Advice - Danger in trying to sell to a person with a sketchy payment history?

[shadowedyoshii.livejournal.com]

Hey there! Quick advice post.

Pretty much, I've had an old fursuit casually available for sale for a while. Someone contacts me expressing interest at my full asking price. We exchange a few notes back and forth establishing things, and they seem really interested. I was a little put off by how loosely they typed, per se, but some people are just really chatspeaky?

But, due to their profile saying they were 15(!), I Googled their handle a bit. I was able to find their Furbuy profile, with two people leaving negative feedback for nonpayment.

The thing is, they offered to pay via money order. I guess my question is, is there any real harm in assuming good faith and seeing if they mail me a money order? They can't really be charge-backed or anything, right? Were they wanting to pay with Paypal I would have already declined, I guess I'm just wondering if there's any potential harm other than wasted time in seeing if I actually receive payment. Thanks for any advice!

Comments

[ljmydayaway.livejournal.com]

My biggest concern with someone sending a money order is that they could claim they sent it out to you, but you never receive it, and then they smear your name all over or force you to give them free art via blackmail.

The secondary concern is that the money order would be fake, but if you insist on a USPS money order, then there's less of a chance of it backfiring on you (because you can cash those at Post Offices where they have to check the serial number before they cash it).