[ICOM] Air mail and money orders

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

I would  NOT  be in  ANY  hurry to ship
the rig even after I received the M.O.
The bogus money order (or bank/cashier's/
certified check scam is well known.

Seller receives a "cashier's" or "certified"
check or money order.  Seller cashes same
at his bank and ships the item.  Weeks later,
the word comes that the check/m.o. is
counterfeit.  Seller has now lost the item
and also has to replace the amount of the
"check" that bounced back into his own
bank account.

73 - Mac, K2GKK/5



----Original Message Follows----
From: "John Geiger" <w5td at lcisp.com>
Reply-To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>,<forsale-swap at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [ICOM] Air mail and money orders
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 23:24:28 -0000

I recently "sold" my Icom 706MKII to a gentleman in Barbadoes.  He mailed 
the international MO last monday (June 26) and it hasn't showed up here yet. 
  That is almost 2 weeks now.  How long does airmail from the Carribean 
normally take?  And if it is lost, how does one go about tracking a lost 
piece of international mail?

I am selling this rig to upgrade, and want to get the money to get another 
rig ASAP (although the 706MKII is a pretty good rig).  Many of the upgrade 
deals I was looking at have been sold by now.  Guess ending up with a 
706MKII isn't that bad.

73s John W5TD
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