wwyd: ship item for Craigslist?

mrs.wimn

I'm really bored right now, so I'll ask for your opinion...

I have a little girls cheer outfit for our state's football team up on Craigslist.  I got an email asking if I would ship it if they sent me a check for the amount including shipping.  Now, I'm not completely naive, I know to watch out for craigslist spam.  But the email was very personal, it wasn't the typical spam that you'd see asking to cash a check for over the amount or anything weird like that.  I haven't had any other inquiries about the outfit, so I was thinking that I'd offer to ship it if they paid via Paypal. That way I can't get screwed over, right?  It'd be about $13 with shipping. 

I don't know, I like to think that people are generally nice, but like I said, I'm not completely stupid either.  So what would you do?   

L D

They only way I would except payment like that is by paypal.  

 

AZ_Erica

I think i'd do it if they will pay through pay pal.

j-w

I don't know.  That seems odd to me.  The whole idea of craigslist is to stay local.  Ebay is a great resource for shipping items.  I'm sure there are any number of cheerleader outfits listed on ebay, so it's really odd to me that someone would scour craigslist and need an item shipped.

mrs.wimn

j*w*:

I don't know.  That seems odd to me.  The whole idea of craigslist is to stay local.  Ebay is a great resource for shipping items.  I'm sure there are any number of cheerleader outfits listed on ebay, so it's really odd to me that someone would scour craigslist and need an item shipped.

 

That's kinda what I was thinking, so I did check Ebay and there aren't any of these in this size... I figured Paypal would be the safe way to go.  If I don't get any replies locally by the end of the weekend maybe I'll do that...

Hooray2005

mrs.wimn:

j*w*:

I don't know.  That seems odd to me.  The whole idea of craigslist is to stay local.  Ebay is a great resource for shipping items.  I'm sure there are any number of cheerleader outfits listed on ebay, so it's really odd to me that someone would scour craigslist and need an item shipped.

 

That's kinda what I was thinking, so I did check Ebay and there aren't any of these in this size... I figured Paypal would be the safe way to go.  If I don't get any replies locally by the end of the weekend maybe I'll do that...

I think if you accept payment via PayPal, you're fine... once it's credited to your account go ahead and ship the item.

Honestly, I don't think it's that weird - you said it was for a state football team... it's likely a "fan" who has moved out of the area and wants it for their child.  I'm in CA now, but if I wanted something very specific for DH's teams, I might check the Philadelphia craigslist pages (and then need it shipped).    It sounds like a pretty harmless transaction, and we're only talking $13 here... I'd go for it.