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					Originally Posted by Steel Wheels  That deposit is a definite no.  Dude, I have gotten burned by proven providers that I knew and thought I could trust | 
	
 
If you're not new to all this, there's sort of a tendency to roll your eyes at the OP, but even as I was saying "What were you thinking?!" to myself, I admit that I've been burned as well in the way you described.  There was this girl that I had seen many times and thought I had a good working relationship with.  I had probably seen her a dozen times at that point.  Then one day, I fronted her $300 and that was the last I ever heard or saw of her.