the 'dear sir' thing is usally a scam

i have bought loads of gear online and never had any problems, when i have been selling stuff i dont normally get that many replies but the ones i do get are a bit odd sometimes.

if the people are not asking questions about the item and offer the money your looking for or more in some cases its a scam, apperently there is some loop hole thing in the banking system that cheques seem to have cleared but a month later the bank releases that its a bad cheque take the money back out of your account and try and press charges against you for pass on bad cheques!!!

it is also good if you can talk to the person on the phone, if they know what there talking bout it should be sound

i think its good to be paranoid when buying and selling stuff online cause there are alot of scammers out there