CompuServe Messages

Conrad, I'm really sorry to hear of your misfortune with A.R. Rice, but you can't really blame CS. It's not their domain to interfere. I have found that it's best to send COD, but CASH ONLY, in order to protect yourself. This way, the buyer pays cash and UPS sends you a check. I don't doubt that there are a few bad deals through the Classifieds. However, for every bad deal, I think there are a large number of deals that go through fine. While I don't want to minimize what happened to you and I know it's no consolation, the fact is that the very large majority of items bought and sold here, come off without a hitch. So while it's unfortunate what happened to you, and yes "Caveat Emptor" applies, I would still recommend to people that they use the Classifieds section here, especially to buy and sell from people they see here all the time. There are some great deals to be had. I hope you're able to recover your money. Good luck. Dom Fontana –> Sent from NY via AP <–