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I recently sold a BM 806D2 on Ebay, a knife going for a relatively high amount of money right now. The buyer said he sent a money order, but it never arrived. He swears up and down he sent it, but it just never came. It's been eight days since he supposedly sent it. What's the right thing to do? To be honest, I had to sell this knife for financial reasons, and I really can't afford to let it go for nothing, but I have no idea whether or not he actually sent payment, and likewise he has no idea whether or not I recieved it. The guy has a score of 47 and no negative feedback, so I really doubt he's lying to me. How do I properly handle this situation? I don't want to do wrong by the guy, but at the same time, I don't want to give away a $175 knife, either. Help me out.
 
He can contact the issuer of the money order and get a refund!
that's what they are there for! (OR he can see if someone else might have stolen it and cashed it elsewhere, they can check and see where it was cashed at if it was.)
If he lost the receipt, maybe he's trying to scam you. Or maybe he really lost it.
Either way, HE'S responsible!
 
8 Days. not eough time.

I just got some firts calss mail that took 11 days.
 
Thanks to you both. I'll continue to wait for a while longer, and then I'll tell him to chec with the postal service what happened with it. I'm concerned because he's really hounding me about if it arrived yet, and I've gotten money orders from Australia faster than this has taken.
 
Agreed that's the whole point of a money order. He can have it tracked from his end.
 
You might suggest he cancel the MO with the PO and send you another priority mail with delivery confirmation. No guarante it gets there in 2-3 days but the vast majority of the time it does. I am pretty sure you can cancel one if it hasn't been cashed. Just an idea.

It will probably show up eventually, but if he is hounding you over it he may go for it.
 
I was sent a USPS MO almost 30 days ago from a deal on another forum.
I have not received it & Post Office says they can't do anything about
it for 60 days.
 
Give it time! I had a priority package take 33 days to get to its destination.....8 days really isn't enough time to worry.
 
Thanks for the replies. I didn't know all that stuff about money orders. I thought, once they were made, that was it. I've honestly never had anything take more than ten days to get anywhere, but I've only been stricken with this knife buying/selling thing for a year or two now.
 
There are two parts of most money orders. . . .one being the customer's receipt. Ask him to scan or take a pic of the receipt and send you the scan or pic. That ensures that he did purchase a money order. It doesn't guarantee that he sent it to you. If it's a USPS money order, and you have the money order number (they are serially controlled) you can provide the folks at your nearest Postal Office with the number and ask them if it's valid or not.

To protect yourself, DO NOT send the knife until you receive payment !
 
I had the same problem twice-usps priority mail took over three weeks to get a money order to Alaska,GigOne had a good idea with the buyer sending you a scan of the recipt of the mo,it would definately show he sent it-and for a fee usps will tell you if the mo has been cashed but will not give you a new one,if it has been lost until 60 days later-but I really wouldn't worry only after 8 days-give it a little more time,
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I was recently in this situation on the other end. I won an auction, then mailed a USPS MO via regular mail. The seller didn't receive it in the normal 3-7 days, etc. As stated the PO won't do anything about the MO for 60 days. After 30 days they can do a 'trace' on the letter by sending something to the recipients PO, several other POs and to the postal inspectors. I guess in case the letter got stuck to something and made its way to timbuktu accidentally.

So what I did was make a copy of the MO receipt and mailed that to the seller to make sure it would make it and I had his address correct. When confirming his address, it turned out I had made a mistake on his address when originally mailing payment. The MO receipt copy did make it to his correct address in normal time and the original payment actually did make it to the seller about a week later. I was off by one digit on his house number, so it must have been his letter carrier recognized the name and the 'close' address and delivered it.

So, I guess the moral of my story is maybe ask to see a copy of the MO and to confirm the address he has for you. As long as the buyer isn't pushing you to send the knife b4 you get payment I wouldn't worry yet.
But on the other hand, as the buyer he is trusting that you didn't get the payment and are scamming him. Either way, nothing 'official' can be done for 60 days.

I have always liked the security of usps money orders, but never realized their limitations until recently, that of the time delay if something goes wrong. That delay is difficult to swallow in our immediate gratification internet world.
Hmmm, if only there was a way to send and receive money instantly through the internet......
Oh yeah, paypal:D Just kidding, I know a lot of people have issues with it for a variety of reasons:)
 
I had a postal money order disappear in the black hole. The PO said wait 60 days and file the paperwork. They charge you a little over $3.00 to file. I just sent another MO and now waiting for 60 days to expire to file the paperwork.
 
My bud sent a moneyorder that too 43 days to get to me and priority package 3 weeks.

SAM= Sloow a$$ Mail.

I use them all the time. USPS love/hate relationship

S/F,
CEYA!
 
Just as a follow up, the money order did finally arrive thirteen days after he sent it. No reason, everything was correct, just slow service from the USPS. I actually ended up calling the guy on his request and he kept good communication the entire time. He never asked me to send the knife without receiving payment, and was an all around good guy. I was just getting nervous because he was sending a lot of emails and I didn't know what to do. Thanks for all the info, guys.
 
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