Escrow service question

hdgis1

hdgis1

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There is a particular cue on here that I would like to purchase, but am unwilling to do so without using an escrow service. I am wondering how it may be arranged so that I can hit some balls with the cue before money is sent to seller. Is this typical? I guess if I were looking to buy a cue to add to a collection the hit would be irrelevant, however, since I am buying a cue to play with I feel like testing the hit is important. The cue is used so adding some more chalk to the tip doesn't seem like a problem. Any suggestions?

Chris
 
hdgis1 said:
There is a particular cue on here that I would like to purchase, but am unwilling to do so without using an escrow service. I am wondering how it may be arranged so that I can hit some balls with the cue before money is sent to seller. Is this typical? I guess if I were looking to buy a cue to add to a collection the hit would be irrelevant, however, since I am buying a cue to play with I feel like testing the hit is important. The cue is used so adding some more chalk to the tip doesn't seem like a problem. Any suggestions?

Chris
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Did you ask the seller about this at all? I know some sellers will refund your money back within a couple days, if you don't like the cue or if it was not what you were expecting. Have you played with a similar cue before? If not, maybe you could find someone you know with a similar one to try out. Not all cues plays the same, but you can get a good idea wheather you will like it or not. The seller probably won't be too happy if you don't like it and want a refund, but it happens. Hopefully the seller understands and you as the buyer are not too picky and realize that it is also a awkward situation for the seller also.
 
rossaroni said:
Did you ask the seller about this at all? I know some sellers will refund your money back within a couple days, if you don't like the cue or if it was not what you were expecting. Have you played with a similar cue before? If not, maybe you could find someone you know with a similar one to try out. Not all cues plays the same, but you can get a good idea wheather you will like it or not. The seller probably won't be too happy if you don't like it and want a refund, but it happens. Hopefully the seller understands and you as the buyer are not too picky and realize that it is also a awkward situation for the seller also.
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Yes I did mention it and he said he wasn't comfortable doing escrow. Asked why and haven't gotten a response. He seems pretty motivated to sell cue and as I understand it, excrow is pretty fail safe. As for trying another one like it, I don't know enough people to see if any one has one.

Chris
 
Here is how escrow works, you send the money and the guy sends the cue to that party, he inspects the cue and if it as described he sends it to you and then the money to the seller. I do not believe you are allowed to test drive the cue though before the guy gets his money because if you do not like it then it creates a hassle as it would have to go back through escrow.
 
Fast Lenny said:
Here is how escrow works, you send the money and the guy sends the cue to that party, he inspects the cue and if it as described he sends it to you and then the money to the seller. I do not believe you are allowed to test drive the cue though before the guy gets his money because if you do not like it then it creates a hassle as it would have to go back through escrow.
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For whom does it create the hassle? I want to spend money, he wants to sell cue but one wouldn't buy a car without testing it out right?

Chris
 
I only do escrow on a trade or if the seller doesn't have a fair amount of trades.
If someone objects to the escrow I move on. As far as playing with it and then shipping it back, that's up to the seller. I generally know how the brand of cue plays before I order it. If I don't like it I resell it.

If you decide on escrow I can't recommend FASTNLOOSE more! He is straight up and very knowledgeable. Here's his link:
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=115543

Monte
 
hdgis1 said:
For whom does it create the hassle? I want to spend money, he wants to sell cue but one wouldn't buy a car without testing it out right?

Chris
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Escrow is not free, shipping is not free so if the deal goes sour and you do not like the hit the seller is out money along with you. If it is a cuemaker that is well knows ask how his cues hit and get some feedback before making your purchase.
 
If I was selling you the cue and you wanted to test drive it, which is not typical, I would agree only if you pick up all the shipping charges and escrow fees so I would not be out a nickel. That would be the shipping fees the seller paid to send it to the escrow person and the shipping fees to send it back.

And the only way I would agree is if you lived near the person doing the escrow so it is never out of their possession. Of course the escrow person would have to agree to this arrangement ahead of time.

Just my humble opinion since you asked. If you were willing to do all this, then maybe the seller would be likely to agree.

Dave
 
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I have some friends that have had success with escrow.com for items other than pool cues. If everyone wants to be protected escrow is the way to go. I do agree with making the fees the responsibility of the buyer since buyer is the one requesting it.
 
justnum said:
This message is for the original poster.

You have successfully identified a problem in this online trading market.

This problem models perfectly customer-to-business problems.

Potential solutions are payment terms, return policy terms, and the highly priced middle man. The risk in these solutions is "are they enforceable and who can enforce them?" With insights like yours, original poster, America may be on its way to building a successful model of fair competition.
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Hey thanks! I do like to contribute my insights to the betterment of our nation!
 
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