Date:         Fri, 11 Feb 2005 01:10:08 -0500
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From:         The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: What would you do?
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> Interesting, I wasn't aware of that side of Postal Money 
> orders - nice to know. I've used them a fair bit as they are 
> cheap and convenient, and being in a rural area, the post 
> office is *way* closer than my bank!


If I am selling a non-Bus-Depot-related item long-distance (on ebay, etc.),
I actually prefer postal a money order. They're pretty much as good as cash,
which can't be said about other money orders and bank checks (which are
commonly forged these days). With a postal money order, if you have any
doubt about its authenticity you can simply bring it to your nearest post
office and they'll cash it on the spot (as long as they have enough cash on
hand). So you can find out immediatley if the money order is good, without
any risk of it being returned by the bank as forged or invalid. Plus, as was
noted, no matter where you are it's never too far a drive to the nearest
post office. 

Incidentally, U.S. post offices will also cash most foreign postal money
orders, as long as they're payable in U.S. dollars. Canadian and Japanese
post offices offer U.S. $ money orders; not sure about other countries.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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