[oclug]OT: buying used equipment

Bob Lockie bjlockie at lockie.ca
Wed Apr 2 19:10:38 EST 2003


On 04/02/03 18:47 Shad Young spoke thusly

> If you don't have any sort of name and number, do not buy the card!
> 
> There is almost a 100% chance you are going to get ripped off.

My gut said not to go through with it so I'm not going to.
Times have changed so maybe I am being unreasonable in my expectations.


> Shad
> 
> On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 18:40, Bob Lockie wrote:
> 
>>I have bought used stuff in the past but the guy I was going to buy the 
>>video card off of wants to meet me in a parking lot.
>>This seems suspicious to me, everytime I have bought or sold equipment 
>>it was in some's house.
>>Are people just more paranoid now?
>>Maybe I trust too easily and I expect the other person to.


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