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Originally Posted by worth
I have a question for you guys:
My friends want to rent a furnished condo for 4 days. The renter does not accept credit cards and has drafted a contract.
Contract states 50% is due at time of booking and the other 50% due 30 days before we get there. So we would have to email money transfer 100% of the funds prior to arriving at the condo.
Is this the way these things are done? I do not really feel comfortable because we'd be giving this guy straight up cash. With a credit card there is fraud prevention and insurance.
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Probably the guy is legit, if he's on an established site and has been around for awhile, but personally, there are no circumstances where I would do this. If it's about the same as other options, I'd do them instead. If it's way better/cheaper, then I'd be thinking it seems too good to be true, and the guy only takes cash in advance. It's probably the sort of thing that works out the vast majority of the time, but why take the risk of paying cash. YMMV, obviously.