It's best to meet at your bank and make the transaction inside the bank. If you can't meet in a bank, meet in a police station.

Here in Seattle the police are offering this service for CL transactions because we had a murder here a while back during a jewelry sale that turned into a robbery.

I would only accept a wire transfer, a bank cashier's check issued to me  BY THE BANK WHILE I'M THERE, or cash handed to me so I can hand it to the teller to count and deposit.

Keep in mind that cash deposits and withdrawals over $10,000 must be reported by the bank to the feds to comply with anti-money laundering laws.  Not a problem as long as you are not a criminal.

A wire transfer would be tricky for the buyer to set up if he's out of state unless he uses a big bank like Chase or B of A when there is a branch nearby where you could meet.

The seller of the van my son bought wanted cash only ($13,750) and he was not going walk out of a bank in Seattle and drive 250 miles with that in his pocket.

He did a wire transfer to my account because my bank had a branch in a town near where we bought the van.  I asked them to have the cash on hand, and the seller walked out with his pockets stuffed mostly with $20s and a few hundreds!  They counted it both by hand and by machine, so he was satisfied. It took about 45 minutes for all of this.

Not something I would have done, but like I mentioned, I live in the big city.

A person who trusts big banks should be willing to accept a cashier's check issued on the spot by the bank since he is there and knows it's valid. But, everyone is different, and his bank may still place a hold on it.

Get all this set up before he leaves Atlanta. Good luck!

Stuart  

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of David Higginbotham
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 4:11 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: craigslist paying

>
> 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?

Thanks guys,
David Higginbotham
82 westy (almost gone)
85 westy (retirement project)
Silk Hope, NC