BE VERY CAREFUL OF YOUR DEALINGS ON AUDIO-ASYLUM


I have entered in to some dealings on Audio Asylum trader that are less than honorable......I made a deal with a established dealer to trade some rather expensive Atma-Sphere amplifiers for some basket case Altec amps.......After sending the well packed and insured amps , they where received in good order to the Audio Asylum dealer.......Keeping in mind that this dealer made no effort to ship my part of the deal during the week his amps were shipped....After no less than ten phone calls he tells me he doesn't know how to pack them, so I told him to take them to a "Pack and Ship" store and ship them....I would share the cost of shipping..........He has now fell off the face of the earth....no calls, no e-mails, no nothing......he will not answer the phone or in anyway communicate at all........Later this week I will put his Audio-Asylum business name on here.....What are your thoughts on this ???????  . 
autospec
Will, the Asylum is no worse than any other site. Your sample is precisely one. And its’s not even a sale, it’s a trade. So perhaps you might want to rail against the additional exposure that one has in a trade as opposed to with the protections of an outright sale, rather than disparageing the Asylum both over there and over here.

Folks should be circumspect whenever buying gear, anywhere. I have bought dozens of items on the Asylum without issue. Granted, only a slightly larger sample than yours. I hope you enjoy your amps.


Buyer beware. Had some dealings with skyfi.nyc. They shipped my preamp only in its original box by UPS gorillas. Heard something rattling. Broken capacitor and loose transformer.  Cost $230.00 to repair. Technician said I was very lucky.  That being said, unit performs flawlessly.   But, DOUBLE BOX please! 
Auto spec,

I know you received those tracking numbers but have you received the unit yet?
Will, even if this works out, I think you were a bit naive and gave this seller too much slack. When communication ceases it usually indicates an issue. Everyone has global access to email etc. "I was on a trip" isn't valid in today's world. After a few days of "MIA" behavior, you need to take action.
I agree that Paypal is a great help in these situations and would only do long distance transactions with Paypal and/or credit card fraud protections. Cheers,
Spencer