As a buyer on this and the iBob list, I put a fair amount of faith in the seller on the other side of the transaction to deliver, and I've yet to be disappointed. For small transactions, I reason that I may be sending money off into the ether, and it would not destroy me financially to lose money, but I would certainly raise attention to the community if my money went somewhere and no product returned to complete the transaction. For larger transactions I'll do a bit more vetting just to ensure that I understand exactly what I'm getting.
As a seller, I'm taking the position that I am going to be exceedingly customer service oriented. I've sent items out that were damaged in transit or for which my attempt at describing and photographing didn't meet the sellers perception of what they were getting. For small transactions like this, I'm giving a full refund and leaving the goods with the buyer, and for anything larger, I'm doing a full refund and paying for return shipping. My reputation as a member of this community is more valuable than a few dollars here or there. -Jeff Silver Spring, MD On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 12:47 AM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's a vicious circle: We just buy, sell, and re-purchase each other's > stuff here! > > > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 4:25 PM, David Banzer <daban...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'd add that this is a very honest and trusting group. I've sold items > > before I had time to upload photos of actual items, and folks trusted my > > description and bought without photos. On my end, I try and be as > > descriptive and honest as I can when selling. > > And I've trusted folks as well and bought items sight unseen. > > David > > Chicago > > > > > > On Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 5:55:39 PM UTC-5, Chris in Redding, Ca. > wrote: > >> > >> On Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 2:00:08 PM UTC-7, drew wrote: > >>> > >>> So, > >>> I'm somewhat new, and I've probably bought enough stuff off the list to > >>> build a couple bikes. I've also hooked up a friend with a complete > >>> bike/large purchase. 99% of the transactions were smooth. Had one bad > one, > >>> from a pretty consistent contributing member (who has since > disappeared). > >>> 100$ lesson learned. The key to PayPal is to do it as a paying for > goods > >>> and services transaction. Friends and family offers zero protection, > as I > >>> found out. For a big purchase, you might get pushback from the seller > >>> because they will have to pay a paypal fee that can be avoided in > friends > >>> and family. Offering to cover that fee is useful in making everyone > happy > >>> and covering yourself. Still, I wouldn't hesitate to buy and sell > here. > >>> It's a good place. > >> > >> > >> Hey All, > >> I have have had people 'confused' about what they were gonna get when I > >> sent a pic of same and that's what arrived. So a set of pedals and > cages but > >> no straps is just that....no straps. But never an issue. > >> > >> Clarity. Total disclosure. You are selling to a 'friend'. You are. They > >> are just friends you have not yet met. > >> > >> I think that has been the ethic from the get go and I'm on board. > >> > >> Chris > >> Redding, Ca. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Cheers, > David > > Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace > > "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
