On 07/12/2012 08:44, Rob wrote:
  On 7 December 2012 08:26, Dave Wade <dave.g4ugm at
gmail.com> wrote:
  It depends on what protection it offers buyers. I
must admit I havn't looked
 but the "Vintage" area of computing is full of scammers and get rich quick
 merchants. 
 Is this the same Steven Landon whom has been discussed several times
 on this list and other forums?
 Rob 
This wasn't aimed at any individual, merely a comment that if its to
compete with E-Bay it needs to get the balance between buyer and vendor
protection right. Looking at the T&Cs:-
http://www.etsy.com/help/article/479?ref=ft_terms
and reading the first paragraph, it looks like I am unlikely to buy
anything on there unless I have positive information about the vendor
 from another source... 
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Dave Wade G4UGM
Illegitimi Non Carborundum