[Milsurplus] Re: Money Orders

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

We had a customer whose convenience store MO was stolen in the mail and 
cashed up in Dallas.  She had to buy another one because I think she was told that 
she hadn't sent it registered mail or something like that.

In a message dated 5/23/2007 11:44:07 AM Central Standard Time, 
btuttleman at worldnet.att.net writes: 
> sorry jim, but you're in for a possible rude awakening IF and WHEN one 
> of those 25¢ m.o.'s comes up missing in the mail - i used to use them,
> was real happy w/ the price, and they were American Express money 
> orders, purchased at the local Albertson's - never thought there would
> be a problem.
> 
> used them for a while, then one came up missing in the mail; using the
> info on the back of the m.o. regarding lost m.o.'s, a m.o. for $8.00 was
> forwarded to American Express to do a search for this m.o. to see if it
> was cashed.  long story short - NEVER heard from American Express, the
> call to the 800 number resulted in nothing being done except being told
> to send ANOTHER $8.00 m.o. to do a search.
> 
> no more of those for me - if it's a m.o., it's USPS.  regarding having a
> P.O. clerk verify an incoming USPS m.o. for fraudulent copy i'm told by
> my clerks that's impossible; that's why your info is taken down when 
> cashing it at the P.O., IF it comes up counterfeit you ARE responsible
> for it.

Robert Downs - Houston
<http://www.wa5cab.com> (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
<wa5cab at cs.com> (Primary email)
<wa5cab at houston.rr.com> (Backup email)
   
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