You can buy a check protector (the gizmo that embosses the amount) for $29.95. Man you do not realize what quality modern counterfeiters can produce. The reason the US is going to some much expense producing new currency is that everybody and their retarded brother can copy the old stuff, which at one time was considered one of the hardest currencies to counterfeit, now. You are not arguing with Bob and I on this you are arguing with our banks. Mine suggest you wait 30 days before shipping as it can be that long before you find out the MO was bad.
However $30 bucks or so is not likely to be a scam. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- J. C. O'Connell wrote: > It aint childs play, there are watermarks in the paper > And the amount is embossed in most money orders. This > Cant be done very easy like you suggest. You need special > Papers and machines to do that. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Bob Shell > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 8:14 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT - EBay Question > > > 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
