In Reply to: Audiogon sale... fraud? posted by ggking7 on March 21, 2012 at 08:34:49:
If you're shipping to a freight forwarder in the USA -AND- you get funds sent to you via Western Union, it's very safe. I once shipped a surround processor to Egypt via a New York freight forwarder whose address was provided by the buyer in Egypt. They handle the paperwork for getting the gear into Egypt.
I picked up my money at a local Western Union (at my grocery store), stuffed the wad of CASH in my pocket. Satisfied that the CASH was real, I then shipped the item to NY.
Easy money!
I also shipped a rather inexpensive item to Australia and it was a bit of a pain filling out the necessary USPS paperwork. But I took a chance since it wasn't a pricey item. It all went smoothly but I prefer not to ship directly overseas because of the paperwork hassle.
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- Here's what I do: Western Union - AbeCollins 12:19:51 03/23/12 (0)