[stomachmonkey]

The check will be for more than the sale price.

They will ask you to send the diff to someone else.

The check will be drawn on a foreign account.

It will be a "bank" or "certifed" check making you feel safe.

It can take 2 weeks for the check to fully clear.

Your bank will "pre clear' it in a couple of days as a courtesy to you.

You will see the funds show up and assume all is well.

You will send off the balance to the shipper.

Then a week later the initial check will bounce and your bank will take the funds back.

You are out the difference.