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(idm) Shipping and Handling

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1997-07-02 21:12JAZ (idm) Shipping and Handling
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1997-07-02 21:12JAZ> > All this talk of trading troubles got me wondering. Just what is considered > > accept
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(idm) Shipping and Handling
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quoted 5 lines All this talk of trading troubles got me wondering. Just what is considered> > All this talk of trading troubles got me wondering. Just what is considered > > acceptable in terms of time between getting money and shipping product, > > notification about shipping dates, time to wait before you're sure its going > > badly etc? Perhaps we should lay it out so people know what to expect. > >
As a professional slowpoke, I would agree with Ashok. I think that this is a one-to-one deal. The traders should make a contract via email or whatever and stick with it. If they don't stick with it, then who knows? One might get the infamy of Jack The Tab's (ambient listserv) Bad Trader List or the IDM Bad Trader ALERT Bulletins. <shudder>
quoted 2 lines My general philosophy: Chill out and assume that most people aren't scam> My general philosophy: Chill out and assume that most people aren't scam > artists,
I agree again...my experiments with trading would confirm this.
quoted 2 lines and don't get all antsy if you don't hear from your trading partner> and don't get all antsy if you don't hear from your trading partner > for a few days.
Well here we disagree just a tad. I think that if the contract is formed in cyberspace then email updating is expected. If the culprit closes communication channels unexpectedly, then you have to start getting a little nervous. This was the case with that last multi-ripoff shyster. And if you're really queasy, exchange phone numbers; it's
quoted 2 lines shaky insurance, but it's better than nothing.> shaky insurance, but it's better than nothing. >
Phone numbers for work and home in case of larger transactions would be a minimum. Anecdote: The one UNinsured package sent to me via the US Postal Service was temporarily lost. The one UNinsured package that I sent out via US Postal Service was temporarily lost. Hmmmmmmm.......... Final Recommendation: ALWAYS buy the frigging insurance. Could we at least start appending some sort of IDM info to our rants about shipping services? On now: Pita: Seven Tons For Free --- Oval-ish noise ambient experimental (Mego) Up next: Fretless AZM: Distant Earth --- big beat and ambient too jim "Without music life would be a mistake." -- Friedrich Nietzsche--