I've only had one really bad experience here with a member. I bought a night vision optic that was sold as "in the box". Well ... it did come in a box, but it was dirty, damaged and missing the charge wire. The seller could see exactly when the package was delivered and I was on his PM withing an hour, so he couldn't claim that I did something to it. He did deny the condition, but I sent him pictures. He refused to return my money but admitted that he bought it from a friend who used it and he never took it out of the box before shipping it to me. We went back and forth endlessly with the guy continually denying the facts and telling me that I got a good deal.
The optic was worthless to me so I sent it back and lost another $40 in shipping. At some point after receiving the unit back, he agreed to reimburse me. It took weeks to get a check from him and I lost the shipping both ways ($80) but I was glad to just get what I could.
That transaction really soured me about doing business through our classifieds for a while. However, I have since had many great transactions after a brief hiatus. I did learn to not engage in a high dollar transaction with any member that was not well established.
