Peter Miller Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Let me tell you of one really nice case. I sold some expensive Dubro engine mounts on Ebay. The buyer told me that they had not arrived so I promptly offered a full return of his money. The buyer said, "No, just send half" which I did. About three weeks later the buyer went to the PO to collect a parcel and the PO said "Oh we also have this one for you" It was the Dubro engine mounts. The buyer then came back to me and said he would give me back the other half of the price that I had returned to him. Needless to say I said "NO! You keep it" There are good buyers out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 My feelings exactly Peter Posted by Paul Marsh on 04/10/2020 14:55:00: I trust non-one. Best thing to do... I think thats concerning, a world where you believe no-one is trustworthy, a world full of thieves. I'm assuming you've very good reason Paul, but in truth whilst its not perfect, the real world isnt like that Its a personal stance but I take great pleasure from trusting strangers and many friendships have grown from that initial trust. Maybe its a Yorkshire thing. As you know I do bespoke electronics and I rarely charge until the items have actually been delivered. Out of thousands I've been let down maybe twice, and one of those was due to Argentinian politics rather than a deliberate misdeed! I've been happily using 'friends & family' with complete strangers for donkeys years. To me the vast majority are fair and honest but I'd be interested to hear what others think - is Paul right? am I so naive as to not have noticed the entire population turning bad? Cheers Phil in fluffy pink cloud land Edited By Phil Green on 06/10/2020 13:54:47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel R Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I'm with you Phil. As said (and despite what I've said about protecting yourself in online sales with some defensive tactics) I've not experienced people being more or less dishonest about, well, anything in general. People are as good or bad as people ever were. I'm somewhat certain none of us here have any actual conclusive evidence beyond personal anecdotes of the land of milk and honey of days of yore, and the accuracy of the human memory is well documented, along with personal bias and numerous other cognitive errors we all make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bob Cotsford Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 My experience over the years has been much like Phil's, one or two poor experiences but the vast majority have been good. I've bought and sold through the Modelflying, BMFA and Facebook classifieds and through Ebay auctions and to date I can only cite an OS 25 FSR that turned out to be worn out and two airframes that turned out to be repaired but flew ok-ish. Against this I've had some bargains and met some really nice people. There have always been a proportion of dishonest folk, perhaps modern comms and on-line sales just offer the opportunity for the rogues to swap a stripy T-shirt and cosh for a keyboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 The fact is people in Britain are worse than they were in the 50's 60's Nobody ever had their identity stolen and their bank accounts raided in that era! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel R Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Posted by Doc Marten on 06/10/2020 14:03:08: There is a certain irony in talking of trust yet questioning the word of strangers posting on a forum....... I'm sure you're right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wright Stuff Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Posted by kc on 06/10/2020 14:17:14: The fact is people in Britain are worse than they were in the 50's 60's Nobody ever had their identity stolen and their bank accounts raided in that era! Look on the bright side: highway robbery crime by masked horsemen is way down on what it used to be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tee Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 in the 50 and 60's not everyone had/could afford a bank account. john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Carlton Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 My apologies to everyone for any inappropriate use of asterisked words and epithets. I was unaware of the rule, I should have checked first, and I apologise. Duly noted and taken on board henceforth. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 We're way off topic now so I think we'll lock this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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