Was the money send insured or certified mail? If not, buyer was taking a chance on mail theft, and will need to send another payment.
Aldo Ross Middletown, Ohio, USA
----- Original Message Follows -----
From: Dale Brown <oroboyz@aol.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Ethical question as applies to Vintage bike
parts transactions...
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:54:43 -0500
> OK friends...
>
> Here is a situation that we all could find ourselves in.
>
> Two reliable, mature & honest CR members agree to a
> transaction.
>
> Person A ships object to Person B & he receives it.
>
> Person B sends the correct amount of cash to person A.
>
> Person A does not receive payment, it is lost in the mail.
> A year long wait prove this...
>
> Who is responsible for the loss? Who is "out", the seller
> or the buyer?
>
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina USA
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com