0 feedback sellers

I gain confidence in persons with low or no feedback by communicating directly with them by telephone. Everyone at
Agon started at zero feedback

Many of us were "O" feedback sellers at one point (selling stuff before buying), but I agree with the post above, a phone call conversation does wonders and goes a long way to removing concern. Audiogon has been very good to me..

I am not leery at all; some of the best values can be had from zero feedback sellers. I never call, there are two problems with phone calls. First, there is no record of the information garnered, as there is in written form. Second, most of the sellers here are on the fringes of society anyway and, when I speak to one, it almost always scares me. My opinion is, those who can barely put together a sentence are no more likely to scam me than those who can, no doubt others will differ on this point. In the end, I would recommend that none of you enter into transactions with minimal feedback members, after all, I really need the gear.

I generally agree with Viridian, although I'm a little more careful with 0 fb's than lots of fb's. I'm not opposed to a phone conversation, but prefer a record, and find if the seller is able and willing to correspond clearly and precisely, the odds are the deal will work out fine. I think this also applies to much feedback sellers. There are plenty of Audiogon sellers with pos feedback who want to be terse in their emails, which leaves too many things to chance for my taste.

Don't assume a good long ph.call makes this an honest person. Just 'cause they talk the talk; don't mean nothin. Yes, I had such an experience with a talker. A while latter the same guy changed user names and had 2 dispute cases pending. Hey be careful out there;it's your money.