FAQs Home. How can we help? Search for a topic. Postage Options PC Postage. Share via email. Information Article Number. Customer Information. When the item sells, the seller collects a shipping fee from the buyer. PayPal is a service available through the PayPal website www. If the item does not match the description on the label, and the indicia says "US Postage Paid", the package should be handled as postage due. Articles bearing online labels with short-paid postage will have the additional amount collected when the item is mailed, or the recipient will be requested to pay when the item is delivered.
Showing results for. Show only Search instead for. Did you mean:. Buyer wants to p How do postal money orders work? Buyer wants to pay that way. Message 1 of 8. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. If it works, sell it.
If it works well, sell it for more. If it doesn't work, quadruple the price and sell it as an antique. Message 2 of 8. In response to nowthatsjustducky. Message 3 of 8. No you! I think it's been a while since you last bought a postal MO? I hope more sellers start accepting money orders again. Not so long ago ebay convinced sellers that payment in any form other than paypal was not permitted and any mention of alternate forms of payment was grounds to have a listing removed.
They argued that money orders were easy to counterfeit and touted paypal as more secure and reliable. This was after the USPS switched to the multi-color money orders with numerous security features. Why did they force this on ebay members? Don't believe the claims to the contrary - PayPal does draw interest on pending payments. My bank does instant online transactions but paypal compares online transactions to paper checks to justify the processing delay. As a buyer, prior to ebay's 'paypal only' movement I used money orders and only had a problem with one transaction out of over Turn on suggestions.
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Show only Search instead for. Did you mean:. Message 1 of All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Message 2 of Message 3 of Rex fan club! Perhaps you can recall your mother buying one to cover the cost of catalogue goods. Are they a thing of the past, or could you still use a postal order, if you needed to? Saga Home Insurance provides cover that goes beyond what you might expect.
For more information and to get a quote click here. Now we can make payments via our mobile phones, using contactless cards and chip and pin while cheques still occasionally come in handy , many people assume that postal orders have been phased out.
They were at the peak of their popularity before the late s, when most transactions such as payment of wages or rent were carried out in cash and many people didn't have bank accounts. That meant that if they did need to send money as a gift, or to buy products or services, cheques weren't an option. In the light of this, postal orders were used. Now, of course, the payments landscape has completely changed.
They are sometimes used for mail order and ebay purchases, and some government departments accept postal order payments. For example, it's possible to pay for a provisional driving licence with a postal order. Avoid getting scammed on ebay.
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