Lets all face the facts.
You are buying from, or selling to a complete unknown individual!!!
Yes, feedback and the like certainly does help, but is not foolproof.
It's a "Caveat Emptor" world. For the big bucks I want to see it, feel it and play it......or buy new.
Or buy it for the JUNK price and know what you are getting.
As a seller the words "untested, worked when put into storage, etc etc" mean nothing unless you state
in CAPS "broken, not working, parts only etc".
NO RETURNS disclaimer means nothing. If the buyer gets it and it doesn't work as it should, it gets sent back and the seller pays shipping both ways.
I recently received a meter that didn't work properly. I contacted the seller to return the item, to which I received a note that the seller offers no returns. I contacted eBay described the issue and within 24 hours I had a return shipping label and a refund in 2 days. I honestly believe the seller had no idea the meter didn't function. But in the end, eBay stood by me.
The scales are definitely tilted towards the buyer. But who needs the headache.
A piece of equipment that has a dozen hands in it over the years, "estate" SK sales I just don't feel comfortable with when offered in online sales. That cheap amp is no longer a bargain if it needs new tubes or power transistors.
Yet, I see every day people paying ridiculous money for these items even though the seller states "working when taken out of service, in storage last 5 years etc"
Back to the Caveat Emptor..............