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

@awright7771352,

" Bill, I just researched a guy pdawidowski, and he is on the Klipsch Forums. Problem is, he wants to have a courier pick them up because, as I find out, he's in the UK. That would violate PayPal's seller protection stuff... 😥"

Yeah he was looking for the matching center speaker P27C about this time last year.  Not sure if he ever found one.

Can't hurt to list them in the Klipsch Forum Garage Sale section.  Maybe you will get another bite.

Bill

When you receive payment (NOT FROM PAYPAL or VISA) in your account via a money order or check...and it clears! Then you can ship the speakers. Otherwise you run a high risk of them coming back to you and your money goes back to the buyer. LOTS of tire kickers out there, not real buyers!

Matt M

Bank wire transfer only.  Do not ship until funds clear into your account.  You will be 100% protected that way.  

Didn't  Audiogon offer an escrow service at one time? In any case wire transfer is the best bet

Follow up from my post saying bank wire transfer only.   we have received a few fake cashiers checks and money orders.  They actually cleared and we received the money and shipped the items.  However 6 months later on one of the checks Wells Fargo took the money back out of my account. It was $6,000.  I called them to see what the heck happened and they said they found that the check was fake.  It took 6 months for them to figure this out.  I was out $6,000 plus lost the speakers.  This check came from a Canadian bank.  When I tried to get my money back.  Wells Fargo told me that originally the Canadian bank paid them which allowed the check to clear on my end.  But 6 months later the Canadian bank realized the check was not real.  So Wells Fargo gave them the money back and then took it from me.  It was horrible.  Then Wells Fargo told me I had to deal with the Canadian bank myself  it was HSBC out of Canada.  Be careful not to make the same mistake we did. These checks even has seals on them and faked all of us out they look so real.  Personal checks are actually safer these days because they are not counterfeited. Just make sure they clear first.  Sorry to scare you but 0 feedback scares me.  I feel a little better if it's a local guy and we talk on the phone.