What to do when seller does not send item paid for

go for it then Nat - you haven't lost a dime here & yet you're complaining?

M,
As others have mentioned, I have had a number of transaction segments take longer than expected here and at ebay, for example a money order that took 13 days to reach its destination in first class mail. If the seller has good feedback from other trusted members, I would not worry. On the other hand, if you were scammed, consider registering the dispute here and notifying law enforcement at the seller's local. You probably won't see your $, but you will help shut the jerk down and possibly cause him/her some heartburn if the local police follow up with a call.

Natalie,

Have you ever wondered if:

A) the items that you posted attracted a certain type of person or crowd ?

B) how you worded your ads left you open for quite a bit of nit-picking and / or tire-kicking ?

C) the manner in how you conducted business or responded to inquiries made people think twice about whether they wanted to do business with you ?

I bring this up as i have conducted business on both Ebay and on Audiogon many times over. I have done so on both a personal and professional level. In every way, the participants of Audiogon have been head and shoulders above the average "nitwit" that uses Ebay. This is not to say that all Ebayer's are low-lifes or that all Audiogoner's are "brain surgeons", but that if one wants to deal in specialty items, you are probably better off doing such in a specialized forum with those that can appreciate what you have to offer. Sean
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I also like an "ebay way" to deal with sale or purchase transactions and so the feedback system that more accurate reveals the seller's/buyer's history.

I'm not also to judge the crowd's quality since I've done very few transactions through audiogon but ebayed a lot for sure. There were non-paying cases, sometimes I lost a track on my purchase transactions and forgot to pay but in general it's a great market media and whoever created it is a genius. As to the people you're dealing with there I had also no issue with their confidentiality or intellgence -- they all seemed to be OK and reasonable. Everything is done on ebay so far to increase the speed of transactions even including the shipping options on paypal that is owned by ebay right now. My friend won the Shevy Tahoe on ebay seing that it's more secure than go to the real street auction and he was right as he's got realy as described one-owner mint vehicle saving at least 60% from the new price.

In most of the cases the item goes best at ebay rather than audiogon and certainly more more secure. When you reed a feedback for the ebay member you can see recent transactions and see the item he/she bought/sold or at least item number and the date is displayed. On Audiogon you never know what you get or give a feedback for.

The first time I made a purchase from a private party on Audiogon, the kind fellow told me to wait until he supplied me with a tracking number before I send the check. It was a great first expeience, I hope everyone else he's dealt with since appreciates his trust and honesty and doesn't take advantage of it.