Agreed, Steve. If a seller has low feedback, he may still be a fine person
to deal with. But _if_ a seller has a lot of feedback and the majority is
positive (and the negatives don't sound too bad) then one can feel a little
more comfortable. If there's not much feedback you just need to find other
ways to get a feel for who you're dealing with.
It also depends on the risk-to-reward ratio. How much money are you talking
about? I've bought two cars on eBay - a minivan for $1400 and an MGB for
$3000. In both cases, the sellers had lots of good feedback. And since the
price tags were so (relatively) low, there was very little risk to me in
buying sight-unseen.
When you're a new seller, tell 'em you're a rabbi and this car is from an
old lady in your congregation who wants to clean out her garage after her
husband passed away. It always works. (tee hee hee)
-DM ('78 MGB off eBay)
On 1/8/07 11:15 AM, "TR6UO@aol.com" <TR6UO@aol.com> wrote:
> I agree with all of your great advice to the OP except placing too much
> weight on feedback scores. I mean no disrespect to all of the honest traders
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