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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? 

dman777
analog_tiffer
15 posts
 

I know there’s a literal plethora of scams out there nowadays, but for those of us who haven’t had to sell anything online anytime recently, can you folks elaborate on some of the primary scams you’ve heard about or run into lately ?

Thanks.   

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ozzy62
3,422 posts
 

Craigslist is just a scammer's paradise. And FB Marketplace isn't a bed of roses either.  Many time wasters there.

I haven't used CL in years but I keep a "fake" FB account just for the purpose of buying and selling. No way I'm putting my real identity out there.

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bubba12
469 posts
 

@larsman I have sold a pair of speakers for 11k cash. $850 is nothing and I would rather not deal if someone is AFRAID to carry $850. I was laughing. C’mon man.

rccrccrcc
1 posts
 

If cash is an issue, how about a cashier's check?

devinplombier
835 posts
 

If cash is an issue, how about a cashier's check?

Forged cashier's checks are all over the place. Of course you can call the bank to verify. Oh, it's 6 pm! The buyer was held up in traffic

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