selling a bike on EBAY, shipping out of country....

[jonnythan]

It occurs to me that I seem to be arguing in favor of this.

I think it's probably a scam. But maybe not

[flynrider]

I think any form of payment is fine, as long as it results in you having cash in hand before shipping.

That's not quite safe enough. Your bank can cash the cashiers check, then (up to 2 weeks later) come back and tell you that the check was bogus and you now owe them money. That's why scammers love fake cashiers checks. It looks like you have the money in hand, but you really don't. By the time you find out the check was bogus, they are long gone. It looks like the check cleared (because you have money in hand), but it really doesn't clear until it's been shipped back to the originating bank.

Personally, I think the deal smells fishy. Why would somebody in Puerto Rico want to ship a bike all the way from the NYC area? Unless this is some real unique bike, it doesn't sound logical.

[Shorts]

I wouldn't go out of my way to sell the bike to that guy. Way too much to deal with and that can go wrong. Just call it now before you get hustled or hassled. There's still other buyers out there.