[ARC5] (OT) Bay Transactions (was BC-375 Tubes)

[Don Merz]

Agreed 100%. Hams are still hams--even on eBay! Dealing with other hams has always been a good thing. I used to sell music equipment and motorcycle parts and THAT is a whole other story! Fully HALF of the music gear deals would get fouled up one way or the other. So in the end it's the quality of people at the other end of the deal. And hams are the cream at the top.
73 de N3RHT




On Friday, November 22, 2013 10:05 AM, Heinz Breuer <hbreuer at debitel.net> wrote:
 
I had good experience selling to Italy and buying from Italy and Israel.
Mail to Italy can be very slow but so far everything got there still in one piece.
YMMV
vy 73 Heinz DH2FA, KM5VT

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Am 22.11.2013 um 15:23 schrieb "Geoff" <geoffrey at jeremy.mv.com>:

> Ive had Italy and Israel on my "do not sell to" list on every listing for about 15 years now due to the scams.
> 
> Surprisingly Russia, ex Soviet republics, Arab/Moslem countries, and Brazil have been perfect. With their improving economy I sell quite a bit of vintage homebrew parts to Brazil.
> 
> Carl
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bry Carling" <bcarling at cfl.rr.com>
> To: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
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> 
>> Good points David. For this reason I do not sell to Italy or Argentina unless I know the person from past successful transactions.
>> 
>> Bry Carling
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>> 
>>> On Nov 22, 2013, at 5:18 AM, "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I've been trading on "the bay" since they started in the 90s.
>>> I can count the "bad deals" on my fingers and have some left.
>>> Most people *in our branch* of the hobby make an honest effort to "do the right thing."  They don't always know everything
>>> and they make mistakes (including me), but they're honest mistakes.
>>> The really bad beatings I've taken were from Italy,
>>> eastern Europe and Brazil.  The one from Italy cost me over $1000
>>> (there are safeguards in place now to prevent this scam).
>>> I contacted the local authorities on that one as I had all the
>>> particulars on the scammers, but they laughed it off.
>>> Guess I didn't know who to bribe.
>>> I usually don't do business with people in those places anymore unless I know the person.
>>> 
>>> I can't say the same for the "audiophool" crowd.
>>> While there are very many good and honest "audio" guys,
>>> there are also a lot of crooks in that bunch so watch yourself if you have to deal with them.
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