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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SBSVC, post: 123979, member: 136&quot;]<i><font size="4"><b>It just sounds a bit panicky to me</b></font></i></p><p><br /></p><p>AF, while I WANT to agree, and actually DO, the strangest stuff does seem to happen now &amp; again, and the very <i>thought</i> that something might go wrong becomes pervasive... I can <i>almost</i> understand the paranoia.</p><p><br /></p><p>I blame the media for enforcing the fear factor &amp; making some folks so paranoid. I imagine that 95% (just to pick a percentage number) of transactions/CraigsList listings, etc, etc, etc go <u>just fine</u>. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then we get the news report about some guy in &quot;wherever, mid-America,&quot; who listed his car (or boat, or bookcases, or whatever) for sale and ended up missing, his bones found umpteen months later in the desert or some such...</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite it all, I tend to be a rather trusting soul. I like to think that faith in human nature and <b>common sense</b> can prevail. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some dude sends me an email and says that he&#039;s miles &amp; miles away but just <i>HAS</i> to have the thing I&#039;ve listed for sale locally? Eh... Let him find it elsewhere. There has to be another one out there.</p><p><br /></p><p>No &quot;thing&quot; is worth the stress or the worst-case possibilities. My mantra has long been, &quot;Use your head, trust your gut, and don&#039;t be greedy.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Too good to be true?</i> Leave it. <i>Could be a scam?</i> Leave it. <i>I kind of like this guy?</i> Give it a shot. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I believed everybody out there was a potential danger, I don&#039;t think I could continue to exist in this world.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am neither naive nor stupid, but I honestly like to believe that most people out there neither are scammers nor have bad intentions. </p><p><br /></p><p>I say <i>use your brain and trust your gut. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>(p.s. Should you hear about my demise at the hand of an evil CraigsList stalker, please refer the local P.D. to my post here at Antiquers...)</p><p><br /></p><p>-C-[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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