Shady Lane

I had a similar experience...

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In Reply to: RE: BEWARE of the "perfect" scam. A MUST READ! posted by Maprik on May 31, 2007 at 15:25:01

I had a similar experience...DVD player arrived DOA. Seller wouldn't respond. I had used Paypal credit card and got the same response from them. Sellers could send you anything and Paypal won't pursue it, so I don't use Paypal anymore.
My money was eventually refunded by my credit card company, but I had to send the unit back to the guy and show proof I'd done so.

I've built up enough feedback that I feel comfortable asking for payment in advance, but for those without much feedback, if I'm buying, I'm very selective---it's getting dicey out there in audio land with the escalation of scammers.

I've been scammed by those with good feedback, too. For example (and I've posted this before here) Jesse Morales in CA (AKA Elistner @ Audiogon) lied to me and sold me expensive cables that weren't what he said they were and wouldn't refund my money or compensate me. His parner in crime was Ezra Hartsfield (AKA audioezra). Audiogon wouldn't let me post a negative feedback because by the time I had found out about the deception and sent the cables to the manufacturer for inspection, it had been over a month:
http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=shady&n=2300&highlight=Jesse&r=&session=

So I guess, sadly, it's buyer beware out there. The old days of Audio Mart are gone.

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