good luck.