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- From: acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng)
- Subject: Re: I'm about to do a C.O.D. transaction. Any caveats?
- References: <103700@netnews.upenn.edu>
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- Originator: acheng@shalom.ncsa.uiuc.edu
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- Organization: Nat'l Ctr for Supercomp App (NCSA) @ University of Illinois
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 17:58:26 GMT
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- In article <103700@netnews.upenn.edu>, isler@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Sylvia Isler) writes:
- >
- >Hello,
- >I'm about to sell a computer to a stranger via COD. That is, I send
- >the computer and he gives UPS a money order for the amount that I
- >specified.
- >
- >I've never done this sort of thing before. It seems like a pretty
- >straight forward transaction. But if anyone has any
- >warnings or advice, I'd greatly appreciate it.
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- My brother had the unfortunate experience of cheated by a crook who
- cancelled the money order. That is right, if the crook's bank goes
- along with it, even a cashier's check can be cancelled. (*oh, I
- lost my check. It was stolen.*) The bank of my brother could not
- believe that but after they searched through some banking code, yep,
- the other bank could cancel a money order.
-
- I don't know what to suggest. Maybe the UPS guy should demand cash?
-