Buyer beware is always a good piece of advice for things like that. When I buy anything of value (or sell) I always do an escrow or something so I _know_ the money is there before I ship it. Thankfully now you have services like Paypal or iEscrow which allow for electronic payments. Frankly that's just about all I deal with anymore since it's such a pain in the butt to wait for checks to clear. Plus if its a decent sized check you have to keep track of it and sometimes even make a photocopy for your own records. I know I do it just to be on the safe side.
-William In a message dated 10/18/2003 7:06:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Subj: [Hornlist] More on scam buyers > Date: 10/18/2003 7:06:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > Yes, as you all now know, these scam / sham buyers are now preying on the > hornplayer.net and ebay.com crowd. I now have more of these sham emails > coming > in, and a customer of mine consigning a horn called me to check on the same > thing happening to him. > > I cannot emphasize enough: check out your buyer as thoroughly as you would > a > seller. If it smells wrong, don't do it. Never let a buyer send someone to > > pick up the horn (unless you know them personally), and never give "change" > for a sale. You'll be out the instrument, out the money, and awfully angry > with > yourself. > > On a related note, I just got my first new, colorful $20 bill. > > Dave Weiner > Brass Arts Unlimited > Baltimore, MD > _______________________________________________ > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > set your options at > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/valkhorn%40aol.com > _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
