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From: bryan@cs.utexas.edu (Bryan Bayerdorffer @ Wit's End)
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Subject: Re: Buying via \
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Date: 13 Jul 90 04:45:58 GMT
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In article <3485@crash.cts.com> bobl@pro-graphics.cts.com (System Administrator) writes:
=-In-Reply-To: message from bryan@cs.utexas.edu
=-
=->The best solution is to use some reputable transfer agent.  The seller
=-
=-I think you are going to extremes if you do the above.  Although you were
=-burned once (your fault <grin>), that's no reason to have to go through
=-lawyers to get the job done.
=-
=-It's very simple to use UPS COD with CASH or CASHIERS check.  I've done this
=-many times and I've never had a problem.  I send ALL items I send out that way
=-and I also purchase that way.  If you are on the purchasing end, make sure
=-that the person selling to you sends you an itemized list of the contents of
=-the proposed package and that he dates and signs it.  When you receive the
=-package, make the UPS driver wait for you to inspect the package before you
=-accept it.  
=-
	True, COD suffices to protect the seller, but the buyer is unable to
verify that the equipment works.  Using a transfer agent is extreme, but it's
the only way to protect both parties simultaneously if you're going to assume 
malicious behavior, which was my only point.