[65madgoat]

I was not too cheap to pay shipping. I made an offer. Don't be rude and just ignore it. Terrible. And I was willing to pay the price on the part he was asking. The fact shipping is unknown and forces more dialogue with a seller when time was of the essence obviously is an issue. If you knew shipping costs, you could have instantly replied you want $ for shipping and then moved on. You never gave me that chance. Again, over a few bucks? Really. Is that helping out an other member or being cheap and petty as a seller?

What that does is then put it on the buyer to figure out shipping costs - what does one then do -- offer, $5, $10, or $20 more to try and get it?? And then what if that offends this super tight and paranoid of the IRS seller?

I was polite and made an offer (obviously higher than the first party interested at asking price through a PM) --- to not simply reply to my offer via PRIVATE message and instead flame me over $5 in the post is my main issue!)

When a buyer makes an offer - respond politely and promptly via PM if anything then turn to the next. That is what I do. You want to run an auction, list it on ebay. Putting the price with shipping costs in the ad is always best practice. If it is more than actual - oh well. With electronic payment though it is easy to refund if a seller chooses.



And this tax bs. Please people. You can get accept money via friends & family etc to not trigger any tax consequences.

And your info is everywhere on the web. Quit being so paranoid everyone. You'll give me an address to send to but not simply an email for paypal? And no - the safest way to pay is not by sending something like a check or money order in the mail.

It all worked out in the end. I had a another genuine enthusiast step up and sell me a mint shifter knob for $100 that arrived yesterday. So all good in the end. I bet that money order is still in the mail from the buyer of this one. Ha.

[unruhjonny]

I will add this:

Originally Posted by 65madgoat

... I was willing to pay the price on the part he was asking. The fact shipping is unknown and forces more dialogue ...

When I am in this situation, I trust that the seller will not "pull an eBay" and inflate the shipping;
I simply tell them something along the lines of "If you still have it, I'll buy it - please box it up, and let me know what the total is";
If you really wanted that part, might I suggest that in the future, you take this stance.

Here, let me help you a little further - these are the two early fake leather knobs on "ePay" right now:

eBay LINK #1

eBay LINK #2