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lukeb wrote:
Different strokes for different folks Jimmy - if I was uncertain on a buyer who insisted on a USPO money order, I would ask for the receipt for purchase with the money order. Your opinion - my opinion.
"Of course, you might have a completely different reason for needing a money order verification. Money order fraud is becoming more common every day; if you suspect you’re the victim of any type of money order scam that has placed a fraudulent document in your hands, it’s important that you immediately contact the agency from which the money order was supposedly purchased. The agency will walk you through the same kind of money order verification as described above, as well as help you look for factors such as watermarks, threads, and thermochromic features that identify money orders as real or fake. If you and the agency verify a money order as fake, the agency will advise you about what to do with the document and any other steps you might need to take to report the money order scam."
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Hi lukeb,
Well, that you choose to both comfort and suffice yourself with the creation of the false equivalence that this is merely a difference of opinion is, of course, your prerogative. However, I am of the belief that folks coming to this thread are looking for more factual and reasoned information when dealing with USPS Money Orders for their sales and purchases.
By your logic, using true equivalences here, not only should sellers require of their buyers the actual receipts for their Money Orders but they should, then also, require the account numbers and pins for their paypal buyers, the account numbers and pins for their credit card buyers, and the driver's licenses and account passwords for their personal check buyers?! I mean, you want to know you are going to get paid, right?! Well, that that is where your reasoning goes, good luck with finding willing clients to purchase your goods!
Also, your selective usage (read: cherry-picking) of other author's text without providing proper citation is just poor netiquette, in my book. Those wishing to read the full text from where you cut-and-pasted can find that here...
How Do I Get a Money Order Verification? (with picture):
http://www.wisegeek.com/how-do-i-get-a-money-order-verification.htm
...where, interestingly enough, the reader will find further useful (though limited) information on how to process and handle such transactions. And, for those looking for even more information on how to identify genuine USPS Money Orders, that information can be found here...
USPS – Accepting Money Orders:
https://www.usps.com/shop/accepting-money-orders.htm?
The world is full of fraudsters and hucksters, and becoming educated as to these risks is everyone's personal responsibility. That folks wish to spend their energies and time on fostering fear, uncertainty and doubt, and spreading around anecdotal accounts of some impatient fool who couldn't be bothered to do their homework when a bogus check or money order arrived in their mail and, so, allowed themselves to be ripped off, well, that, once again, is their prerogative. I prefer to spend my time sharing my experiences, and the informations I have found, on such matters.
That any seller ever, so foolishly, told me that I was "required" to send along my receipt for my USPS Money Order as a condition of the purchase they would be greeted with laughter as I told them to take their scamming-a** elsewhere!
Sorry to hear that you see things differently.
Best to you,
Jimmy G
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