[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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. >
I thought they were only fraud in the other direction, i.e. I'm a fraudulent seller and want you to pay me via Western Union. I send you the money, I never see the goods. The guy who picked up the money dissapears. If Shell cashes his Western Union money order for cash, how can there be fraud in that from his perspective? > -Adam > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
