I'm selling speakers for the first time and concerned about fraud

" So PayPal's fraud prevention stuff isn't really a safeguard? "

Its just the opposite. Paypal doesn't care about the buyer or seller. The horror stories are true.

COD or money order is the only way I would do it. No checks.

I was paid a few thousand dollars for some gear years ago…with stolen postal money orders. Took my bank a month to charge them to me, and they supposedly were investigating…right…lesson learned.

Good god, no we way I'm taking his offer now...

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I accept U.S. Postal money orders as payment for the vintage drums I deal in, but I take the mo to my Post Office, where they give me the cash for it. They look up the number to make sure it's legit, then hand over the dough. Only then do I ship. Foolproof!