I agree. There's no reason someone needs to know my home address for a cash transaction. It's not like the check is going to bounce.frazzled wrote:Yep. I'm not making any statements about those who don't do this, but if the counterparty is refusing such, that alone would give me pause about continuing the transaction. If its a comrade then they wouldn't have an issue either. To play the other side-if you're worried about giving them that information-mayhaps you also should think about completing the transaction.
If someone tells me up front they want to know where I sleep or they want to write down my PII without an enforceable privacy agreement and notice, I'll politely decline. No harm done to either side. There are plenty of fish in the sea.
On the other hand, if someone is deceptive and demands my PII at the last minute, I have to wonder why they were hiding this from me. What else are they hiding from me? Is the gun stolen? Was it used in a robbery? Maybe they're completely legit but I would wonder. And I definitely wouldn't give them my personal info.