Lost money on a transaction

I'm pretty sure you can't get a tracking # until you actually ship something. I won't ship a part till it's paid for. If the condition of the part is questionable I send the buyer more detailed pics and or description before he pays. I try to be as honest as possible . One member was wanting a rusted fender I had listed for $50, He was up in NY ( IIRC) Was over $200 bucks to ship it. after a week or so I think I convinced him he could probably find one local cheaper and in better shape. I sell stuff I don't need to fund my projects and help others keep theirs moving along. Not to scam people. I give some stuff away free, Once you scrap these parts they are gone forever.
Not true on the shipping tracking# comment above.
A seller can generate a shipping label online. This provides an instant tracking # and will show "pending pickup or acceptance". The seller simply never prints the label or ships the item, and at some later date, files for a shipping refund with USPS (or other carrier) carrier will then refund the lable cost, if the tracking shows no activity/movement.
*Ive said it before in the rim blow thread, everyone that was scammed by this clown, and there are several on this ONE forum alone, needs to file a report with his local PD and the state attorney generals office...only thru a volume complaints, will anything be done about it at the law enforcement level.