Digital BW, The Print

I'm curious having been involved in almost 1000 auctions on ebay in 
the last 4 years how would a person selling camera equipment "get 
scammed"? As far as I can figure out the seller determins how they 
will accept payment. A Postal Money order is pretty dad gum safe the 
MO arrives and you put the item in the mail and off it goes while you 
spend the money. If the New world of Paypal and things like ordering 
items over the internet scares you stick with the Postal Money order 
I've bought items from 11 different countries and sold to 2 dozen the 
only person who never paid me was over a ten dollar item he was in 
the states. I got a negitive for that one! 99.9% of the stuff I have 
bought I was happy when the box was opened the other times I either 
got mmy money back and returned the item or got screwed but never for 
more then 20-30 bucks. So who would be doing the scamming. 

Mark W.




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Chuck Peacock" 
<cpeacock@c...> wrote:
> You can always try KEH. (www.keh.com)
> 
> You might not get as much money as on eBay, but you won't get 
scammed.
> 
> Chuck Peacock
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Bob Michaels [mailto:bob@b...]
>   Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 9:08 PM
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Selling equipment
> 
> 
>   Selling to someone online always has some element of the unknown. 
But
>   E-Bay and it's subsidiary, PayPay, are about as trustworthy as 
you can
>   get. They are just too big and too successful to have any 
interest in
>   ripping you or me off for what little we have. All the risk is in 
the
>   seller's description of condition, but that was always the case.
> 
>   But if you have a lower cost 4x5 field camera and/or lens, 
contact me
>   off list.
> 
>   Bob Michaels
> 
>   --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Carney"
>   <kcarney1@c...> wrote:
>   > Hello all.  Now that I'm firmly entrenched in desktop 
printmaking, I'm
>   > thinking about selling my large format gear to make way for, 
what
>   appears to
>   > be, the inevitable transition to digital capture.  Truth be 
told, I
>   haven't
>   > used the LF stuff for a while, having warmed up to 35mm.  Now 
the
>   lure of a
>   > high-end digital SLR with instant gratification is strong.  My
>   question is
>   > whether there are reliable places besides ebay on the 
internet.  I don't
>   > really trust ebay/paypal (I see to open a seller account they 
want
>   my bank
>   > account number in addition to a credit card number.  I know ---
>   everytime I
>   > write a check someone has my bank account number, but still it
>   doesn't sound
>   > right, and I've heard lots of horror stories, defrauded once 
there
>   > myself...).  More to the point, a search for LF equipment on 
ebay today
>   > resulted in pretty slim pickings.  My search skills are probably
>   just off
>   > today, but I couldn't come up with alternatives.  Any advice
>   appreciated!
>   >
>   > Regards,
>   >
>   >   --Ken Carney
>   >     www.kencarney.com
> 
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