I was just wondering how many of you have come across counterfeit money orders or certified checks when doing business via COD or anyway with audiogon members?
david: i may be old and i may be a fuddy duddy, but i don't drive 600 miles every weekend to listen to c&w music. and i LIKE some c&w music. :o) -kelly
Not so far, from Audiogon but sure got scammed few years back from posting an ad on Usnet rec.audio.marketplace. Sold a Krell amp and a preamp to a guy in NJ. Took all the precautions I could have taken and requested two different major bank cashiers check for COD to assure I get paid for both boxes, etc. The loser paid the UPS driver with two Chase Manhattan Bank Cashier's checks and they got deposited - and two weeks later got a call from my bank... They were counterfeits. The saddest part was that there were other victims and the FBI would not even open a case even after we had supplied them with the person's id and pointing out other scamming he was doing at the time. I lost $4500 others lost more. NO more COD's for me!
oh man, Kelly that was low: but hey the truth hurts sometimes! I just had to laugh - our old farmhouse is literally surrounded by corn & soybeans, but there's very little C&W in our music library (OK I'll allow you a few in the Stevie Nicks collection).
As others have pointed out, this is a more general question and not Audiogon specific. But, yes, I have been scammed with a counterfeit COD check and won't ever do business that way again with somebody I don't know. There is little to no recourse and it's pretty easy to do seemingly, at least once you're past the lack of ethics part. -Kirk
Had a Nak tape deck arrive DOA after the seller assured me it had just come from Nak and even faxed me the receipt but this was on eBAY. I don't buy there, just sell now.
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