Of COURSE you FE'd.. your vendor doesn't allow escrow (either never did or recently switched for like 80% of vendors..).
In all sincerity, what is the purpose of your review? I don't really care that you decided to buy from this vendor. I can see that he has a bazillion sales as well as his average review.
Not sure if I speak for everyone here, but as a average buyer, this is what I hope to learn from a review:
1) How long did it take to arrive?
2) Was the stealth acceptable?
3) What quality was the product (was it correct product and weight)?
4) IF you had any questions/inquiries, was the vendor responsive, helpful, cool?
By not addressing any of these issues, and choosing to give feedback before the product arrives, all you are really saying to us is:
Hey guys! I just sent money to this guy/girl for some gear! It's not in my possession yet, I don't know what quality it is, if it's on point with weight, or when it will actually arrive, but just thought you'd like to know I just sent this vendor some money and am going to put this place-holder 5/5 here! The button clicking process of sending him money went really well.. 5/5 totally!!!
Am I missing something? Please enlighten me if so! Lots of vendors actually ask buyers to NOT rate the gear before it arrives, so it's not like they want you to do this...?
I realize you are telling us you TRUST the vendor but that alone is not enough info to convince many of us to blindly make an FE order.. first and foremost I want to know that the order ARRIVED(!)
Thanks for the insight for anyone who decides to spoeak up and/or this isn't buried.
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