Eddie.2k
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Registered: 4th Dec 06
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Do they work just the same as cheques? Do they need time to clear?
Bought something off ebay a while ago, sent a cheque away but wrote £36.00 in numbers and £33 in words, haha ooops now he's getting angry and asking for a postal order because it will be quicker
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JadeM
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Registered: 9th Feb 06
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I've no idea about Postal Orders either. Someone on ebay paid me by postal order a few weeks ago but I haven't tried to cash it yet. I would have thought the post office will just cash it there and then 
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nova_gteuk
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Registered: 15th May 02
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you go to the post office ask for a postal order for the amount needed,you send it to them,they get it take it to a post office and they will cash it there and then,no time needed to wait, its easier...
The post office also add a small fee for the postal order.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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just recieved one today. can cash in as soon as you get it. takes no time to clear. it's basically money on a paper that is trackable through the post...
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Eddie.2k
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Cool sounds good, whats the down side to it? if there is any?
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by JadeM
I've no idea about Postal Orders either. Someone on ebay paid me by postal order a few weeks ago but I haven't tried to cash it yet. I would have thought the post office will just cash it there and then
you know you only get 6 months to cash it in otherwise it will expire? 
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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quote:
Originally posted by Eddie.2k
Cool sounds good, whats the down side to it? if there is any?
post office charges you a small fee. hardly anything. between 1% and 8.75% i believe depending on the amount. but to recieve one it doesn't cost you anything. you just take it to the post office and they give you the cash there and then.
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JadeM
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Registered: 9th Feb 06
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quote:
Originally posted by KROOZUK-BEN
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Originally posted by JadeM
I've no idea about Postal Orders either. Someone on ebay paid me by postal order a few weeks ago but I haven't tried to cash it yet. I would have thought the post office will just cash it there and then
you know you only get 6 months to cash it in otherwise it will expire?
 No I didn't know, thanks for that  
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Welsh Dan
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Registered: 23rd Mar 00
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Instant cash, but costs you a small fee to buy in the first place. Its £8.75 max though, rather than 8.75% I think.
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nickyboy01
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
Location: Oxford-ish
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They are only as easy as the person who sends them, if they cross the order or in most cases now the PO advises they are crossed (to stop people nicking them) you can only pay them into a bank and not exchange them for cash. Uncrossed ones are fine to cash at a PO.
Unless it has changed in the past 6 months.
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