posted on May 2, 2003 07:00:56 AM new
I just picked up an express mail envelope at the post office..postage $13.85...inside was a money order in the amount of $ 8.50 to pay for a postcard auction (no it wasn't late)!!!! Does this make sense at all??? What's that saying..."fools and their money..."?? - I'm sending the item regular old snail mail..
posted on May 2, 2003 07:19:54 AM new
I get that all the time. I've even had it sent from the same city I live in, using overnight. My suspicion is that some of these people are using their employer to mail out these payments.
posted on May 2, 2003 08:05:48 AM new
I've had that expierence as well. I get the feeling that at least some of these are from people that are abusing company shipping guidlines or they own a company and write off all the costs of shipping or something similar.
posted on May 2, 2003 05:18:14 PM new
ive hada few of those, I guess ppl just want their stuff fast, ,not my money theyre, The faster they send theyre money the better, thats my theory...
posted on May 2, 2003 05:26:18 PM new
Idiots! plain and simple. Makes NO sense at all. I get these too and think,,,,,,give ME that money,,,,,,,Oh well,,,,,
posted on May 2, 2003 05:41:18 PM new
i had one sent UPS express for $6.50!!! i had already told her i would wait for snail mail payment because 1st money order was lost in the mail. still got the payment within 7 days of sale.
posted on May 2, 2003 09:23:11 PM new
It's not to get to you faster, it's using someone else's money (an employer) to send it to you. Amazing that people will risk their job over 37 cents...
posted on May 4, 2003 05:25:47 AM new
I think they would have insured the postcard if they thought it was that valuable and wanted extra handling in the shipping...maybe they have had their money orders lost in mail before? Seems to me people that want their payments to get somewhere right away and are afraid it would get lost in the mail would use PayPal and save the $ 13.85!
posted on May 4, 2003 06:02:13 AM new
I had someone want me to send a big heavy item on their Fedex # once overnight. I was afraid of getting a chargeback on it if it was an unauthorized charge so I told I would not do it. Offered to ship UPS overnight if they sent me the money. They decided that Ground was all of a sudden good enough.
I am quite sure that they were not going to be paying for the Fedex charges.
"For I know the plans I have for you." says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." - Jeremiah 29:11
