Banking people please step inside…

[DaveTN]

Long story short… a guy wanted to buy something I had. I told him if he sent a United States Postal Money Order I would cash it and send him the item the same day I received it. I thought it was a scam.

It appears to be legit except that he sent a money order (from Memo Money Order Company) for the $500 and a personal check for the $20 shipping. So now I have to wait. The bank told my wife it’s a good idea to wait at least 10 days.

Is there no way to check to see if a money order is legit?

I hate to hold out on the guy for two weeks, but he didn’t send what I requested.

[jcj]

Call up the memo money order company and see if they'll "verify" the MO for you. Some will do that for the recipient, some only talk to their merchants. Wouldn't hurt to call and ask.

http://www.memoco.com/

[DaveTN]

Call up the memo money order company and see if they'll "verify" the MO for you. Some will do that for the recipient, some only talk to their merchants. Wouldn't hurt to call and ask.

Merchants Express Money Order Company, Inc & Subsidiaries

Thanks. They have an automated system that said it cleared.

[vontar]

Wow, the guy just went out of his way to mess with you.

It is not like he saved allot of money by doing that end run around either.

[Guest boatme99]

I guess it worked out for you, but what part of "Postal Money Order" did he not understand?

[Raoul]

I guess it worked out for you, but what part of "Postal Money Order" did he not understand?

The postal part.

[Guest .45packer]

I'm surprised he didn't send it to you via Western Union (The biggest rip off money order company on this planet!!!) They would have charged him $40 for a quick overnight delivery of the money order to you. I sent my son-in-law $2500 a couple of years ago for an emergency and Western Union charged me around $250 for that little transaction. NEVER AGAIN!!! A Postal Money Order is practically free by comparison, and sooooo easy.......