Good advise. Thank you for sharing. Weihua Ni Send from Android Pedro Nariyoshi <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >On Craigslist, I'd advise you to only buy locally. Meet the seller in a >public place with lots of people around. Make sure you check everything >before you finalize the purchase. Craigslist has the disadvantage that >there is no "reputation system". > >On ebay you have better chances of knowing the seller's reputation before >buying anything. Prefer sellers with 4.5~5 stars. Be wary of "awesome >deals", if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. > >Pedro Nariyoshi > > >On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Jerry McAllister <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 06:10:16PM -0400, Joy Tong wrote: >> >> Howdy, >> >> > Hi, >> > I'd like to buy a iphone4 unblocked from Craiglist. There are so many >> > choices actually. But I am not sure whether it is safe to buy one from >> > there. Is there anyone who has such experience? Thank you. >> >> I get nervous about buying through such sites as Craigs List or Ebay, etc >> because you are not actually buying from them. Instead you are buying >> from individuals who advertise on Craigs List or Ebay, etc. So, it all >> depends on the honesty of those people. >> >> Many thousands of people successfully make purchases every day through >> such resources and the managers of these services make some effort to >> screen out dishonest posters, but they really do not have much control. >> >> So, try to get as much protection as you can. Use a credit card if you >> can, not a debit card. Try to get as much information about the seller >> as you can. Even go do the transaction in person if it is close enough, >> etc. >> >> And, good luck, >> >> ////jerry >> >> > >> > >> > Best wishes, >> > >> > Joy >> > >> > ================================================================ >> > To Subscribe or Unsubscribe CSSAMSU mailing list, please go to: >> > >> > http://list.msu.edu/archives/cssamsu.html >> > >> > Click "Join or leave the list". For further assistance, please >> > contact Jerry McAllister [log in to unmask] >> > ================================================================ >> >> ================================================================ >> To Subscribe or Unsubscribe CSSAMSU mailing list, please go to: >> >> http://list.msu.edu/archives/cssamsu.html >> >> Click "Join or leave the list". For further assistance, please >> contact Jerry McAllister [log in to unmask] >> ================================================================ >> > >================================================================ >To Subscribe or Unsubscribe CSSAMSU mailing list, please go to: > > http://list.msu.edu/archives/cssamsu.html > >Click "Join or leave the list". For further assistance, please >contact Jerry McAllister [log in to unmask] >================================================================