A*se! He has my address now…
He replied to my wanted thread for a seat post offering me a thomson masterpiece by direct email. He sent pics etc and asked for my address to get it packed and ready which I sent. I asked him to send his stw username before I would pay.
As soon as I saw his profile history I replied to tell him I was no longer interested but he claims he has already posted the item. I assume it will now be “lost in the post” and he will chase me to pay which I have no intention of doing…
A lesson learned for the future. Maybe we should follow the avforums approach and fully conduct all deals on the forum rather than by email and then leave public feedback as has been suggested?