The problem is that sellers expect buyers to purchase without recourse (e.g. Friends and Family). The risk is all on the buyer. Businesses (e.g., TMR) allow purchase by credit card giving the buyer some protection. I dont know what the answer is beyond an escrow service but many sellers dont accept that.
why are sellers to be trusted, but buyers are not?
We buy and sell on sites like this so there is an exchange of 2 things that have an agreed upon equal value
- the item being sold from a seller
- money from a buyer
in all cases, the seller must be trusted to send the item as described, but the buyer is not trusted to send the money. And more and more, sellers are insisting to be paid in ways that have no recourse for the buyer, like PayPal F&F, Venmo, etc.
The item and the money are of equal value.. so why is one party to be trusted and the other is not? Why does the seller always insist on waiting to get paid before they ship? Why doesn’t the buyer insisting on getting the item before they will pay for it?
I have hundreds of perfect feedback going back over 20 years on multiple platforms, but the seller always insists I pay them first even if they have much, much less feedback. Why should I trust them if they don't trust me?
just curious
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Years ago I sold an integrated amp to an Agon member who let me know that he was really hesitent to do the transaction as a few years earler he bought an item and when the carton arrived, the box was the one the factory used to ship that item when it was new, but the carton was filled with phone books...and that it took him several months to get his money refunded. I have been fortunate with all my sale and purchase transactions, but I guess if one does enough a troubled transaction will be in their future. |
Example - buyer scams seller here on Agon thread |
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