On Sep 19, 2006, at 9:55 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > The western union scams are money transfers, not money orders. > You know how hard it would be to counterfeit a money order? > Harder than it would be worth to someone to try it.
Not true. I just got paid on an eBay sale with an Albertson's money order. My bank made it clear to me when I went in to deposit it that they have had trouble with bogus money orders and advised me to wait until it cleared through before shipping anything. With some of the high end printers available today counterfeiting a money order would be child's play. If it was my eBay sale and I had specified that I would only accept a USPS money order and the buyer said he was mailing me some other kind of money order, I'd just refuse delivery on the envelope when it arrived. That way it would be returned to him at no cost to me. If he refused to send a USPS money order, I would give the next highest bidder a second chance offer. I say on my auctions that payment must be in my hands within seven days, too, or I will relist. If payment doesn't come in, I relist the item. I've been selling through eBay since it went into business and am just too tired of BS customers to cut them any slack. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
