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posted 05 July 2019 04:55 PM
So, what do you do when you're buying something expensive (like a piano) from a private seller? Let's say it's $10,000. I would not want to give a check in advance of receiving the piano. And at the same time, if I were on the selling end, I wouldn't want to let movers come in and remove the instrument before I had payment, and I wouldn't be comfortable with a personal check knowing how problems with the check can surface after some significant time has passed.

Is a cashier's check sufficiently secure? Do sales like this between two random individuals use some kind of escrow company?

Has anyone here purchased a piano, or car, from a private seller? How did you do it?


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posted 05 July 2019 05:03 PMHide Post
Cash


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posted 05 July 2019 05:06 PMHide Post
$10, 000 (or more) in cash? Have you ever paid for something with that much cash?

No way would I want to walk* around with that kind of cash in hand! What if something happened to it? What if the seller decided to take the cash and not fork over the piano?

I can't be the only one this paranoid, can I?

*ETA: or drive around with that much cash, I bet this state is pretty big on asset forfeiture....


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posted 05 July 2019 06:07 PMHide Post
Have the mover scheduled. At that time meet the owner with the cash or go to the bank so they can cash your check.


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posted 05 July 2019 08:10 PMHide Post
Ok y'all are not nearly paranoid enough! suave


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posted 06 July 2019 01:00 AMHide Post
I got my piano from a private seller. It was around 2001. I can't remember all the details right now but I'll look them up for you...at least whatever I still have.


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posted 06 July 2019 03:04 AMHide Post
Seems to me I met the sellers on the porch. Movers were in the driveway. I handed them a cashiers check and the movers commenced to moving.

Fairly straightforward.


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posted 06 July 2019 09:56 AMHide Post
I would definitely be more comfortable with a cashiers check than cash!

I'm surprised though, it all seems too casual to me. I guess I'm just paranoid.


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