Dave,
Getting cash in the bank does not save you from scammers. Banks post
your "purchaser's" cheque to your account - so you reckon you have
the cash. But the bank can take up to three weeks to clear the
cheque with the "purchaser's" bank. They then find the cheque is a
phony.............so they deduct the cash from your account
! OUCH. The only way is to get your bank that THEY have got the
money against the cheque. In Canada a US cheque will usually take 3
weeks to clear. Of course, the best way is get the purchaser to use PayPal
At 11:49 AM 9/16/2012 -0500, Dave wrote:
>I have listed and sold vehicles on ebay. whenever I list anything,
>I always put in something to the effect: scammers don't bother -
>this item is not going anywhere until my bank assures me the cash is
>in my account.
>
>that has so far prevented those kinds of experiences.
>
>most recently I listed a vehicle (72 VW convertible that I had run
>across being sold by a friend of a friend way too cheap) and I got a
>call from arizona (I'm in dallas). he was offering to make the
>deposit via paypal, and was going to bring me the cash if I would
>take down the listing. he paypal'd me the $$ so I was still ahead
>taking down the listing. he brought me cash a few days later and
>the car is now in arizona. I was skeptical and careful.
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Barrie
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