Re: Growing on contract

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 02:58:09 +0000, Gary Coffman wrote:

> On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 21:10:16 -0600, "Rich Wellner"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 21:08:29 +0000, Not Me wrote:
>>
>>> | I will ask for cash/cashier's check in payment when they pick them
>>> | up.
>>> 
>>> You need to have a way to verify that the cashier's check is a valid
>>> check that will be honored.  (CC can be stop payment. It's not easy
>>> but can be done.)
>>
>>Far more common is that the CC is an outright forgery.
> 
> Come on guys, cash can be counterfeited too. At some point you have to
> say "enough suspicion" and take the chance of trusting your business
> associates. I doubt that the chicken outfit is going to resort to
> counterfeiting for 300 live chickens.

Right.  *I* wasn't saying don't take the check.  I was pointing out that
stop payments were less common than forgery.

Both kinds of fraud are more common in one-off transactions where you know
little about the buyer and who they are.  This chicken deal would be one
with a local who you can check references on and have an address for.

rw2

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