Scam?
What are your thoughts when using personal cheques on Kijiji or other transactions?
story
Weird transaction today. I was selling a couple of new items through kijiji and finally met up with this woman at Starbucks.
In no way she appeared poor, drove a late Lexus IS350, jewellery and clothing up to the nine, etc.
Blah blah blah we talked about the items, then she proceeded to close the deal with $90 cash, then started cutting me a personal cheque for the rest of the balance (~$1,200 worth)
I told her she can just go to the ATM to withdraw or can just wait until she comes up with the cash. She said her bank is ATB and ATM are scarce in the city. She did insist that the cheque is legit and I politely told her that I cannot risk a cheque that could bounce.
She got all defensive and said there's other items similar to yours for sale (pretty much saying I will take my personal cheque elsewhere)
She did show me a few identification, but that does not guarantee she got cash in the bank to pay me.