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

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!

1.  A number of you propose to protect the seller by putting the onus entirely on the buyer:  Only after the money is secure would you consider shipping.

2.  For ducks I googled myself.  The return was my last Who's Who entry from at least two decades ago when I stopped responding to requests for updates.  You can't always get what you want, Al, and sometimes you don't get what you need.

3.  I bought an Esoteric SA-60 from a seller in the SF bay area.  He wanted a money order prior to shipping, and wouldn't accept PayPal.  I seethe money order and assumed the risk.  The SA-60 arrived and was as described.  He and I agreed on a price for a Proceed Amp 3, so with confidence I shipped it, again assuming the risk.  That was over year ago and I've yet to receive payment.

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