I have sold an item on Ebay for a substantial amount of money. The buyer is flying into town to pick the item up himself. He wants to bring a cashiers check. The buyer will be flying in after banks close, so I wont be able to call a bank to verify the check.
Is their anyway to tell if this check is fake or not? I have a good feeling that it is all fine because he is coming in face to face, but I have heard horror stories of guys getting shafted and are responsible for the money 2 / 3 weeks after you deposit it and the bank finds out its fake.
Any advice? Could I suggest another form of payment from him to get by tomorrow that would make it for sure legit?
Do you know what bank's cashiers check he will be paying with? If so, you can easily google the check verification number and call them. It's an automated system where you'll enter the check number and amount and it'll tell you if the check is legit or not. If not, most checks do have security features on them that you can look for. Hope this helps.
sounds shady......
Cashier checks are faked all a time. Make sure it clears before you send the item out.
I wouldn't take a cashier's check. There are some pretty good forgeries out there. I would suggest PayPal, if he sets up a PayPal account, he can transfer money in from his bank account and then send it to your PayPal account, which then you can have moved over to your bank account.
Thanks guys. Would a cashiers check have his info on it at all? It seemed fishy to me because the guy said he was a physician, but his English and writing were horrendous. It reminded me of the Nigerian Prince emails. He was middle eastern, so that could explain the horrible writing/English but typically a US physician wouldn't lack skills in English writing.
Western Union would do the trick wouldnt it? Just have him send the money to one of the agent locations?
DO NOT accept a cashiers check, esp if this is a high amount. this sounds like a scam, make the dude pay cash
Do not let go of the item until a cashiers check clears. YOu will get boned.
A legit cashier's check would have his name on it...that's about it. Either way, proceed with caution...like someone said...if he was able to make out a cashiers check...then he could have easily used paypal as well.
like randy moss said.....straight cash homie
He's gonna rob you and then fuck your wife and or sister when he shows up
and then stone them to death for being unclean whores
Shady as fuck. Don't give into it, make him pay the way normal fucking people pay.
agree with the above, btw, what's his rating on ebay? see how sellers have rated him and what items they sold...
agree with alexpasch and short. check his rating, ask to meet in a public location, only except cash or paypal. if you have to ask, the answer is no. don't take chances with transactions like this.
lol @ western union
he'll be completely confused if you try to turn things around on him with western union
Just show up with a large dude in a tight black tshirt under his all black, poorly tailored suit and explain to him that Sergei will be escorting him to the bank to make sure everything checks out.
CASH MONEY ONLY
or paypal
Coming after the bank is closed umm fuck dat... meet his ass at a bank. His english is horrendous sounds like a scam to me.. Straight Cash.
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