Actually that's not too far from the truth. I've sold a few items here. Once, a guy commited to buy an engine, said payment was on the way so I boxed up the engine. A week later, no $, so I email him. Says the money was sent. Another two weeks, still no $ and no response. Meanwhile, that user's info mysteriously disappeared so that I couldn't even report him for non-payment. Still haven't figured out what exactly happened there. No matter, I sold the engine to a clubmate, cash in hand. Then, a while back, I sold an on-road car kit. I clearly stated in my ad "no overseas shipping" and "no trades". First, a guy in Aus. wants to buy it, and for less than I'm asking with shipping! Then, some kid wants to trade me a playstation or something! Wound up selling that one to a local guy who saw the ad on here and emailed me privately with an offer. No questions, got my asking price. I even offered to cut him a deal since I didn't have to ship--he wouldn't hear of it.

I like the marketplace here overall, I just wish people could READ and FOLLOW THE RULES more often.