I would not accept a check at all. Most banks have branches in various States. Ask to go to his bank with you. Then he can buy the cashier's check in his bank in your presence.

Or have him procure USPS money orders which you can then take to your local post office to cash. They can verify the MO's on the spot, if they are good, even if your branch doesn't have enough cash on hand to exchange them. Once they verify the MO's are good, you can deposit in your bank.

As far as I'm concern, cash is king when dealing with people you don't know. Oh yeah, view each bill in bright light. Make sure security features are correct. Twice someone tried to pass a washed out $5 bill reprinted into a $100 bill to me. Guess they didn't expect me to look at $17K in $100 bills. Sad to say it was Chase Bank.😕

BenT
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On Apr 17, 2015, at 4:10 AM, David Higginbotham <davidhigginbotham1@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>> 
>> I put my 82 westy on craigslist and a guy in Atlanta is going to come up
>> on the bus to buy it and drive it back home. I have never bought or sold
>> anything as large as a car on craigslist. CL warns not to accept checks.
>> But that's a lot of cash for this guy to be carrying around. What have you
>> guys done in the past when buy/sell a van on CL?
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> Thanks guys,
> David Higginbotham
> 82 westy (almost gone)
> 85 westy (retirement project)
> Silk Hope, NC