Thoughts on swapping stuff online

polkfarmboy
polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
edited June 2010 in The Clubhouse
I have never traded anything online but wonder to myself how one goes about this

I have lots of electronics laying around in boxes that I dont want to sell because the wife would indeed make plans to spend it so then......

How do I trade and swap online wilst protecting myself from fraudsters
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited June 2010
    Try swinging. You'll know quickly whether having a strangers paws all over your stuff is for you or not. :)
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited June 2010
    Are you speaking from experience?
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  • Echosphere
    Echosphere Posts: 395
    edited June 2010
    I would post it on craigslist as "wanting to trade".
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited June 2010
    Echosphere wrote: »
    I would post it on craigslist as "wanting to trade".

    I would only post there if I wanted shot in the face
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited June 2010
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    I would only post there if I wanted shot in the face

    That is the only time I would post there. If I were a bad type of person I'd be going over that site night and day.
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • Echosphere
    Echosphere Posts: 395
    edited June 2010
    madmax wrote: »
    That is the only time I would post there. If I were a bad type of person I'd be going over that site night and day.

    Sold:
    Vandersteens 1C $350
    KEF Q80 $150
    Acoustic Research Subwoofer $65
    KEF 102/2 $150

    Bought:
    KEF 104/2 $300
    Mark Levinson $800

    All good deals. Maybe our local loonies are not as loony as your local loonies? ;)

    Plus you do know that all emails that say "are they still available?" are spam emails are trying to harvest your address when you reply and say "Yes, they are..."
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited June 2010
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    Are you speaking from experience?

    Totally, you have to do it.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited June 2010
    Echosphere wrote: »
    Maybe our local loonies are not as loony as your local loonies? ;)

    All local loonies are loony, I just don't invite them to my house unless they post here. And even then they are often never seen again. :p
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited June 2010
    I used to do it a lot. I'd ask them for thier home phone number, I bought a tracfone so they didn't have my real number I would call them at a random time and see if it really was them. I also made sure that their address didn;t look fake.
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  • Echosphere
    Echosphere Posts: 395
    edited June 2010
    I give them my cell number (unlisted) or ask for theirs. I always start right into a dialog and ask them about what they would be using them with, what other gear they've tried, and if they have listened to the gear I'm selling them before. Basically try and get a feeling for if the fella is on the level.

    I've had two instances where I cut the sales short.
    First was some jerk calling and immediately says "tell me about them, why I should buy them?" I politely told him that I wasn't a flea market and that they weren't meant for him.
    Second guy was nice and we chatted for awhile. When he told me he would be using them with Bose speakers, I hung up and called the police.
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited June 2010
    Echosphere wrote: »
    When he told me he would be using them with Bose speakers, I hung up and called the police.

    That is hilarious!
    +1.
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    Subwoofer
    Klipsch KSW-100
    Cables
    AudioQuest Rocket 33s 10ft
    AudioQuest Optilink1 2m
    AudioQuest Alpha-Snake 25ft Interconnect
    AudioQuest HDMI-1 2m

    Alienware X51 R2
    PS4
    Samsung Smart TV 40" 1080p 3D
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited June 2010
    Thats cracked my face with a smile
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited June 2010
    I have never heard Bose speakers honestly...
    I do wonder how they sound...
    I wonder if they would compare to my monitors?
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    Harman Kardon HK 3490
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    Polk Audio Monitor 50s
    Subwoofer
    Klipsch KSW-100
    Cables
    AudioQuest Rocket 33s 10ft
    AudioQuest Optilink1 2m
    AudioQuest Alpha-Snake 25ft Interconnect
    AudioQuest HDMI-1 2m

    Alienware X51 R2
    PS4
    Samsung Smart TV 40" 1080p 3D
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  • Echosphere
    Echosphere Posts: 395
    edited June 2010
    PerfectCreature wrote: »
    I have never heard Bose speakers honestly...
    I do wonder how they sound...
    I wonder if they would compare to my monitors?

    Actually, Bose speakers really aren't that bad. But their massive marketing as upscale audio/video is just annoying. They never post specs on their equipment such as speaker sensitivity and impedance, which annoys quite a few folks and other manufacturers of quality stuff.

