realien

Hey guys,

I'm selling my stock E55 wheels with tires on craigslist, I have a buyer who asked to use paypal, and I know all the scam, chargebacks, hacked accounts etc.. can lead to the money being withdrawn later.

I was considering asking him to mail a cashiers check since my bank would verify funds and I can wait until it clears, anyone else have experience/advice here ?

I was also attempting to estimate shipping, 18" wheels with tires, i'm assuming 50lb's each and actual dimensions with tires around 27 x 10 x 18, does that sound about right ( tires are not with me right now)

NDizzle

My advice for selling anything on craigslist: cash only and meet at a public place - like a Starbucks parking lot.

HeissRod

If he's looking at shipping them, this won't help

desired_speeds

I would do Paypal. Make sure to do add the fees so the buyer is paying for it and also overestimate/ overinsure on the shipping.

realien

I thought pay pal was bad if it isn't an ebay transaction (they have the guarantee if its through ebay), since someone can do a charge back up to the credit card company's policy ( amex is 90 days) and if the account was hacked, they can also take it back out of your account. Its hard to figure out clearly what the paypal terms are around time they have to correct for charge backs or fraud.

Pretty sure its a fraud attempt, checked the public records for the shipping address and its a 70 year old woman who owns it in california and the phone number used is vegas...

cetialpha5

For craigslist, I would say local pickup only. Otherwise just have them wire the money to your account. Very hard to reverse a wire. Cashier's checks can be fakes and it can take several weeks to find out they are fake, not just a few days. If you read the tire classifieds, there's a sticky on what the cheapest way to ship tires would be.

2000UZJ

What tires and condition are they in? I am local...

shardul

iTrader: (1)

For CL transaction - In God We Trust for everyone else it is cash

ekalb

Like others have said, cash only. Call your local police station and ask if you can conduct the transaction in their parking lot. Many of our local Police stations encourage and invite this sort of exchange on their property.

realien

Tires are great, maybe 1/3 of wear,

craigslist post is here :

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/wto/5283824396.html

since you're on the forum and local I'd give you a little off the price.