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Is it safe to buy from Audiogon sellers?

Dear audiophiles, 

Is it safe to buy products from audiogon sellers ( person or shop)? I don't want to receive goods contrary to the description on the audiogon web.  Unlike eBay, there seems no guarantee over here? Am I right?  Those who have plenty of buy & sell experience here, pls. kindly give me your advice, My location is fin Far East which is far from U.S.A. Tks.

faust  
faust168
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goodave
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I’m from Singapore (part of Asia) and have bought 2 items here. So far so good compared to some other sites where the seller is overly  enthusiastic in selling me one. Telling me he is a Christian and would never do harm to others  and showing me his passport to prove a point. I’d stay clear from these as well.

its always a risk when buying stuffs over the net. Check the feedbacks looking for “patterns” as well. I notice patterns like it’s usually the same old people who are giving the feedbacks and he has like 20 feedbacks in a single day and none for a week and then another 15 feedbacks in a single day. Kudos to him for building this over a period of 8 months.

And be wary of sellers from China although I’m Asian. Too many knockoffs. Singapore sellers are safe :)



faust168 OP
74 posts
 
Thank you all for you kind and detail response.  I think I might buy something which need not repair such as cables.   The only thing  I need to concern is the fake items.  I will follow the above advice to be careful for the response or the record from the seller. 
johnto
972 posts
 
Never a problem purchased multiple speakers amp, pre, phono pre, CD player, turntable, cartridges lps all with great results. I do lots of research first will Google seller to make certain they live where they say, study feedback and pick up goods whenever possible. I've also sold without any problems
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medwardo
27 posts
 
I've bought probably a dozen items from Audigon over the past 6 - 8 years and I've never had a bad experience. Some of these were cables and some were expensive components.

Having said that, I check the feedback for sellers carefully and I also correspond a bit with them before I buy. And I use PayPal and a credit card with that as well.

My general rule is that if someone has 0 or little feedback, more than a few % points of (or any) negative feedback, or is out of the country, I don't engage.

My apologies in advance to new sellers...I'll get a bit of a taste of my own approach as I start selling some surplus equipment myself.


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