The person who sends cash in the mail asssumes the risk.... it doesn't matter if he was told to do it....somebody telling you to do something should not override one's best judgement. Cash payments can be sent disguised in ways to reduce the odds of loss, but ethicly it's the buyer's onus until the seller has it in hand.
Dave Boston
Tucson, Arizona USA
From: Dale Brown <oroboyz@aol.com> Subject: [CR]Ethical question as applies to Vintage bike parts transactions ... To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Monday, December 15, 2008, 11:54 AM
OK friends...
Here is a situation that we all could find ourselves in.
Two reliable, mature & honest CR members agree to a transaction.
Person A ships object to Person B & he receives it.
Person B sends the correct amount of cash to person A.
Person A does not receive payment, it is lost in the mail. A year long wait prove this...
Who is responsible for the loss? Who is "out", the seller or the buyer?
Dale Brown
Greensboro, North Carolina USA
http://www.classicrendezvous.com