So the sellers should take all the risk? Say you have a nice 4000T, you should ship it out on a whim, without being paid and with high potential of claim and money being withheld if upon reception the buyer claims it arrived without the motherboard? Or has buyers regret?
I am overwhelmingly a buyer of goods and enjoy retro hardware in a few categories very much. Over time and many transactions I've personally concluded that it is more on me to take the risk than the seller. I am the one who wants to buy into what the seller is selling. The onus should be on me the buyer to decide if this doesn't feel right and if I'm willing to risk it (in my view). @davideo said it best in one sentence above "If a deal looks too good to be true and there's an urgency for payment - walk away." AmiBaY do their best to advise and filter out buyer risk, and everyone has their own level of risk tolerance, but I do not agree that 100% of the risk should be taken by the seller. They're selling old stuff for crying out loud, they're not a Best Buy or a Curry's. Make it unpleasant and risky and soon the supply of goods for buyers will dry out as sellers will be discouraged to sell stuff. This case shows a risk none of us have likely even considered, a guy with 400 feedback no less gets his account jacked. Look, there is no guarantees of anything. The fact that this place is well over 95% successful transaction rate (even with PayPal F&F running wild) shows that overall we're a good bunch here. Perfection is lovely, but usually not achievable.
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