From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Tue Nov 08 2005 - 18:49:56 PST
If you think counterfeit twenties are bad, someone in my hometown said
they are even doing ones! One dollar bills! I thought that was
ridiculous. I was in a retail business a while after that and the woman
behind me got nailed for a bogus five and a farmer had a bad one at
McD's. (Please don't ask me the name of the town.) Now turning back to
normal military vehicle stuff. Fred
MV wrote:
> I've had good luck with Paypal, but a lot of people don't want to run
> more than $1000 or so through paypal as the fees get hefty.
>
> I've had good luck and acceptance with Cashiers Checks drawn on a
> large bank (Chase). Even better would be to accept a check from the
> person and ask to go to a branch with them and have it cashed. Once
> cash is in hand, sign off on the title and go. I did that once with a
> Ford car I sold years ago for 5K or so. Doing things long distance is
> really the problem. You don't know where they live, they don't know
> where you live, unfamiliar territory etc. I guess overseas stuff has
> to be much worse than that.
>
> Even cash can be questionable. The local Sam's club has been testing
> every $20 bill it receives now since their are so many bad bills
> floating around right now.
>
> Dave
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> Jeff Gatton wrote:
>
>> How about PayPal? Or is that a dirty word?
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> --- Stu <stuinnh@mvnut.us> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Money Orders!
>>> If they can send check, they can send money order. Postal money
>>> orders are
>>> best.
>>>
>>> "Stu" Southern NH, USA "Live Free Or Die"
>>> MVPA #14790
>>> 1967 M151A1 Jeep 1964 M416 Trailer 1985 M1008 CUCV Pickup
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Mark W
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:19 AM
>>> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>>> Subject: [MV] Protecting Yourself from Counterfit Checks
>>>
>>> I'm in the process of selling a truck and would like
>>> to know how to protect myself from fake cashier's
>>> checks or money orders, etc. What I'm dealing with is
>>> in the $7000 range. In the past I usually insist on
>>> cash, but I always run in the question of checks. Is
>>> there a way to protect yourself? Can a bank determine
>>> up front if the check is valid. I had once heard that
>>> even if it is a cashier check, the bank I deposit it,
>>> still wants a few days to see if it clears.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>
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