What to do when seller does not send item paid for

I also like an "ebay way" to deal with sale or purchase transactions and so the feedback system that more accurate reveals the seller's/buyer's history.

I'm not also to judge the crowd's quality since I've done very few transactions through audiogon but ebayed a lot for sure. There were non-paying cases, sometimes I lost a track on my purchase transactions and forgot to pay but in general it's a great market media and whoever created it is a genius. As to the people you're dealing with there I had also no issue with their confidentiality or intellgence -- they all seemed to be OK and reasonable. Everything is done on ebay so far to increase the speed of transactions even including the shipping options on paypal that is owned by ebay right now. My friend won the Shevy Tahoe on ebay seing that it's more secure than go to the real street auction and he was right as he's got realy as described one-owner mint vehicle saving at least 60% from the new price.

In most of the cases the item goes best at ebay rather than audiogon and certainly more more secure. When you reed a feedback for the ebay member you can see recent transactions and see the item he/she bought/sold or at least item number and the date is displayed. On Audiogon you never know what you get or give a feedback for.

The first time I made a purchase from a private party on Audiogon, the kind fellow told me to wait until he supplied me with a tracking number before I send the check. It was a great first expeience, I hope everyone else he's dealt with since appreciates his trust and honesty and doesn't take advantage of it.

Thankfully, I have not have any money problems yet dealing with Audiogon members. The only real problems I've had is been that the items do not match the rating description.
Regarding delivery time, to all fairness, I have to say that I have sent a great number of packages using USPS. After a long learning process I found out that all what it takes is to send the package priority mail and to add a delivery confirmation notification to it. This is a 45 cents option to any package but is well worth it. The packages arrived within 2 - 3 days without any hiccups. (BTW, I'm not involved with USPS in any way, shape, or form and I do not get any money for this endorsement.)

I had the experience of an ag dealer screwing up (not having) an already paid for order. When I told them I was going to post a negative feedback they posted a dispute (using foul language) thus freezing the feedback post. Ag found no fault (since they sent a refund--but I had wasted a USPS MO and time in replying to the dispute) and as a result ruled NO ONE could post--they won! Look at the number of dealers on ag with 1 or 2 negatives and 500 positives. Hard to believe, this is why. I resigned my membership.