CompuServe Messages

I have had very good luck with the classifieds here. Have those of you who've had bad luck contacted the seller and asked him/her to take the product back and give a refund? No one seems to've mentioned that, but perhaps that would be obvious. I've bought and sold hardware and software in the classifieds. So far, I guess I've been lucky. I will say that when I've laid out $500. for something, I've been plenty nervous about it. One option which might help is for sellers to ship Fed Ex Secured COD. This way the seller has to provide a cashiers check or money order which guarantees the funds. The only recourse the buyer has is to use a personal check for a COD and stop-payment if the item doesn't work as stated. Clearly these two options are incompatible in one transaction. It's a tough situation…no matter what, someone has to trust and that leaves the possibility for gettin' burned. G. Roland