From: Jonathan Graham (grahamj_at_virtue.cx)
Date: Mon Feb 04 2002 - 12:33:27 EST
Hey,
Personally I've never had a problem cashing a US Postal Money order at a
Canadian bank. It takes a bit of time to fully clear though. Mind you I
live in Toronto which is a major city. I wouldn't be surprised if someone
who lived in a smaller town, at a smaller branch would have trouble cashing
something like a USPMO especially when they tend to say in big block letters
"Negotiable Only In The US and Possessions". I can see how an inexperienced
teller might think that this means it's uncashable (Since we're not part of
the former group and kicked your collective asses last time you tried to
make us part of the latter. :-) )
Reminds me of the time I was in Kalamazoo, MI and the sign at the counter
said "No Checks" and the girl wouldn't accept a travelers cheque - *grin*.
Anyway I have just as many troubles with folk in the US who will not accept
a Canadian postal money order. So I do what anyone with half a brain does.
I go buy a bank draft drawn on a US bank. BTW: You can also try a cashiers
cheque.
J.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve C." <stevec50_at_yahoo.com>
To: "Andrew Webber" <awebber_at_wwwebbers.com>
Cc: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: eBay: 10Gb Travelstar HD OT
> Speaking of ebay, why is it that all the sellers from
> Canada want some sort of international payment when I
> try to pay them for something that I won in their
> auction? Shouldn't they have some way to accept
> American money in Canada? Each time they want an
> International Money order, bank transfer or some such
> thing that doesn't exhist here! I've checked with the
> post office and they don't have International money
> orders, just domestic ones that are not good outside
> the country! Also, my bank doesn't have any sort of
> international transfer or anything like that, just
> regular money orders.
> I'm tired of arguing with all of them about how to
> send funds so I'm suggesting that everyone in the US
> boycot Canada until they can come up with a way to
> accept payments from the USA! That's easier than
> trying to get the local establishments to start using
> internationally accepted methods for money transfer!
> :-)
> --- Andrew Webber <awebber_at_wwwebbers.com> wrote:
> > I just posted some new eBay listings, including the
> > 10Gb Travelstar
> > pulled from my ThinkPad 600.
>
>
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> P.O Box 13723
> Mesa, AZ 85216
>
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