Paypal sucks. Period. I have been ripped off on PP. Not USPS mo's. I saw someone said they can't check the MO for a while, I had one checked two weeks after issue, and it was already in the postal computer. My PO told me if they are issued by a computer enabled office, they can check immediately to see if it is fake.
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What's so hard about a USPS money order?
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I don't like Paypal....that's it. Easy or not easy, screw 'em.
If I know you, a personal check is A-OK, if not, USPS money order please....how hard is that to understand?
As a seller, I have to get my fat ass to the USPS to ship it out, I want sweat-equity.
STeven Garsson
No paypal for me,EVER!
Not just because of the 2 posts I quoted but from the multitude of others I've read/heard about.
U.S.P.S. Money Orders have always worked perfectly for me,even though I've missed out on some SWEET deals,guess they just weren't meant to be.
My 2 cents,YMMV.
Doug
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Or better yet, "Why can't people follow simple directions".
I find that folks read and interpret things the way "they" want to read them, no matter how clear and simple you try to explain it...
Paypal is the way to go if a seller is OK with it and you can work out the fee thing.
As a buyer, when I've got to send a MO, my preference is to pick up a MO at my bank as I've got an account that allows for free MO's. In the past, I've asked sellers regarding whether they would accept my bank's MO vs USPS and it's never been a problem. My PO is out of the way, I typically have to stand in a long line, and then I've got to pay for the MO.
At $3.50 a gallon for gas paypal just looks better to me these days. Anyway, my 2 cents.
As a buyer, when I've got to send a MO, my preference is to pick up a MO at my bank as I've got an account that allows for free MO's. In the past, I've asked sellers regarding whether they would accept my bank's MO vs USPS and it's never been a problem. My PO is out of the way, I typically have to stand in a long line, and then I've got to pay for the MO.
At $3.50 a gallon for gas paypal just looks better to me these days. Anyway, my 2 cents.
You ought to check out USPS online. It really is a piece of cake and it's pay as you go. It's not a prepaid deal.
The PO will give you the boxes, they give you the tape ...(in fact, they send the tape / boxes etc directly to your house after you place an order for same at USPS.com.) You can do the insurance, delivery confirmation, or whatever on line. An individual package with insurance takes just minutes to address. When you do it electronically, you also get free electronic delivery confirmation on every Priority package addresserd online. I finally broke down and bought a scale after years of over guessing on weight.
Once you start doing it at home, you'll never stand in line again.
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check this place out before you decide that paypal is so great. http://www.paypalsucks.com/
Yeah, I know. There have certainly been issues, but my take on what I've read there, is that generally, the posters to that site are folks with larger dollars at stake (dealers of one sort or another), that have their accounts frozen by paypal related to unhappy customers filing claims. Paypal is famous for that one.
For guys like most of us that trade here, Paypal is a huge convenience at a nominal cost that provides a traceable transaction that you can conduct with a few mouse clicks at your computer (no lines, no gas money, no time .. etc). In cases where the seller qualifies, Paypal also insures the buyer against loss.
US Postal Money Order or Personal Check.
My Bank (Union Bank of California) told me that they will not Guarantee payment on any Money order, even after 3 weeks.
On a personal check, after is clears the money is good.
Postal Money orders do not go to the Bank, I take them to the post office.
Anyone I have done Business with in the past, I prefer Personal checks.
I usually end up spending the on the phone with people I Buy from or sell to and Personal checks work just fine, No losses, no bad checks, in all the time I have been on these forums.
My Bank (Union Bank of California) told me that they will not Guarantee payment on any Money order, even after 3 weeks.
On a personal check, after is clears the money is good.
Postal Money orders do not go to the Bank, I take them to the post office.
Anyone I have done Business with in the past, I prefer Personal checks.
I usually end up spending the on the phone with people I Buy from or sell to and Personal checks work just fine, No losses, no bad checks, in all the time I have been on these forums.
silenthunterstudios
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I know several out of the way PO's, including my own where I keep my PO box. I have only been in a line once at my PO, and it was three people.