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Hi, I have a few green Postal Money Orders from USPS that are only negotiable in the US. Since I'm in Canada, my bank won't let me do anything with those money orders. What places can I cash them at in the US (I live close to the border)? I once (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) Any Post Office. Eric Kingsley (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) You might also look around again in Canada. In the past, I have had most Canadians tell me the green USPS Domestic Money Orders were fine, and I'm assuming they didn't come down to the US to cash them. You may just need to try a different (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.services)
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Bryan Wong wrote in message ... (...) in (...) the Which bank have you tried, Bryan? My Royal Bank branch here in North Van has been cashing those for me with no trouble for years. Mind you, I haven't had one to cash recently so for all I know the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) Two things to do: 1) Scold your U.S. buyers. (In a friendly Canadian tone) They should know better. Tell them to send the pink 'International' ones. It's easy... the green ones say 'Domestic'... the pink ones don't. :) 2) Try another bank. Or, (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.services)
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Or for Canadians you can open a TD Waterhouse true USD USA acount, based on New York, and mail those funny green money orders to be cashed with NO PROBLEMS. Basically you can open a TD/Canada Trust account here, and then phone to tranfer money from (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) I always ask my Canadian sellers if they can cash the green ones ok. The pink ones cost a lot more ($3.50 instead of $0.80) so especially for small orders, it's worth using the green ones if ok. (...) This is what I've always assumed happened. (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.services)
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