Problem with ply30 member
You are missing the point.I know there can be problems,but he should pick up the damn phone so we can talk about it .
I'm not missing the point, at all. The fact that there is no other positive means of resolution is the point. Not unique to this board, either.
People regularly get ripped off by buying things from private parties over the net. Pay-pal offers some protection but it, too, isn't fool proof. There needs to be a better third party system that protects the seller and the buyer, and right now there isn't.
We, as buyers and sellers are completely at the mercy of the other persons. honest, integrity, and even circumstances ( if a seller becomes ill or injured and hospitalized during a transaction, the other guy is simply out of luck until the sellers health issues are resolved to the point where he can respond. Not everyone has family members who keep up with our internet goings on, who can respond to buyers in a situation such as that.
Personally, I no longer do business, buying or selling, with private parties on the internet, because it's far too easy to get ripped off. I want to see touch and evaluate the part of the car or the item personally. I was to look the seller in the eye when I ask questions about it, and I want to know where the seller lives, or does business.
If there is one thing I've learned for sure is that there are
VERY few items, especially car parts, that you find on the internet, that aren't also available within a 2 hour drive of your home.