Cannot speak for others, but in 43 years of doing gun shows as a seller, I have never received a bad check. I always demand some type of formal federal, state, or local ID (with a photo if possible), at the very least a driver's license and copy EVERYTHING off it.
At the 11th hour at Baltimore on Sunday (OK; 2:15PM), one of our tablemates made $5K paid by check after 'vetting' the purchaser. Another fail-safe evaluator is the "rake of the mast" of the purchaser. Or as I like to put it, the "Test of the Duck" = if it walks, quacks, swims and flies like a duck, it's a pretty good indicator that it is at least a member of the Anseriformes.
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