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  1. Path: newshub.ccs.yorku.ca!news
  2. From: yu101220@yorku.ca
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.marketplace,tor.forsale,biz.marketplace.computers.other,biz.marketplace.computers.discussion
  4. Subject: Re: Dealing Safely
  5. Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 18:44:45 GMT
  6. Organization: York University, Ontario, Canada
  7. Message-ID: <4fvkdl$aov@sunburst.ccs.yorku.ca>
  8. References: <935.6611T1153T2407@idirect.com>  <Pine.SGI.3.91.960209163546.28463A-100000@server01.ilap.com>  <4fo7ld$584@steel.interlog.com>  <4fohs0$2va@falcon.ccs.uwo.ca> <4fqeu1$pmp@steel.interlog.com>
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  12. jasonb@gold.interlog.com (jasonb) wrote:
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  14. >In article <4fo7ld$584@steel.interlog.com>,
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  16. >There seems to be one common thread here - it is _your_ money you are
  17. >risking (and losing). I wouldn't do business this way, any more than I
  18. >would if I dealt with the person over the phone or by mail. If I'm
  19. >going to lay down cash for an item I would expect a face-to-face
  20. >meeting _or_ third party verification of the reliability of the seller.
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  22.     Well.. What if you WANT to buy something from someone on the net?
  23. There's no marketplace anywhere that has the selection and prices the
  24. whole net has.
  25.     I guess this goes pretty much without saying.. :-/
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  27.                                                          D.Doucet
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