My only advice would be to go to the Post Office and get CASH for the money
order before (or as) you send the merchandise.
Fraudulent Postal Money Orders abound.
Chuck Peacock
-----Original Message-----
From: awahlster [mailto:awahlster@...]
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 1:42 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Selling equipment
I'm curious having been involved in almost 1000 auctions on ebay in
the last 4 years how would a person selling camera equipment "get
scammed"? As far as I can figure out the seller determins how they
will accept payment. A Postal Money order is pretty dad gum safe the
MO arrives and you put the item in the mail and off it goes while you
spend the money. If the New world of Paypal and things like ordering
items over the internet scares you stick with the Postal Money order
I've bought items from 11 different countries and sold to 2 dozen the
only person who never paid me was over a ten dollar item he was in
the states. I got a negitive for that one! 99.9% of the stuff I have
bought I was happy when the box was opened the other times I either
got mmy money back and returned the item or got screwed but never for
more then 20-30 bucks. So who would be doing the scamming.
Mark W.
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Chuck Peacock"
<cpeacock@c...> wrote:
> You can always try KEH. (www.keh.com)
>
> You might not get as much money as on eBay, but you won't get
scammed.
>
> Chuck Peacock
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Michaels [mailto:bob@b...]
> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 9:08 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Selling equipment
>
>
> Selling to someone online always has some element of the unknown.
But
> E-Bay and it's subsidiary, PayPay, are about as trustworthy as
you can
> get. They are just too big and too successful to have any
interest in
> ripping you or me off for what little we have. All the risk is in
the
> seller's description of condition, but that was always the case.
>
> But if you have a lower cost 4x5 field camera and/or lens,
contact me
> off list.
>
> Bob Michaels
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Carney"
> <kcarney1@c...> wrote:
> > Hello all. Now that I'm firmly entrenched in desktop
printmaking, I'm
> > thinking about selling my large format gear to make way for,
what
> appears to
> > be, the inevitable transition to digital capture. Truth be
told, I
> haven't
> > used the LF stuff for a while, having warmed up to 35mm. Now
the
> lure of a
> > high-end digital SLR with instant gratification is strong. My
> question is
> > whether there are reliable places besides ebay on the
internet. I don't
> > really trust ebay/paypal (I see to open a seller account they
want
> my bank
> > account number in addition to a credit card number. I know ---
> everytime I
> > write a check someone has my bank account number, but still it
> doesn't sound
> > right, and I've heard lots of horror stories, defrauded once
there
> > myself...). More to the point, a search for LF equipment on
ebay today
> > resulted in pretty slim pickings. My search skills are probably
> just off
> > today, but I couldn't come up with alternatives. Any advice
> appreciated!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --Ken Carney
> > www.kencarney.com
>
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RE: [Digital BW] Re: Selling equipment
2004-02-10 by Chuck Peacock