Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I listed an item on eBay and it sold. Because of a situation here I > specifically requested payment by USPS money order. The guy was late in > sending payment, which was ok, but then he sent payment using a Western > Union money order, which, because of circumstances here, I cannot take > right now. He says "there's no difference" between a WU money order and a > USPS money order, and is claiming that I'm trying to defraud him in some > way. I suggested that I return his MO when I get it and that if he wants > to send me a USPS money order, I'd be fine with that. Otherwise we can > just cancel the transaction and he can take his MO back to where he bought > it and get his money back. > > He's also saying that he'll file a fraud report with eBay ... since there's > no transaction there can be no fraud, right? I suppose he can post a > negative feedback, but I did specifically request a specific type of > payment, which I see as no different than requestin PayPal or a bank > transfer, with other payments being unacceptable. > > Anyway, what say the eBay gurus here? > > > Shel > >
Western Union money orders are a common source of fraud. And they are NOT equivalent to a USPS Money Order, the latter can be cashed at any post office. As long as you specified USPS Money Order, you are clearly in the right. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
