12-19-2006, 05:27 PM
I've put an item up for sale on Craigslist and someone responded that they wanted to buy it and use Bidpay. His english is kind of broken and I googled Craigslist and Bidpay and found that a lot of scammers try to use bidpay to rip people off somehow. Most of the things I read also said I should stick to local buyers only. Well I told this guy that I would only sell to someone local. He insisted that he really wanted the item. I replied and told him the only way I would work with him is if he sends me a money order for the item to my PO Box. He replied again saying he will send the money order and again asked for all of my information. I do not feel comfortable with this transaction at all. He already has my name and I wanted to open up a PO Box at the post office anyway because here in a few weeks when I buy my first house I don't want to have to give the address out to random people if I don't have to. Should I go ahead with this? It seems odd to me that someone would send me a money order for a rather large some of money without knowing if he is actually going to get his item.