RE:ebay (was '69 martin 69k !)

[ditch wrestler <ditchwrestler@yahoo.com>]

 

I'll echo Duncan's ebay strategy - email the seller with a routine but not obvious question and start a bit of an email back'n'forth.  My usual email is to ask what the shipping will be to Canada (as that's where I live!) or if they'll accept cash which I'll send via courier.  I do this regardless of how much the item is listed for.

 

Based on their response, I think I can get a sense of them.  I've only come close to getting screwed over once - a pawnshop in Virginia claimed they didn't receive the cash but a few phone calls to the USPS got things resolved.

 

 

ted harms.

"Goddard, Duncan" <goddard.duncan@mtvne.com> wrote:

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I've bought lots of stuff on ebay- over 200 items- some of them small & insignificant, sure, but I have also bought basses, guitars & keyboards for several thousand dollars. my rule (& this will vary for others, depending how much disposable income you have) is that anything that looks like it will go over $500 US, I will make some major effort to establish the character of the seller.

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"Indeed, naturally I think that a film should have a beginning, middle, and an end — but not necessarily in that order."   Jean Luc Goddard

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