Some small businesses clearly charge more to accept a check rather than cash, or I should say, have a cash only discount. (Home sprinkler service techs etc. $75 cash, $85 check for the same service) Heck, gas stations have this. They charge more for credit cards as there are processing fees, although I don't know of people paying for gas with a check. Anyway, going to the bank is your time invested so you could take a processing fee out of the $300, but I'd say return the rest.

If I am late paying my income taxes, I get charged penalties and fees, significant penalties and fees, until I pay up. I filed for a refund of my income taxes 8 weeks ago and no transfer of money to my account have I seen. Yet, I have no recourse of charging the government for taking so long as they said upfront we will take 10 weeks to get you your money. I don't feel disrespected by this, but the system is definitely in someone else's favor. My point is, if you requested cash and he agreed to it, he should have paypal'd the money or gave you cash, because it was agreed upon upfront.

Send the guy to an ATM in Dung's neighborhood, to get $2700 and keep the receipt, cancel the overpayment check, that's enough of a paper trail for any accountant. Anyway, the business is losing here, they need to be more careful about their reputation in the future.

Or bank counter teller sorry. Maybe the bank was closed at the time of the transaction if not that'd work.

Some banks have $2500 ATM limits per day. Closer than you thought and still less then $2700 so I apologize:

Bank
Daily ATM Withdrawal Limit Daily Debit Purchase Limit
Bank of America $1,000 $5,000
BB&T $500-$1,500 $3,000-$6,000
Capital One $610 $2,500
Chase $400-$500 $400-$3000
Citibank $1,000-$2,000 $5,000-$10,000
HSBC $500-$1,000 $3,000
Huntington National Bank $400 $400
M&T $500 $2,500
PNC $100-$1,500 $100-$7,500
Regions Bank $800 $5,000
Santander $1,000-$2,500 $5,000-$11,500
SunTrust $500-$2,500 $3,000-$30,000
TD $750 $5,000
US Bank $500 $1,000
Wells Fargo $300 $1,500

I would suggest draining this thread because every reply bubbles it back up and enough damage has been done already.

I have only bought one pinball machine in my life. I bought it NIB from a legit distributor. He requested that I pay in cash for an agreed upon, lesser amount than check or credit card. Maybe that was a way to make me feel that I got a better deal but whatever. I brought mounds of cash I got by GOING TO THE BANK. Had I shown up with a check, I'd fully expect him to reject the deal or require me to pay more. The only thing that is cut and dried here in this thread is what was agreed upon beforehand, before the transaction took place, and that was a cash deal it seems. In the end all's well money-wise in this case so I don't want to bubble the thread up anymore.

Cash to buy or cash to sell the paper trail is the same for a business I would think.

I think he stated that agreeing to a cash deal then saying their policy is no cash deals later is not an honest mistake. It's possible that the seller picked this buyer because he agreed to a cash deal versus someone else who did not. I for one, would still deal with either party, just make sure details are ironed out and followed, if I do and paypal protection\escrow for deposits is a good idea. I ain't buying their business, or morals, I'm buying (or selling) a pin.

How 'bout them Mets?

"bagging on Dung" is a messy proposition.

Summary: Buyer tried to deal with dung, and it got messy. Brought the wrong paper. The deal should have been flushed. Counterclockwise.

Case closed.