Question: is this a potential scam?
Background:
I’m selling a drill/driver set on facebook marketplace. My intention was a local sale,
But someone about a 5000-yen train ride away (not worth the time and yen), wants to buy,
And he wants me to ship the tools via kuronekoyamato cash-on-delivery.
My understanding is that I drop the box off, he pays cash to the delivery man, and I pick up payment at the local office?
It seems fool-proof? I’ve never used kuronekoyamato to ship anything. Is this going to be a safe transaction or is there a pitfall I’m being blind to?
In the US there are various scams all dependent on remote purchases with payment apps, because of course UPS/fedex/usps don’t offer payment-on-delivery services. So this is why I’m hesitant to go through with the sale here.
2 comments
Sending stuff by kuronekoyamato is not a scam. You can even do it from convenience store. And you can fill out the label online (sign up for a free account). There’s no way to get scammed here because if the receiver doesn’t pickup the package for some reason or doesn’t pay, it comes back to you.
The only problem would be if the guy doesn’t accept the delivery within a week, then the package would be sent back, and the original sender has to pay the fee for returning.