Hypothetical scenario. I want to buy something online, and the seller only accepts money orders. So, I purchase one and send it off to the seller. Three things will happen... the seller will receive/bank the money order and send me my item and everybody lives happily ever after, or the seller will "pretend" that the money order never got there and rip me off, or the money order will get lost in the mail forever.
In the second outcome, how could I (the buyer) tell that the seller banked/cashed in the money order? What kind of proof is there? Is it easy for the seller to say that he/she never got the money order and rip me off?
In the third outcome, what happens to the both of us if the money order is lost in the mail?
Just trying to weigh out sending money via PayPal and direct bank deposits/transfers (both of which I have had 100% success with) compared to sending money orders since I've only ever RECEIVED a money order but never sent one, and I don't know if American banks accept Canadian money orders or teller-signed bank checks.
In the second outcome, how could I (the buyer) tell that the seller banked/cashed in the money order? What kind of proof is there? Is it easy for the seller to say that he/she never got the money order and rip me off?
In the third outcome, what happens to the both of us if the money order is lost in the mail?
Just trying to weigh out sending money via PayPal and direct bank deposits/transfers (both of which I have had 100% success with) compared to sending money orders since I've only ever RECEIVED a money order but never sent one, and I don't know if American banks accept Canadian money orders or teller-signed bank checks.
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