As mentioned, best to use the PayPal payment system. If the seller will not absorb the fee, of split it, quickly move on.
Buy/Selling "new-in-box" items
I have noticed a lot of "new in box, never-opened" items in the Audiogon classified ads. Most of the time they are not eligible for a manufacturer's warranty, except for a few companies that allow for transferable warranties.
Do these items have some sort of implied no-lemon policy? It seems different than buying a used item. With the used item, the seller can at least test the item, or in the case that the seller has been using the item in his or her own system, they can attest to its reliability and working-order.
With a new-in-box item with no warranty, the buyer seems to be taking a bigger risk in getting an item that has not been tested. Most electronics, if they are going to fail, fail right at the beginning of their use, and I would hate to get a new-in-box item and have it be a lemon.
Or by describing an item as new-in-box, is the seller implying that the item works and if it fails in the first week of use a refund is in order?
Do these items have some sort of implied no-lemon policy? It seems different than buying a used item. With the used item, the seller can at least test the item, or in the case that the seller has been using the item in his or her own system, they can attest to its reliability and working-order.
With a new-in-box item with no warranty, the buyer seems to be taking a bigger risk in getting an item that has not been tested. Most electronics, if they are going to fail, fail right at the beginning of their use, and I would hate to get a new-in-box item and have it be a lemon.
Or by describing an item as new-in-box, is the seller implying that the item works and if it fails in the first week of use a refund is in order?