I received a suspicious call today from a person in southern California who wanted to buy some Toshiba equipment. I have been defrauded before by sending a delivery COD cashier check and getting a counterfeit cashier check. I am not 100% sure but the person hung up on me when I started inquiring into it further. If you have someone call you and he is in Southern California and wants the items shipped COD "secure," BEWARE.

there are a bunch of telecom refurbers in california that are up and up but that guy probably was not

When in doubt, request COD payment via Postal money order. They are almost impossible to counterfit, and unlike ANY other money order or cashiers check, you cannot stop payment on a Postal money order.

Not True!

I received $3,000 in bad Postal Money Orders last month. Even the Post Office clerk thought they were good. When I deposited them the bank teller cautioned me. She said Bad Postal Money Orders were becoming common, the bad ones are almost impossible to detect.