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BC,(Bruce).
Yes others have had a similar experience to yours. Mine was also with a very,very, prominent member of this community. Not in Victoria. At the time i was relatively new to IIS with just a few posts,and just 19 up to now. I was the buyer/trader. The deal,conditions and time line were dictated by this prominent member meticulously line by line. I dutifully followed his instructions,sent the money and the traded part....then waited. Communication from him was very poor, with no sign of my item in the post as promised. After wasting my time trying to get clarification on when my item would arrive,the alarm bells started to ring. I contacted him requesting the transaction be cancelled and my money and traded part be returned. I no longer trusted in this deal,so far i was bearing all of the risk. What i got from this very prominent supposedly very affable member was a refusal to end the deal. When the item finally arrived it was not as described, i insisted politely on a refund, then the abuse and name calling started and continued over the next couple of communications. I have dealt with a number of IIS sellers,and most times paid by bank transfer before receiving the item even though i don't know them. Only one other
sent a miss-described item but made good when notified. On the whole the IIS community functions very well, i would have no hesitation in buying from them again, but always keeping in mind that its not only the much maligned low poster's or the con men that may bite you.
Sometimes the con men are hiding in a very ''prominent'' position and
can be hard to spot, be careful by all means but lets not be paranoid.



Frank.