When I first joined FM, members would ship the item and allow the buyer to "check it out" before they bought.
Not any longer.
Hey Dan, all good thoughts and I've had a singular bad experience here myself where I was selling a very old and tired Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 that I had taken on countless mountain climbing adventures. I listed it for like $600 even though at the time it was still selling for around $1500 new. I explained in my listing what was wrong with the lens (the classic tight zoom) and even had a buyer call me to ask more questions. They ended up buying the lens from me and then like 3 months later decided it wasn't working the way they expected and demanded they return it to me. I lost the PayPal dispute even though, like I said, everything was disclosed to the buyer PLUS the delay in wanting a return was wild to me.
Anyways, yes, I think the economy is not great, as you mentioned, and I think a lot of people are wanting to sell gear to make ends meet at the moment. I also noticed that a lot of the regular sellers are just camera stores looking to offload extra inventory at a very slight discount.
Agree!
That is why "due diligence" is warranted when buying or selling.
If a problem arises "down the road"......not to sound nasty, but longer that a week or so .."tough munchies"! Crap happens.
If you sold in good faith, then your conscience should be clear. I quit PP unless absolutely necessary. My last few purchases have all been by personal check. I have NO problem with a seller keeping my check past the legitimate 5-7 day "clearing" time. But there is really no guarantees.
Have a great day!
Dan
When I first joined FM, members would ship the item and allow the buyer to "check it out" before they bought.
Not any longer.
Hey Dan, all good thoughts and I've had a singular bad experience here myself where I was selling a very old and tired Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 that I had taken on countless mountain climbing adventures. I listed it for like $600 even though at the time it was still selling for around $1500 new. I explained in my listing what was wrong with the lens (the classic tight zoom) and even had a buyer call me to ask more questions. They ended up buying the lens from me and then like 3 months later decided it wasn't working the way they expected and demanded they return it to me. I lost the PayPal dispute even though, like I said, everything was disclosed to the buyer PLUS the delay in wanting a return was wild to me.
Anyways, yes, I think the economy is not great, as you mentioned, and I think a lot of people are wanting to sell gear to make ends meet at the moment. I also noticed that a lot of the regular sellers are just camera stores looking to offload extra inventory at a very slight discount.
Agree!
That is why "due diligence" is warranted when buying or selling.
If a problem arises "down the road"......not to sound nasty but longer that a week or so .."tough munchies"! Crap happens.
If you sold in good faith, then your conscience should be clear. I quit PP unless absolutely necessary. My last few purchases have all been by personal check. I have NO problem with a seller keeping my check past the legitimate 5-7 day "clearing" time. But there is really no guarantees.
Have a great day!
Dan
When I first joined FM, members would ship the item and allow the buyer to "check it out" before they bought.
Not any longer.
Hey Dan, all good thoughts and I've had a singular bad experience here myself where I was selling a very old and tired Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 that I had taken on countless mountain climbing adventures. I listed it for like $600 even though at the time it was still selling for around $1500 new. I explained in my listing what was wrong with the lens (the classic tight zoom) and even had a buyer call me to ask more questions. They ended up buying the lens from me and then like 3 months later decided it wasn't working the way they expected and demanded they return it to me. I lost the PayPal dispute even though, like I said, everything was disclosed to the buyer PLUS the delay in wanting a return was wild to me.
Anyways, yes, I think the economy is not great, as you mentioned, and I think a lot of people are wanting to sell gear to make ends meet at the moment. I also noticed that a lot of the regular sellers are just camera stores looking to offload extra inventory at a very slight discount.
Agree!
That is why "due diligence" is warranted when buying or selling.
If a problem arises "down the road"......not to sound nasty but longer that a week or so .."tough munchies"! Crap happens.
If you sold in good faith, then you conscience should be clear. I quit PP unkes absolutely ecessary. My last few purchases have all been by personal check. I have NO problem with a seller keeping my check past the legitimate 5-7 day "clearing" time. But there is really no guarantees.
Have a great day!
Dan
When I first joined FM, members would ship the item and allow the buyer to "check it out" before they bought.
Not any longer.
Hey Dan, all good thoughts and I've had a singular bad experience here myself where I was selling a very old and tired Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 that I had taken on countless mountain climbing adventures. I listed it for like $600 even though at the time it was still selling for around $1500 new. I explained in my listing what was wrong with the lens (the classic tight zoom) and even had a buyer call me to ask more questions. They ended up buying the lens from me and then like 3 months later decided it wasn't working the way they expected and demanded they return it to me. I lost the PayPal dispute even though, like I said, everything was disclosed to the buyer PLUS the delay in wanting a return was wild to me.
Anyways, yes, I think the economy is not great, as you mentioned, and I think a lot of people are wanting to sell gear to make ends meet at the moment. I also noticed that a lot of the regular sellers are just camera stores looking to offload extra inventory at a very slight discount.
Agree!
That is why "due diligence" is warranted when buying or sellind.
Have a great day!
Dan
Sep 16, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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