Paying cash vs wire transfer

[Ketzer]

Originally Posted by 214Chevelle

Needless to say though, even with my bank's assurance and confirmation, before I purchased it, I went online, did a search of reviews and also checked with the BBB on the business and everything was fine. They had a few customer service issues, but that's not uncommon for a business to have an issue here and there from a customer. But, there was nothing I could find about them being crooks. .

100% agree!!!
Anytime there's a chunk of money at stake a person should do some due diligence!! You don't have to be a web super sleuth, anyone can do a few searches and see if anything odd shows up. Search the business name and see if a related business shows up. Search the owners name and see if he is linked to anything funky. Search the address and see if it was something else before that is related.

Sometimes you can do everything right. Try your best to be careful. Still get taken.