Advice for online buying

[1-2-3-5]

Saw a guitar I want on facebook. Not "marketplace", though. Anyone got any advice on how to make the transaction?

 

[Thumbpicker]

I wouldn't do it unless it was "pickup only" but I gather that's not an option.

 

[japetus]

Only deal with people you know or can easily track down.

 

[311boogieman]

What guitar?

 

[1-2-3-5]

Okay, that's what I figured. Thanks everyone. I'll "err" on the side of caution. He said he would put it on Reverb if I preferred, but the guitar is then out of my budget.

 

[Ben Waylin]

Username's the Fibonacci sequence.

 

[1-2-3-5]

Username's the Fibonacci sequence.

{In Keith Morrison voice} "Or is it something more... sinister?"

Sorry, I guess that might have been uncalled 4

 

[Ben Waylin]

{In Keith Morrison voice} "Or is it something more... sinister?"

 

[1-2-3-5]

Maybe that's the guy selling the guitar

 

[Monkey Man]

I'm gonna move this to the main sub-forum.

Definitely useful info for online-buying noobs already.

 

[Beyond Black]

Pay him with PayPal “goods and services” and you’ll be covered if there’s any fuckery.

 

[1-2-3-5]

He's offering to sell it through Sweetwater. On the surface, the catch is that the seller has to get paid in a Sweetwater gift card.

 

[Snave]

He's offering to sell it through Sweetwater. On the surface, the catch is that the seller has to get paid in a Sweetwater gift card.

You can opt to pay a 7.5% fee to get a cash payout.