Anyone got FedEx?

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Uh, yes, Nath, but you're not in the US. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:04 (seventeen years ago) link

THAT WAS NOT A PREREQUISITE YO. Yes, yes, I could have deducted it from the post but I'M BELGIAN (read: dumb). :-)

― nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:07 (seventeen years ago) link

i have one but i could probably get fired for using it for this kind of thing.

― grady (grady), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Stet, check yr email.

― jaq (jaq), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, in my experience as a FedEx worker it's kina obvious taking in packages when you're abusing accounts.

― Abbott (Abbott), Saturday, 2 December 2006 06:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Or...maybe not? Maybe all the people I caught trying to do it were just big buffoons. Not that I ever did anything about it.

― Abbott (Abbott), Saturday, 2 December 2006 06:06 (seventeen years ago) link

I dunno what the fuss is. I'm perfectly allowed to use our company couriers as long as I make it clear I'm to be charged for that job. Anyway, hopefully Jaq's sorted it out.

― Maaarghk C (Maaarghk C), Saturday, 2 December 2006 11:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Not yet; the buggers wouldn't let me have them pick up the box outside the US. Still working on it though.

― jaq (jaq), Saturday, 2 December 2006 14:05 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't think it'll be possible to get this to work. All has to do with taxes and shit, no?

― nathalie (stevienixed), Saturday, 2 December 2006 14:14 (seventeen years ago) link

I think it can be done as a third party shipment, even with all the customs/tax stuff. Just not from their website.

― jaq (jaq), Saturday, 2 December 2006 14:19 (seventeen years ago) link

You can sidestep would-be scammers by following these common-sense rules:

* DEAL LOCALLY WITH FOLKS YOU CAN MEET IN PERSON - follow this one simple rule and you will avoid 99% of the scam attempts on craigslist.

* NEVER WIRE FUNDS VIA WESTERN UNION, MONEYGRAM or any other wire service - anyone who asks you to do so is a scammer.

* FAKE CASHIER CHECKS & MONEY ORDERS ARE COMMON, and BANKS WILL CASH THEM AND THEN HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE when the fake is discovered weeks later.

* NEVER GIVE OUT FINANCIAL INFORMATION (bank account number, social security number, eBay/PayPal info, etc.)

* AVOID DEALS INVOLVING SHIPPING OR ESCROW SERVICES and know that ONLY A SCAMMER WILL "GUARANTEE" YOUR TRANSACTION.

― obi strip (sanskrit), Sunday, 3 December 2006 00:47 (seventeen years ago) link

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