That totally sucks, John. I'm sorry you had that happen, and I'm sure a lot of us feel your pain. For what it's worth, any time I make a deal on craigslist, I immediately get the money part out of the way, either through PayPal or even overnighting a check; I make sure the seller can't back out that way. My last purchase was for a pair of ADS speakers that were 4 hours south of me in Atlanta; because I paid the seller through PayPal within minutes of contacting him, he took the ad down and kindly held them for me for nearly 3 months.
Reporting her to craigslist was the best thing to do -- people need to be held accountable for their actions. At least you have a nice new space to put your next acquisition in! Best, Robert > Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:12:41 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Phono-L] Craigslist Rant > > Hello all > I need to rant. I have been made a sucker. I sold my nice mahogany Victrola > XVI in order to buy a Victrola XIV in beautifully grained American Walnut on > Craigslist. The deal was made a few days ago (all documented in email) and I > was set to drive down to San Clemente tomorrow to get it. Tonight the seller > writes me and says "Hi John, I'm sorry to say this but I have another offer > on the > Victrola for $600. The collector thAt looked at it said it has an > uncommon walnut finish. Anyway, I am giving him until next weekend to > pay/pickup. I'm sorry for any inconvience this may have cause you. Good > luck to you." > So I sold my nice XVI for nothing. And the seller reneged on a done deal > because she got a better offer (by the way, her ad asked for $450 and I > agreed to pay that). The other collector is going to find out that it isn't > Circassian, and I hope he renegs on her. I reported her to Craigslist for > gogn back on the deal. Obviously I am very unhappy about this. I just wanted > to vent. > Thank you for listening! Now I have to find a nice victrola to replace my > XVI... > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
