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Moving with the times

  • 14-11-2014 02:33AM
    #1
    Kevin McCloud
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭


    Sold an item on adverts earlier, sent the seller a pm with paypal details and replied that he wants to send a postal order and asked for address. The last time i got a postal order was in the 90s. Should i buy a horse and trap to honour such an occasion or should people move with the times a little.


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  • #2
    hfallada
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,179 ✭✭✭hfallada


    Give him your bank details and tell him to wire it. Although some people will tell you not to give anyone you bank details. On the continent people dont use cheque books but wire the money.


  • #3
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,687 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    You should write a book about this.


  • #4
    mountsky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 164 ✭✭mountsky


    Sounds dodgy,avoid it like the plague!!


  • #5
    masculinist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭masculinist


    dodgy ... I remember something important about postal orders... or it might be drafts.

    Something about the money appearing and being available in your account to withdraw before its actually there. Meaning you can end up with nothing when the bank asks you to pay it back because they never had it in the first place.


  • #6
    mountsky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 164 ✭✭mountsky


    Find another buyer,I know of a similar story re:postal orders etc,to a very different country & it got messy as regards the buyer,they wanted a whole load of details,it was bizarre, find someone who'll buy it with 'no strings' per sa!


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  • #7
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,183 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    In fairness, I know a bloke in Donegal and I owe him a few bob since October, (less than €100).

    I only bump into the man once every two years so I'm trying to figure out the handiest way to get the few shillings to him.

    He's all, grand - see me when you see me kind of ****e.

    But I hate owing people money and want to square him up as soon as possssible.

    The man has no bank account (so he says), so I can't transfer funds.

    Me putting cash in an envelope is out of the question too.

    Postal Ordar seems to be the handiest way.

    And if he's happy with that arrangement - Then so am I.


    Fuckwits who think everything must function digitally in order to function haven't a clue.


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