I just read this entire post.
My suggestion is to do your homework on the person, as in, read their posts for a few months previous and get a flavour on what this person is and what they are all about.....
I would never consider buying from anyone who sounds suspicious or has an extremely low post count.
Talk to them on the phone, and see if they are legit or just a haywire jackass.
If they won't talk on the phone, or have excuses not to, that's a big red flag!
99% of the dealings i had on here were very good to excellent.
The only problem i had was one person that i sent some free parts to and would not reimburse the shipping costs to me.
It cost me $24, but it ended up costing that person a lot more than that when he tried to roast me on here.....
A phone call and some research would have gone a long way to avoid this on my part.
Just sayin'..........
Tom.