Hi Steve,

My parents took a US$ bank draft with them to cover the cost of the 67
westy they purchased on behalf of a third party this past October. They
were assured by their bank that it would be "As good as Cash" to any US
bank. That turned out to be quite untrue.The seller went to his bank
and was told it would take 5 days to clear. My parents did not have 5
days to wait, and the seller had other buyers interested, so alternate
arrangements were made.

The end result was that additional funds were wired via Western Union
with a HUGE surcharge. As in... *enough to stay in Seattle for five
days* huge. But since Dad had work to attend to in Toronto so they made
the transaction using the WU cash. When they returned home their buyer
got take another fiscal bath when they cashed in the money order due to
the decline in the US$ while they were away. Luckily they came home
with a bus that was well worth the trouble, and the purchaser was much
pleased with his investment.

Dad was amazed at the attitude the banks and seller showed him, but
when I told him about the number of scammer stories posted on
thesamba.com he understood.  He wrote a very fiery letter to the bank a
few weeks after the debacle but to date he has recieved no response.

Moral of the Story: paypal, credit card or cash are what works in 2005.

Happy trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
http://www.busesofthecorn.com

On 11-Feb-05, at 4:37 PM, Steve Sandlin wrote:

> My bank just returned to ma a Canada Post money order that they would
> not
> honor.  I've taken them in the past with no problems.  They told me
> the USPS
> will cash them for a $5 charge.  I suppose I'll have to institute a
> handling
> charge now on Canadian customers wanting to pay with money orders.
> Still no
> problems accepting Visa and Mastecard.  Thanks for allowing me to vent
> on a
> currently discused topic.
> Steve Sandlin
> Steve's Lock Shope
> http://www.steveslockshop.com
> '84 Wolfsburg Westy
>
>