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[charlz]

Check use is definitely a regional thing. Growing up in Montana we used checks for everything, even seen people use them in the McDonald's drive through. :laughing:

Lived for a while in So Cal and checks were pretty rare, had to have a 'check guarantee card' etc etc. Due to all the scammers.

Lived for a while in Vegas.... just as all the check scammers from So Cal where arriving :laughing: Real fast you couldn't use a check anywhere without a 'check guarantee card'.

Now live in the Boise area and people still take checks although more and more you see the 'no checks' signs at businesses. The 'check guarantee card' pretty much morphed into Debit cards. Some (all?) check clearing systems now use the debit system. You can write a check, they run it through the register right there just like a debit transaction.

As for the OP's comments, I always put 'Cash Only' in all my CL ads. If you have the money you can get it in cash, simple as that.

 

[roamerr]

Cash is king. All other payment methods are subject to being cancelled. Even the good old Money Order can be cancelled.

Buy a Car from me and you will pay cash. I'll even go to your bank with you to make it easier. Anyone that believes a check, money order, or any other payment is as good as cash is mistaken. The other methods may clear fine but can be cancelled very easily.

I sold a VW Beetle to a guy several years ago and I heard him mention to the Wachovia Teller that I would not take a Cashier's Check or Money Order. The Teller responded "I fully understand -- we can cancel either of those".

As for Craigslist -- It's Cash Only. Taking a check from a stranger is just plain crazy...

 

[bdeboer]

If I see a deal or a want on craigslist, I do not call if I do not have time to go to the bank to get cash.

 

[bp fick]

Frankly, I am thinking about insisting on gold or silver bullion as payment for my next Craig's sale. :thumbsup:
:laughing::laughing:

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Frankly, I am thinking about insisting on gold or silver bullion as payment for my next Craig's sale. :thumbsup:
:laughing::laughing:

Let us know the respond you get.

A guy was telling me he sold a $7000 truck through CL and the guy showed up with it all in $10 bills the counting took some time.

700 pieces of paper would be a stack.

 

[dcyrilc]

Frankly, I am thinking about insisting on gold or silver bullion as payment for my next Craig's sale. :thumbsup:
:laughing::laughing:

Just remember that if they show up with cash, it's a federal crime to refuse to accept that as payment...

...Unless, of course, you're not in the US.

 

[2manyrocks]

A friend of mine thought he was getting some kind of gold or something coins that were worth $300 each based on weight, but after he traded, he found out that based on purity they were only worth $165 each, and ended up losing $135 on each coin.

So unless you have the ability to weigh and test the actual purity of that gold.....

 

[bp fick]

Just remember that if they show up with cash, it's a federal crime to refuse to accept that as payment...

...Unless, of course, you're not in the US.

A friend of mine thought he was getting some kind of gold or something coins that were worth $300 each based on weight, but after he traded, he found out that based on purity they were only worth $165 each, and ended up losing $135 on each coin.

So unless you have the ability to weigh and test the actual purity of that gold.....

Geeeesh. Humor, guys, humor.

BTW, yes, I would know the daily spot price, and would likely know the coins value based on percentage of precious metals. But.... it was satirical humor, that is all.

 

[bp fick]

Just remember that if they show up with cash, it's a federal crime to refuse to accept that as payment...

They have time and money to spend prosecuting such desperate crimes, do they?

 

[dcyrilc]

Geeeesh. Humor, guys, humor.

They have time and money to spend prosecuting such desperate crimes, do they?

That is the part that keeps the humor in it. You notice that I'm grinning.:thumbsup: