Afrika Corps wrote:Hi, was just wondering how a private sell here works, and what protection the buyer has? Thanks

Aneoth wrote:I have been ripped off by a long time member of this forum, or at least one who WAS a member. I have not seen any posts since my experience with him over two years ago.

I purchased a LARGE lot from a long time member here. The lot was advertised on this site in the Classifieds.

At first I only wanted a couple of the items in his collection since the lot was fairly big and would have been the biggest single purchase I had ever made. At the time I was near the end of my collecting obsession but I inquired further and we spoke by E-Mail and eventually by phone. He sent numerous pics and we made a deal for the entire collection.

I actually got ONE of THREE large boxes of the collection. His excuse was that he let his brother take the stuff to the PO and apparently he is an idiot.

The one box I eventually DID get was trashed with a gaping hole along one side. I was surprised that ANYTHING was still inside. Nothing was actually packed it was simply tossed into a large cardboard box taped with a single line at the top and bottom and sent in the regular mail.

After a while he simply stopped returning my e-mails and calls.

That experience ruined the thrill I once enjoyed in collecting. That and starting my own company convinced me that it was time to stop.

A month later I posted a note at this site about selling my own collection. Almost every big collector here at the time knew I had a lot of value in my rare items and an immense amount of somewhat rare D&D items. After all many of them had to bid against me for the items in my collection which came from E-Bay purchases. And yet I got no serious inquiries. So, I sold almost everything I had to Badmike.

Mike didn't have to worry about shipping though. He loaded the bed of his pickup to the top and the cab so much that I was truly concerned whether or not he could even see when he drove off.