- Get Mama-given names.
- Physical home address.
- A Home & Cellphone number. Do you call and speak with the seller/buyer BEFORE the deal? (This also helps verify phone numbers).
- Full comprehensive records of all communications.
- Mutually confirmed note showing who is getting what for how much.
- Clear photographs of the item(s).
- Full description of the item(s) including a history of ownership and use.
Things like that.

How do you go about payment?
- Verified PayPal?
- Certified money-order?
- Live fowl?
What about shipment?
- While on the phone with the buyer/seller, do you also discuss how things will be packaged? What about if things show-up in pieces?
- Do you wait for bank-issued checks to clear said bank BEFORE one ships the item(s)?
Warranty's? Money back if things don't prove like described?
Keep in mind, that information gathered before a deal goes south, is what you might hand law-enforcement officers, lawyers, and judges. They're not into illegible shorthand scrabbled on the back of an ice cream sandwich wrapper. Like I tell my young-uns: "What would Judge Judy say to you about it". I love ya. She doesn't".
Folks, I want your TIPS and suggestions so I can compile and post it in a Sticky in our Classified forum boards.
Let's try to keep this constructive and leave out the long-winded stories about the time some douche pulled this stunt.

What say you?
