Re: Growing on contract

"Rich Wellner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 02:58:09 +0000, Gary Coffman wrote:
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> > 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.

I know a guy in Canada who almost fell for the "African person wants to buy
your cattle for more than their worth cashier's check fraud" thing.

Dummy.

Jena

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