Screw the homework I'm too old
I have avoided this hassle all together as a seller by requiring a US postal money order for all items I sold this winter. The Canadian post office uses the same system as the US, I found out by selling to a Canadian that sent me a Canadian postal money order and cashed it at my local post office in Michigan the same day I received it. They can not be refunded after cashing and I look at them the same as cash once the post office cashes it. Now a day's dishonest buyers can cancel or void the checks be it cashier or money order as long as 30 days after the fact. This is not something I want to become a Lawyer over to do my homework. Bull sht!
Ask for a us postal money order that cost the buyer $1.34 per money order up to $1000 each or something close to that. This leaves the honor on you my friend.
Bruce