how do mail trades work?

[ejjman1]

How do these work? does the person recieving the $$ in the mail wait until they get the money and then trade the item?

 

[Nokia97]

The person sends an envelope with the cash inside, preferably notes, as coins can be heard from the customs, or the mailing company. And I believe sending cash in the Mail is not allowed.

Usually the cash will be sent out, once the person has recieved it, he should trade the item. However, the buyer may ask a Middleman to hold the items while the seller recieves the cash

 

[ejjman1]

makes sense, I was going to say...its kind of sketchy to trade them the items and then hope to get paid like 3 days later

 

[Nokia97]

Yep it is, I suppose its more safe going first with Mail as at least you have their address if anything goes wrong

 

[Piramid]

One flaw with this method, what if the seller receives the money but claims he didn't?

 

[ejjman1]

One flaw with this method, what if the seller receives the money but claims he didn't?

you send it as verified mail (I think) it costs slightly extra but you can track the mail and the receiver is required to sign a confirmation

 

[Piramid]

Ah alright I was just scared of using mail because of that, I'll definitely get it verified from now on

 

[ejjman1]

Ah alright I was just scared of using mail because of that, I'll definitely get it verified from now on

ya u just go to the post office and ask for it, they wil make you fill out a little sticker and attach it to the letter, if the receiver refuses to sign it, im pretty sure they send the mail back to you

 

[Mr Smith]

We will imagine you are paying me $100 for 100m RSGP.

1. If you both live in the US, you should be able to put it into the mailbox and it should get there. Obviously you need a stamp and an address.

2. They receiver will receive $100 - they confirm it has been received and then send you the RSGP.

Only trade with trusted members and if someone lives abroad and you can't use Western Union, I advise you send it as First Class Recorded, then if it is stolen or they claim to not have received it you can file a claim on them and/or report it too the police as it is classed as fraud.

 

[Nokia97]

Go to the post office and ask for recorded delivery. They will give you a receipt which contains a tracking number. You can usually type this number on the post companies website.

However if a Middleman is being used, the seller can still claim the envelope didn't contain the right amount of cash, so there's still a kind of flaw

 

[Viou]

I always wait until receiving the mail before giving the gold. I highly recommend only doing mail trades with extremely trusted users as they are definitely the easiest to scam and get away with. When sending mail, always request delivery confirmation. You will get a tracking # that you can potentially use in the case of disputes and also you will see when the mail reaches the sellers residence. Mail trades are risky when done with untrusted users. Good luck