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Most sellers especially love United States Postal Service (USPS) money orders, which have all the benefits of a regular money order. Plus, because the post office issues these money orders, the nice clerks at the post office will graciously cash them for you with proper identification.
Postal money orders are safe and acceptable everywhere. The post office goes to great pains to ensure authenticity by including a Benjamin Franklin watermark, a metal security thread, and a double imprint of the dollar amount on the money order. (No more fears that you've received a color copy of a money order.)
Both domestic money orders and international money orders (for sending U.S. dollars to foreign countries) are available at post offices in amounts up to $500.00 for $.90 each. If the money order is lost or stolen (in eBay-speak, that usually means that the buyer hasn't sent it to you yet), buyers must present the receipt for a trace to back their money should a money order get lost on its way. For a small fee, buyers can also get a copy of a paid money order (as long as they have the receipt), for as many as two years after the date it has been paid.
Many sellers bring their money orders to the post office when they ship their packages and cash them for their petty cash fund or to pay for outgoing postage.
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