Posted by JD Seller on January 14, 2013 at 07:27:17 from (208.126.196.144):
I see posts on here all of the time about guys either getting ripped off buying or selling things. I find it amazing that there are still a bunch of pretty naive guys out there. Here are some things I have found that doing helps keep from getting took.
1) Never send a prepayment to some one you have never dealt with before. Do this 100% of the time and you will be taken much less. Try to have them ship it COD. It may cost you a few dollars more but you can make sure you at least have the item in your hands before payment.
2) When first dealing with a new business makes sure they have an actual business location. As in a prove able address with a brick and motor building so to speak. I many times will look up a equipment dealer that is close to them. Then call that dealer and ask if they have had any dealings with the person selling the item. I have found most real sellers are know by the local dealers, good or bad.
3) For when you do want to buy from a new person. Try to make the first transaction be in person if possible. I have driven some pretty good distances to do this but I figured it was better than getting took. Plus I can inspect what I am looking at.
4) If they are too far away for you to go to. Maybe try to have some one that you know that travels the country stop and do the deal for you. I have several guys that are long distance truckers. I usually can get anything in the lower 48 states looked at with one of them. If the item is small enough to carry they many times can put in in their truck and bring it back to me. I gladly pay them for doing this. It make a little extra cash for them and makes the deal much easier for both the seller and myself.
5) This is a simple one. If the deal looks too good to be true then it more than likely is not a deal but a SCAM!!! A rare 10K tractor for $1500 is not going to happen very often. So do not let your personal greed take over for your logic. Maybe a better way to say that is do not get blinded by emotion in a deal.
6) If selling to some one far from you make sure you get a good form of payment. Do not take checks of any type. Even cashiers checks any more. I used bank transfers all of the time. You do not need his account numbers and he does not need yours. Just he needs to have his bank call your bank and they can do a bank to bank transfer. There is zero risk to either party.
7) Do NOT hire anyone to move/deliver anything when they require payment before doing the haul. Any real hauler will take payment on delivery. If the guy can't afford fuel money then do you really think he is insured??? Just tell them you will have GREEN cash when they get it here.
8) This will be the last one. There could be volumes wrote on this. This very forum has people from just about every state and area in the US and other countries. Use that community to check these guys out. I know most of the dead beats around me. I also know the guys that are as good as gold too. An example of that is Dean Bartles over at Peosta, Iowa. You can take anything that man says/does to the bank. An old saying applies to him: You can trust him with your wife or your billfold. LOL I hope he reads this. Age is make the wife safer as time goes on. LMAO
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