Local pickup for speakers - should I let the buyer in the house or use the the garage?

I agree with ghdprentice. I'll always know from the phone conversation if the guy is an audio guy or not. The only time I had a problem was a long time ago. I didn't vet the guy. He showed up with his whole family. A HUGE RED FLAG!!! His daughter asked if she could use the bathroom. I said okay. Later on my girlfriend said a ring of hers was missing. Leason learned. 

I have to correct myself! I was robbed on another occasion. I had a pair of cheaper speakers for sale. A single YOUNG guy ( I will not mention his nationality or this post will get flagged). He listened for 30 minutes and then talked for an hour or more. No Sale. I went back to work. He returned to my house and jimmied a window and took the speakers and a few other things. When I got home, it took me 30 minutes to realize that I was robbed! (too much stuff!). I managed to track him down being it was pre HIPPA days. The police got my stuff back. I had the ad in my local paper BTW  

In my first response I forgot to mention I thoroughly research people I don’t know on Google before doing business with them. You can get lots of info on a person and also call the local PD for background if you’re still worried.

Fool me once is once to many.

Garage pick up.

I've sold a lot of equipment from my home.

If it's through a local media like craigslist  it's always from the garage..

If it's from Audiogon / USAM , it's from the listening room. I always have the person give me a call to discuss before the meeting. 

For the record, this hobby seems to have a fair amount of introverts ,

I remember may years ago taking my eight year old daughter with me to buy an amplifier from a local seller, (she had been with me for a handful of transactions since her mom worked nights. weekends), as we get in the car to leave, she asked me  a simple question about the upcoming transaction "are they weird"