Selling a pistol online and out of State, what payment is safest
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Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
Money order. Cash it then ship it. Nothing to do with your bank lots of fake checks out there. Electronic payment like Venmo are probably good too.
GOYABEAN
.950 JDJ
Ask your FFL since they deal with that on a daily basis 
Marine Cpl
.577 Tyrannosaur.
Postal money order. A postal money order is as good as cash.
Yes, Postal Money Order is definitely the way to go.
wizrd
6.5 Creedmoor
Make sure they clear your bank - just saying.
A postal money order? No clear time, the purchaser pays the post office the amount of the money order plus a small fee and then the post office mails it out to you. You take it to any post office and they cash out the money order on the spot. It's about the most secure way to handle a payment.
USPS MONEY ORDER
tony
6.5 Creedmoor
Never heard of PO mailing MO out, they are not involved in your transaction. The purchaser sends it and yes there are a few ways to check to make sure MO is real such as a watermark and I believe an ID stamp of PO it was issued from. The PO clerk can check it out for you. I usually cash them at the PO as well (if they have enough cash).
If you cash at bank you should wait for it to clear.
If you cash at bank you should wait for it to clear.
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Acer-m14
20×102mm Vulcan
can we say its the only thing .GOV that is done RIGHT!!! LOL ..
Eddie Gunks
.338 Win Mag
Correct. Usps money order.
but the key here is you must cash it at the post office for 100% security. (If it is fake and you deposit into you bank you will lose)
but the key here is you must cash it at the post office for 100% security. (If it is fake and you deposit into you bank you will lose)
You have to fill out all the address blanks to and from right? You are already at the post office, why wouldn't you put it in an envelope and mail it while you are there?
tony
6.5 Creedmoor
All those " YOU's " is not the Post Office or their employees. But YOU can call it however YOU see it. Hahaha...
USPS money order is lower risk than most other payments but it is not without risk. Can be outright counterfeit or real but altered or even stolen. As already mentioned cashing it at USPS office is best but note not completely without risk. Cash isn't even completely risk free (I've personally have been paid with cash, deposited at bank and having it "confiscated" by bank because it was thought to be counterfeit, which I'm fairly certain was not but still I'm out of pocket -- to make matters worse, this was money that I received directly from a bank). Also note having deposit "clear" your bank and cash in hand doesn't completely eliminate risk that payment would not be dishonored at some point in future. Banks may have policy of clearing check in X business days but they still have ability to come back to you if instrument turns out to be bad. This could be weeks if not months later after deposit "cleared" your account. With all that said I'd say risk is pretty low with USPS money order and something like a gun sale that has to go through FFL, etc.
IraIII
.40 S&W
postal money order is safest there is a phone number you can call to verify the amount and post office purchased at using the money order serial number. It’s 1-866-459-7822, postal money order verification.
Also as cgrutt says it can take a long time for a check to clear, banks do not know when a check clears they only hear when it fails and is returned.
I have taken cashiers checks from a bank, the money is given to the bank then the bank writes the check. Then I have called the bank before shipping and the teller verified the info I read from the check, they won’t give you info but will verify the info.
Also as cgrutt says it can take a long time for a check to clear, banks do not know when a check clears they only hear when it fails and is returned.
I have taken cashiers checks from a bank, the money is given to the bank then the bank writes the check. Then I have called the bank before shipping and the teller verified the info I read from the check, they won’t give you info but will verify the info.
spat
.950 JDJ
uncut diamonds
or ammo, just price all items in ammo.
"that'll be 500 rounds of .308 please"
or ammo, just price all items in ammo.
"that'll be 500 rounds of .308 please"
Well, I hand over the envelope and then they mail it. I thought that was what you were meant to do? Why leave with the PMO?
I'd trade for an appropriate quantity of ammo you bet!
BDinPutnam
.475 A&M Magnum
Well. Ok, if we're going there.
Ass, gas, or grass. No one rides for free.
We might actually get to the GoFish of ammo in this state at some point soon. "Do you have any .30 carbine?"
Go fish.