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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
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ozzy62
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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
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@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
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If cash is an issue, how about a cashier's check?

devinplombier
782 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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