I've only had two "bad" experiences selling, in both cases, the "customer" wanted to see the item "in person" before making the payment. In one case the guy showed up at my home and decided that he'd pay $600 less than we agreed to on the phone. In the other case, I drove about an hour west to meet the guy, who never showed up. I have had no issues selling items when the payment is done through the site the item is posted on.
Selling towers - keep getting bad actors/scammers when doing local pickup only.
I have been trying to sell my tower speakers on US Audio mart. I don't have the patience to package them up and mess with freight shipping. So, I advertise them as local pickup only and I set the price pretty cheap. But, the 2 serious buyers I have gotten seemed to be bad actors/scammers. I would catch details that lead me to cancel the arrangements before they happened.
I guess it's a bad idea to do local pickup only when selling audio equipment?