Selling to new member

Everyone has to start somewhere. I've popped a few zero-feedback cherries on other forums before and would be happy to do so here. I got mine popped not long ago and I really appreciate the seller taking a chance on me.

Just cover your ass: ship verified PP address only, and tracked with appropriate insurance ,and signature confirmation on delivery.
 
Buying and selling to anyone is a gamble regardless of their post count or transaction history. If I'm selling to someone new, I try to cover myself as much as possible. Every so often I run into a tire kicker and get a knife returned, but the number of great transactions out weigh the PIA transactions. I always drop off a package to the P.O. and get a receipt that it's been accepted. I always set up tracking notifications of the movement of the package. That way I'll know when it gets signed for.
 
As long as they don't seem like a flake, I have no problem dealing with new members. Sometimes you need to go over things a little more so they know what to expect. If you want to tighten the deal a bit-send It insured(I do anyway unless it is a low priced item) and get a signature. I believe if you go to the PO the weight of the package is registered.I sometimes will run the name through an internet search just in case something is out there.
Old or new- I have never had a problem on a transaction that a little conversation and reason couldn't solve.
 
As a knife maker, I will always accept a personal check. The check goes to my bank and after it is verified and cleared, I ship the knife thru USPS, insured and delivery receipt required.
 
Yep, we were all new once and in some ways that means someone had to take that first chance. How the person approaches you will tell you much of what you need to know. But there is always risk. i look at all the guys who sold to me and shipped internationally when I first started buying here and say THANKS!
 
Mike157 said:
I'm usually willing to give a new person a chance. I do like to see an attempt at decent communication. Very cryptic posts like "wat u want for it" and nothing else and no name, put me on edge. It gives me the impression that the person is trying to stay in the shadows. Mike
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Stereotyping is really helpful. If someone asks unintelligent questions and exhibits grossly bad writing ability and generally poor courtesy and communications skills...

... it might not be a great deal.
 
palonej said:
AMEN!!
Biggest red flag there is.
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Joe
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I prefer to deal with people who only take G&S, but F&F is so prevalent that as we learned in several threads on the topic, plenty of people don't even know why some of us hate it so much, they just copy/paste stuff they see in most of the other sales threads.
 
This is a good question. I am not a new member, but I have no feed back (due to no transactions), and very few posts. I am looking forward to becoming a contributing member of the forums.
 
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Hey Lock!
Just did a quick search of your posting habits......you ARE a contributing member already brother!
I doubt anyone would have any issues dealing with you.
Joe

lock1888 said:
This is a good question. I am not a new member, but I have no feed back (due to not transaction), and very few posts. I am looking forward to becoming a contributing member of the forums.
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madcap_magician said:
I prefer to deal with people who only take G&S, but F&F is so prevalent that as we learned in several threads on the topic, plenty of people don't even know why some of us hate it so much, they just copy/paste stuff they see in most of the other sales threads.
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Back when I was new I would ask for the fees to be added if paying PayPal, because that's what everybody else did (I was more willing to accept money orders back then too). Friends and Family wasn't even offered back then. After reading some posts about "screwing" PP, and realizing the convenience of their service (no trips to the bank or PO to cash a MO), I stopped asking for the fees to be added.
 
Everyone of us was new at one time. We all had or will have a first transaction. My feedback is over 100 now, but it once was Zero. I tend to get treated pretty well now, but remember being treated shabbily just for being new here. To this day, I won't deal with the worst offender because of that.

I give new people the same benefit of the doubt I give anyone else. BTW, high feedback is no guarantee. Just look up Snowreaper1 and his later incarnations.
 
I like to give newcomers a chance but I do conduct a little research first if possible.

Not long ago I passed on buying a knife that I wanted from The Exchange. At the time, the seller had 24 posts and zero feedback. I would have given him a leap of faith but I researched his 24 posts and saw that he had 2 transactions and both were more than 10 days old, yet no feedback.

I didn't buy from him because of that but I've since discovered that he has several positive feedbacks now so I probably would have been safe. I wanted to give the guy a chance but I just went with my gut feeling at the time.
 
If anything, a member with zero feedback should make you want to use G&S over F&F even MORE, because it gives protection to both parties. Whereas F&F would be basically telling the newbie that he's at your whim because he has no feedback.
 
ATJ999 said:
I just bought a knife from a member here that has no feedback. Seems like a solid guy, but regardless I went with PayPal goods and services so I am covered.
If I was selling a knife to someone with no feedback, I would go through PayPal, and wait to ship the knife off until the money has transferred into you actual bank account. The buyer should be understanding about that.
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The problem is that as long as your account is linked with a paypal account they can take that money back at any time. So if the buyer files a charge back or claims it was fraudulent paypal will just send a payment request to your bank and your bank will pay it, just like a normal paypal transaction.
 
esurm said:
The problem is that as long as your account is linked with a paypal account they can take that money back at any time. So if the buyer files a charge back or claims it was fraudulent paypal will just send a payment request to your bank and your bank will pay it, just like a normal paypal transaction.
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If this was so easy to do, then why aren't people buying more expensive things such as TV's, furniture, cars etc and then just claiming it was fraudulent? I highly doubt that Paypal would just take money from a seller without giving him or her the chance to prove that the transaction was a legitimate one. Otherwise it would be known as theft and Paypal would be setting themselves up for a lawsuits.
 
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