Before we mount a full-scale Salem Witch hunt...  allow me to say
that I have had many pleasant dealings with my friends on this list,
and other lists...  the percentage of deals gone sour has been very
low.  Andrew Carnegie said: "It is better to be occasionally
cheated, than forever suspicious.."
  And I can confess that there a few Nice People here on Classicmp
to whom I have promised to send various items; the promise still
exists but I have flaked out so far.  Sorry Eric, Dave, Megan, Ian,
....  :]  (In my defense: absolutely *no money* is involved in these
deals, most I am even shipping myself. And packing. And lugging..)
  If I have sent you money, and you cannot complete your end of it
for some reason... send me the money back.  Or tell me *when* you
can complete the deal. Or offer me something else I might want. Or
at least **tell** me that the item(s) and my money are no longer
available, and why that is so. Shit happens....at least give me the
true info and let me  see what I can do.
  But disappearing with someone else's funds is.. theft. That's all.
  Confess your sins! Con-feesss you sins!! con-fesss your siiiins!!!
  Or we shall torture you wiiiithhhh...  The COMFY CHAIR!!!!!
  Cheers
John