The age old question of trusting your gut feeling


I recently emailed a new A-gon member to see about picking up a piece for a friend's father who was interested in putting together a system. I will be in that part of the state tomorrow & could have saved the shipper the hassle of shipping, been able to inspect the merchandise, etc.

I didn't get any kind of response. Not a "It's been sold", nothing. Hmm, here's somebody with no feedback selling an item but doesn't want to communicate.

So the thread is, how many of you have had somewhat similar situations regarding audio? Doesn't have to be net oriented, just a decision based on instinct.
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Showing 1 response by garfish

A few deals-- both buying and selling-- have caused my gut to churn, but with 75-80 "good" transactions on A'Gon and eBay, I've only had one that nearly got ugly. The transaction was completed, we were both somewhat disappointed, but we both respected the feedback system and chose to leave no feedback.

I have always believed that trust and integrity on both parties parts are an essential part of good i-net transactions. Yes, caution is important but at some point, the parties have to trust each other. But that said, I expect that I'll eventually get burned :>( Cheers for now. Craig