    Actually the older versions of the Bose Acoustimass (500?) were actually not that bad....
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited June 2010
    I never knew that, all i knew is that when i was in the doctors office and was waiting for whatever it was, I would flip through a magazine and see
    Get your Bose speakers today! Only $599 plus applicable shipping.
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    Polk Audio Monitor 50s
    Subwoofer
    Klipsch KSW-100
    Cables
    AudioQuest Rocket 33s 10ft
    AudioQuest Optilink1 2m
    AudioQuest Alpha-Snake 25ft Interconnect
    AudioQuest HDMI-1 2m

    Alienware X51 R2
    PS4
    Samsung Smart TV 40" 1080p 3D
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited June 2010
    I traded a very expensive set of wheels and tires last year. He had the listing posted so he had my information and I had his. He shipped me his wheels and the day they arrived, I used his boxes to ship mine to him. Worked out but he had to rock stock wheels for 6 days.
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

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    Car Setup: OEM Radio, RF 360.2v2, Polk SR6500 quad amped off 4 Xtant 1.1 100w mono amps, Xtant 6.1 to run an eD 13av.2, all Stinger wiring and Raammat deadener.
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited June 2010
    Yeah, I mean it's the same thing as buying, just without paying money.
    I mean really, if you are that concerned as him if he'd be willing to like give you a monetary lean....or what not....be like if you are honest you will give me like 100 which is half of what my xxxx is worth. When the deal goes through I'll send it back.
    Receiver
    Harman Kardon HK 3490
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    Polk Audio Monitor 50s
    Subwoofer
    Klipsch KSW-100
    Cables
    AudioQuest Rocket 33s 10ft
    AudioQuest Optilink1 2m
    AudioQuest Alpha-Snake 25ft Interconnect
    AudioQuest HDMI-1 2m

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    PS4
    Samsung Smart TV 40" 1080p 3D
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,601
    edited June 2010
    Nothing wrong at all with trading to people on Craigslist. I have traded/sold/bought many guitars/amps and rack gear over the years. Thing is, don't invite them over to the house. I know that may be a little harder to do with stereo equipment not being able to audition it first though. I always meet them in a public place only! And I usually have my .40 on me as well just in case.

    I got several component pieces laying around as well I need to sell or trade off. I'd offer to ship first for trades here on the forum.

    A sure way for me to weed the bums out is to ask them to meet at my work. The local Sheriff's Department. I've had a few back out on me when I tell them that. lol
    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited June 2010
    I like your style gary with the .40
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  • Echosphere
    Echosphere Posts: 395
    edited June 2010
    Man, I just may be a naive twit, but what kind of crazies you got around there?
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited June 2010
    I know theres like crystal meth tweekers wating to rob my **** and steel my electronics

    Had to edit this in ..... Me and my wife were walking past the catholic church late at night and this guy starts walking fast and he's like "hey man do ya know what time it is" .... but the church has a big clock on it lit up so I told him that if he he came any closer I'd put a hole in him
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,601
    edited June 2010
    Who me? Never know who may be trying to scam ya! :D
    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • Echosphere
    Echosphere Posts: 395
    edited June 2010
    PFB, that is crazy, good call!

    Halo, yeah, with your work, you're probably surrounded by them 24/7 and imagine you have all sorts of stories...
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited June 2010
    I have a story about a meth guy. When I was doing an internship at my local PD, we got a call about a guy who was jacked up on meth. He was running in traffic telling people to hit him. He caused 3 accidents and never got a scratch. We get there and hes all like "hit me hit" and stuff like that, well it took 4 of our heftiest officers to take him down, and he kept getting back up. Mind you he was a 6'4" twig.
    Make a long story short, he kept staring at me with this grin...it was creepy. They finally tazered him because there was nothing else he could do, and he kept on fighting i was like "WHAT!!!????"
    They had to bring out the animal tazer to get him down. I was like...damn meth is crazy stuff.
    I mean for him to beat up for like an hour, tazed ones, then tazed again before he was down...
    No way...I'm never doing that stuff.

    Aside from that, I always carry a knife, or some sort of back up person with me. Just in case.
    Receiver
    Harman Kardon HK 3490
    Speakers
    Polk Audio Monitor 50s
    Subwoofer
    Klipsch KSW-100
    Cables
    AudioQuest Rocket 33s 10ft
    AudioQuest Optilink1 2m
    AudioQuest Alpha-Snake 25ft Interconnect
    AudioQuest HDMI-1 2m

    Alienware X51 R2
    PS4
    Samsung Smart TV 40" 1080p 3D
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