On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
> At 12:33 PM 8/9/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>> I have not used Paypal in a very long time, and they have caused me 
>> some headaches in terms of verifying my bank account and then my credit 
>> card, so that I can use this account, which I have used in the past. 
>> Although I do intend to use the CC via Paypal, I expect if I have a 
>> problem with the seller/item, that I will also get a lot of red-tape 
>> with Paypal if I need to fight it, so was hoping for something else. 
>> BTW, this is $250.
...
> I've been ripped off only once in many hundreds of transactions, and 
> this fellow (a 'buyer' in New York) knew exactly what he was doing. Some 
> items such as new high-end electronics, new laptops, new digital SLRs, 
> high-end new cell phones etc. are magnets for scumsucking b*stards, and 
> I refuse to use eBay for that sort of thing. For oddball technical 
> stuff, it's the cat's *ss.

Likewise.  Computer Recyclers in Texas turned out to be a fraud operation
with a long history.  But I only found that out after they sent me junk
that wasn't what they described and delayed doing anything until Ebay
threw them off.

But I've bought way too many strange little books and never had a problem.

One alternative you might consider.  What is the location of the seller?
Perhaps someone on the list would go over, look at the merchandise, do the
deal for you and put it in the mail for cost.

I've done a "drive by" once at an address locally where the buyer was
pretty sure this was a fraud deal.  The buyer decided to not go further.
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