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?
Zelle is a bank wire, essentially. There is no recourse or charge-backs by the buyer. It's the only 100% safe electronic payment I know of, (for the seller). Venmo, Paypal, and the like are backed by a credit card to which the buyer could contact and file a claim/ dispute resulting in the seller losing out.
The other option would be to contact TMRAudio.com and see what they would offer for your speakers. I've heard nothing but good things about them. |
Can't say I have had any issues with using Canuck Audio Mart here in Canada. I have bought and sold well over 100 items and, except for a couple of idiots, everything has been good. Marketplace is a different story because of the relative anonymity and vast number of users. I'd be interested it what "details that lead (you) to cancel the arrangements before they happened".
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@bubba12 - too right - $850 is not much when it comes to cash transactions. I've had buyers who were happy to bring over thousands of dollars in cash. |
Zelle is better than cash. It is instant, not reversible and you don’t have to worry about counterfeit bills. You cannot do a chargeback with Zelle. the only potential issue is transaction limits for the sender. for security, I give the street / cross street but not the house number until the buyer is close by, and always meet in daylight with someone else around .
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