From: JTravis (dagobert@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Tue Nov 08 2005 - 18:21:47 PST
Not the case at all when accepting their Western Union Money Orders. As
I found out the hard way, Western Union representatives will NOT cash
their own money orders, and insist that they be deposited in your bank
account, in which case again if there is fraud on the part of the
sender, the money still gets taken out of YOUR account in the long run
to cover their behinds. I for one refuse to ever use Western Union
services again, and also specifically refuse to accept them in payment
for any auctions I sell stuff in.
Jay Travis
>Whoever suggested using Western Union had what I think is the best idea.
>
>Nearly bulletproof.
>
>Dick
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "MV" <MV@dc9.tzo.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: 08 November, 2005 11:30
>Subject: Re: [MV] Protecting Yourself from Counterfit Checks
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>Be careful with that "hold funds thing", they may take that a different way
>than what you mean. When I first started my business, when I deposited a
>large check, and then took out money, they oftentimes put a hold on my
>account for the amount of the check so that if the check bounced that I
>would have to retain that much money in the account as a minimum. In one
>case I deposited a $10,000 check and took out $2000 or so and they totally
>locked down my account. No more withdrawals for about a week. It was
>totally unexpected and was a great inconvenience.
> After being in business for almost 3 years now, they no longer do that.
>But they are just trying to protect number 1, "the bank".
>
>Done properly, I think a wire transfer can be made almost bullet proof.
>
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