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Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2016-02-03 18:05
The stories of transactions gone bad exists contemporaneously with animal's (humans--even monkeys) abilities to exchange good and services.
Here's monkeys who have, quite literally, learned to steal human's possession to ransom them for food--no joke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q1MyVUze8M
Transactions are subject to risk and reward. The hope is that with risk, the buyer gets a better sale price, ultimately finding an honest seller for which trepidation turned out unwarranted after the fact, and a product worth more to them than the asset (money) they parted with to acquire it.
The internet, ebay, or even a specific ebay seller--or for that matter a brick and motar music stores are neither good or bad. All mediums for commerce have their crooks and legitimate sales professionals just looking to not be ripped off by us, the buyers. Transaction with Sam Ash, for example, over the internet, especially when purchasing highly commoditized goods, such as a new Vandoren Klassik Bb clarinet ligature and leather cap, (LC31L) present minimal risk at fair (but not great) market value. Walk into the store to effect the sale and reduce risk even more: getting to examine product prior to purchase, even if it comes at just the higher price of your time and effort, if not purchase as well.
Online commerce has its place. There are tens of 1000s of different prescriptions, for example, for contact lenses even for 1 brand. A wearhouse near Memphis, (a big FedEx hub) where real estate is relatively cheap has them all to ship to you overnight. Your eye care professional can't afford the space on Main St to stock every prescription.
All we can do is judge our own tolerance to risk and desire for savings and roll the dice. For all of ebay's (or any vendor's) policies on return, and their feedback system, our need to return product, even on its best day, is a drag.
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