About a year ago I got involved with one of singernak's bad deals. Me and several other good AZ members came up with an equitable solution. One of the highly reputable AZ members was going to be the escrow agent and not charge any fee. The buyer would send the cue back to the escrow agent and singernak would send the money once the escrow agent received the cue. After the buyer received the cash from singernak, the escrow agent would send singernak the cue.
Seems simple enough and fair to everyone, but ol singernak would have nothing of it. I don't know if the issue was ever resolved. For about 6-months after that event, I followed singernak around and posted the following comment in all of his for sale threads: Please consider using escrow is you deal with singernak or something to that effect. I would also post a link to the threads that went bad.
I have not been on AZ much lately to follow singernak around. But anyone who buys on AZ needs to do their homework. The information is there just search for it.
I too have been a member of AZ for several years. Yes, AZ has changed and it seems we have a lot more bad deals, but there are still plenty of good AZ members. And, if you are unsure of the other person, do your homework. Lastly, it is always a good idea to use a reputable escrow agent. It's well worth the money. If someone is unwilling to use escrow (singernak has stated in the past he was not willing to use escrow) be very careful.
Now, I'm not saying singernak is a bad guy, I don't know. However, he has threatened me before. I'm just saying, use escrow it protects everyone.
Just my thoughts
Steven