Local pickup for speakers - should I let the buyer in the house or use the the garage?

Better safe than sorry I guess, but the chances of problems are very remote. Keep it in the garage if you feel better, but what is to stop them from entering your house if they are armed or threaten? 

@foggyus91 ,

Sure good luck with that. 

Have him text you a picture of his driver license, with everything marked out but his picture and home address.

Thank you. And good luck to your next username aka earlflynn, aka jerryg123, aka skypunk, aka 20 others...

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I never do business at my home.  I’ll meet someone in town to pickup what I’m selling.  Some sellers have let me in their house but that’s what they’ve requested. 

Cash Payment for Sales are good if no Paper Trail is wanted, but are best avoided.

Bank Transfer is much less messy and can be checked for having cleared as fast as Counting Cash and checking for Fake Bank Notes.

Meeting a Buyer or a Seller face to face is a way to create a sale with Zero Troubles to follow, my experiences of meeting at Homes or away from the Home are with no incidents occurring that are wanted to be avoided in the future.

It is easy to lose a good customer and a bad customer by being over protective prior to a sale. The Plus Side, is that the bad customer will Toodle-Pip and probably break the communication with an unkindness sent, their type has this trait.

The good customer may continue the communication by being inquisitive about the reasoning for being protective in a way they are not familiar with.

The above are difficult to create when selling as a Vendor using a Service that has  a Buyer Protection, the Vendor has little to support them where Buyer Protection - Not Vendor Protection is the fundamental of the sale. 

There are other Options to consider, but they are not common practice as of yet but should become more frequently used for the good off all who are sellers/buyers wanting Fair-play to both parties.