How to lose $20,000 selling your car on-line

You have your car listed for sale on the Internet and it looks like you have an easy sale. The emails are rolling in from interested buyers. But wait, a lot of these interested buyer may have a plan that will take a lot of your hard earned money.

Because we get into the details, there are four rules that you must follow not matter what. If you violate either of these rules you will lose your money:

1) Never accept payment which is not for the exact amount of the sale.
2) Do not assume that any cashier check or money order is valid.
3) Do not assume any payment if valid just because your bank gives you cash for it.
4) Another persons problem is not your problem to solve.

Before I explain these simple rules we will look at two actual emails I received from people wanting to buy my used car. I listed a price above market value as an experiment and did not believe anyone would answer my ad.
Both of these emails had IP addresses from outside the USA. In the first one an address and phone in the USA were given. You cannot rely on IP address, phones or postal addresses for identification of where a purchase is actually from.

Having A Plan

I recently read in the newspaper an article regarding an injury that occurred at a construction site of a well known building and it made me wonder if they had a Quality Assurance Plan in place when this happened. Apparently a young man of just 25 years of age was a sub contractor at a site operating lift equipment and an accident took place which left him with severe head and chest injuries. Paramedics had to revive him before they transported him to a hospital. This entire incident brought the awareness of construction site safety to the mind of everyone involved. The constuction company feels they had the proper Quality Assurance Plan in place to protect their workers and keep them safe.