I had an experience a few months ago with a thief here on RCU. I mad an offer on two engines he had for sale, he accepted and i sent a Paypal payment. After a couple weeks I hadn't seen the engines so I contacted him. I got the standard "I shipped them last week, let me check with the post office". Couple more weeks went by and I contacted again. I got a different lie. This went on for a couple months. It was difficult to even get the guy to respond but I was able to find him at various forums and sites on the web with a Google search. Eventually I was able to get some solid contact information. None of it did any good though, I still never got the engines. I decided to file a complaint with Paypal before my time ran out to do so. He never responded to them and they reversed the transaction, giving me my money back. I also filed a complaint on RCU and he was booted off.

I complain about Paypal and their fees but they saved me in this case. I would have never seen my engines or my money again if it weren't for them. That's why I will always hesitate to do a trade on here; there is little protection. 98% of the time, they will probably go perfect because people are generally honest but when they go wrong it is no fun. If I were to do a trade with someone on here I think it would have to be with someone well known here or someone local/semi-loacal so that we could meet in person and see the items before trading.

I hate thieves.