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Re: Questionable eBay auction
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Date: 
Sat, 29 Jan 2000 01:24:59 GMT
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have never had that particular problem, but did have a sittuation where I
recieved a money order in USDollars, drawn on a foreign bank.  my bank refused
to cash it.  but walked into another bank and they cashed it without a problem
or a fee.  The only thing I can think of is that maybe the seller isnt aware
that the money order is from a US bank in USdollars.  but no bank should ever
charge a fee for cashing a money order of the type you are describing.  if it
continues to be a problem Id recomend going with an escrow service like I-
escrow (www.iescrow.com) it would allow you to pay via Visa, or any other
method youd like, and the seller could collect it however theyd like.  the
Escrow service will have a fee, but it should less than the extra $15 that is
being tacked on, and will increase the security of your transaction.
just my ideas.



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  Questionable eBay auction
 
Does anyone know of a bank in the USA that would charge a $15 fee to process an international money order in US funds? I've won an RCX from someone on eBay, and, since I'm in Canada, told the seller that I'd send the MO (which is drawn on an (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)

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