Fake listings on auction sites

MM,

Steve's comments are valid and very helpful.

A genuine seller will always be willing to help and answer whatever concerns you may have about their items via message, phone or text. Any hesitation would make one walk away.

I have sold quite a few items, mostly hi fi, from a single  stylus to fully loaded LP12s.

Albums are notoriously hard to sell and buy due to peoples different perspective on what constitute a mint/excellent/very good/good condition whithout considering the minus/plus that comes with every single description  and also very hard to describe no matter what criteria one uses as others expectations vary from person to person.  There's no better substitute for  instinct and loads of communication.

Shop safely!

KR

Tony

Steve,

I'm also a big fan of putting my carefully considered maximum bid in during the closing seconds. You didn't mention it, but have you considered using one of the sniping services? You pay a small percentage of the sale price for the service, assuming you win. In return, they bid on your behalf at whatever time before the end of the auction you determine. The great advantage is that you calmly decide in advance what your maximum bid is, you create a snipe for the item at that price, and you forget about it. It stops you (a) wasting time continually checking the state of the auction and (b) getting all in a lather as people outbid each other in the closing seconds. I've been using one particular service for many years with no complaints. I'll happily share it with all if it doesn't violate the AUP (no, I don't get any kickbacks. Adam, are you up?)

I'm completely convinced that last-minute bidding of this kind is the way to go on the 'bay. But there are experts out there who insist that, no, in fact there are good reasons for putting your bid in early. It doesn't change my mind (I'm a lousy gambler), but it's certainly interesting.

Another 'bay tip: when doing your homework, research common typos, and use the advanced syntax to include the variations. So, to pull a typo common on this forum, if I was in the market for a used Linn Akiva, my first search would be for "linn (akiva,arkiva)" (minus the quotes). I haven't researched the market for this, but you get the idea. They used to allow wild card searches, which was great for such variations, but sadly they discontinued that recently. (You can probably tell by now where most of my records come from these days.)

All the best,

Colm

Thanks Colm, 

Perhaps you could email the details.

Steve

Steve,

Just sent you the details.

Best of luck,

Colm