Any advantages to sending a Money Order through the mail rather than cash?

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If I accidentally recieve your envelope with cash in it then I can spend it. If it's a MO made out to someone else then I can't, at least not without some effort.
 
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boyRacer

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heh... that's your call... wouldn't do it personally... i know someone who sent out $5... guy said he never got it... could be lying... could be telling the truth. :eek:
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: boyRacer
heh... that's your call... wouldn't do it personally... i know someone who sent out $5... guy said he never got it... could be lying... could be telling the truth. :eek:
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That's the other good thing about MOs, verification.

 
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notfred

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If the postal employee shipping your mail decides he wants your cash, he can jsut take it.
 
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Originally posted by: boyRacer
Originally posted by: aphex
Where can i get a MO?
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Post Office... my bank reams me up the ass and charges me $7 for a MO... :(
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How much is it at the PO?
 
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LongCoolMother

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money orders for $0.01-$5,000 i think are 90 cents each at the post office.

im sure about it being 90 cents. at 7-11, they charge you up the ass like 10%.


so can i refund a money order if it has never been cashed? or lost/destroyed?
 
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PAB

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Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
money orders for $0.01-$5,000 i think are 90 cents each at the post office.

im sure about it being 90 cents. at 7-11, they charge you up the ass like 10%.


so can i refund a money order if it has never been cashed? or lost/destroyed?
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$5000 post office money orders dont exist.

-PAB
 
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I would not do this. My mom recently sent me an envelope for Christmas through the mail and she put cash in it. The money was stolen from the envelope. Now if she had put a money order in there, the culprits would have saw that they would have no value for the MO, therefore they would not have stole the MO like they did the cash. MO = better than no cash at all.
 
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tk149

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At my workplace, we get a lot of envelopes that have been previously opened, then taped or stapled back together. We believe that the monkeys at the post office are putting our mail in the wrong PO Box, since we also get a lot of other people's mail in our PO Box. Also, the "pre-opened" mail postmarks are generally a few days older than all the other mail we get.

Does that answer your question?
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: PAB
Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
money orders for $0.01-$5,000 i think are 90 cents each at the post office.

im sure about it being 90 cents. at 7-11, they charge you up the ass like 10%.


so can i refund a money order if it has never been cashed? or lost/destroyed?
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$5000 post office money orders dont exist.

-PAB
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Yeah they have a $1K limit per MO and $10K per day limit I believe.

For $5K it's best to get a Cashier's Check.

 
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draggoon01

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Originally posted by: Nocturnal
I would not do this. My mom recently sent me an envelope for Christmas through the mail and she put cash in it. The money was stolen from the envelope. Now if she had put a money order in there, the culprits would have saw that they would have no value for the MO, therefore they would not have stole the MO like they did the cash. MO = better than no cash at all.
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what happens if thief just signs on back and deposits in their bank account? or just goes to a post office to cash?
 
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Dragnov

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Money order only please aphex. :)

I'm not going to rip you off if I do get cash, but this is for your own protection here. :p You can get them at the post office for liek 90 cents.
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: draggoon01
Originally posted by: Nocturnal
I would not do this. My mom recently sent me an envelope for Christmas through the mail and she put cash in it. The money was stolen from the envelope. Now if she had put a money order in there, the culprits would have saw that they would have no value for the MO, therefore they would not have stole the MO like they did the cash. MO = better than no cash at all.
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what happens if thief just signs on back and deposits in their bank account? or just goes to a post office to cash?
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The PO will most likely ask for ID, if it's depostited into a bank account then that's traceable.
 
RossMAN

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Money Orders can be purchased at your local US Post Office or bank/credit union.

Personally I prefer cashier's checks then again I get everything for free being a bank employee.

I would only send cash if I neeed to do it quickly, it was a small amount (under $50), well concealed and to someone that I trusted.
 
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