[Wyd4]

Hi all,

I am currently interested in a trade.
I have done this before and it worked out fantastically, however I dont intend to risk things again.
 
Is there a safe way to trade headphones that doesn't involve face to face meeting?
 
Scott

 

[kilspeed111]

Everything has its risks, someone has to pay first, or trade first. If you're doing it 'at the same time' one could actually hold back the money/item, so it's still a risk.
The safest way would be to meet in real life, and even then you have risks (taking something extreme, he could stab you or anything and take the item/money). Maybe with a group in real life, that would be the safest, but who would do that?

 

[PFKMan23]

Short of a secure escrow, no.

 

[Currawong]

If the buyer sends the money using Paypal without trying to cheat on the fees by using the gift/personal method and the seller then ships via a signed, preferably trackable method, everything should be fine. Since I put those two basic things in HUGE red letters in the classifieds, until that UAE identity thief, the number of complaints dropped right down.

 

[BeyerMonster]

  The safest way would be to meet in real life, and even then you have risks (taking something extreme, he could stab you or anything and take the item/money).

My friends that buy/sell on Craigslist do the swap in a public place. Relatively low risk of getting stabbed and/or robbed if you're 10 feet from security cameras and a security guard + police.

 

[lin0003]

No, that's why you only trade with someone with a high feedback score. When dealing with people withy lower feedback, I tend to ask them to send the item to me and after I receive it then I post it out.