Do You Make Money Order Payments?

1. batraylo Says

   I don’t use money orders. If they get lost then there is no getting your money back. Checks can be cancelled if lost or stolen and financial institutions will help you recover funds if credit cards are used. Money orders offer no kind of help if they are lost in the mail or stolen.
   Places I know of in my area that sell money orders:
   USPS
   Western Union
   MoneyGram
   Money Tree
   Publix
   Giant Foods
   Stop and Shop
   The Check Cashing Place
   Foodland
   Walmart
   Ace Cash Express
   Thorntons
   Express Cash
   Wells Fargo
   Vons
   Ralphs
   Rite Aid
   CVS
   Walgreens

2. sophieb Says

   it used to be that it cost you 15 cents per check that you wrote, and on top of that you bought your own checks. Figure it out and if that cost is less for you than the fees for money orders you’re paying right now on the USPS, Western Union, etc. then it would be good for you to get a checking account. Plus you’d be saving the driving around to get thise money orders.
   Generally people who have poor credit (and can’t afford a checking account) or who have just been thru bankruptcy, or they have been refused a checking account because they overdrew and haven’t paid the bank, or think they are hiding what they spend their money on, or that they want an additional safety when sending money for purchases online, well then the money orders are good for them.

3. Samantha Stevens Says

   I use checks if I have to. but mainly I use a secured credit card in case something happens. the credit card covers my loses.

4. dadnbob Says

   I have occasionally used money orders from the PO, but most of the time I use my personal checking account.

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