Re: How do these on-line private-sales work? Pay first or ship fi
Originally Posted by
Jai
I’d concur with the communication recommendation. You’re going to need to agree the postage fee etc and your address etc. And the advice to use something like PayPal - getting the seller to send you a PayPal invoice- is good advice.
I’d always expect to send money before the mandolin is shipped - but then keep communicating- find it when it’s shipped and then confirm when it arrives.
I’ve only bought one mandolin via the classifieds - but it was pretty much trouble free and the seller was a pleasure to deal with.
Ditto for me.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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