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Subject:	Re: Why do so many people say "I will only ship to the us"?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Mon, 8 May 2000 05:07:55 GMT
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Allan Bedford wrote: > It takes > only 1/2 of one second to read the large print on them that says "Valid > only in the U.S. and possessions." And for those of you playing the home > game, Canada is not a U.S. possession - never has been, never will be. :) I pointed this out to my bank here in Vancouver the first time I got one of these, and they didn't care at all. They cash them for me all the time, no problem at all. In fact they take cash, personal checks or money orders from anywhere in the world quite happily. (Royal Bank in case anyone cares. They do have other drawbacks though). Kevin -- Personal Lego Web page: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kwilson_tccs/lego.html eBay auctions: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/kevinw1/ Guild of Bricksmiths: http://www.bricksmiths.com Lego Dacta sets (coupons 35961LQYH and 36009PRFS till May 31): http://www.vstore.com/vstorehobbies/kevinskits

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		Re: Why do so many people say "I will only ship to the us"?
Kevin Wilson <kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com> wrote in article <39164BAB.D5FA4312@c...ve.com>... (...) home (...) :) (...) Hi Kevin, Yes my bank cashed the USPS money order with no fuss, but they just as easily could have refused it. I was really just (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Why do so many people say "I will only ship to the us"?
(...) My experience has been that almost always a Canadian seller is able to cash a USPS Domestic Money Order. My assumption is that the banks deal with them enough that they just bundle them up and send them to an affiliated branch in the US (or a (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: Why do so many people say "I will only ship to the us"?
Dave Johann <hardcoredj@techie.com> wrote in article <Fu7u6s.B1z@lugnet.com>... (...) for the (...) and (...) end (...) or (...) the (...) MO...it (...) places (...) [My two cents on this issue really only applies to transactions between Canada (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.general)

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