John,

I really like that idea - postal money orders. Definitely would call up
Big Brother, who carries the biggest stick of all.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

John Bange wrote:
> On 11/17/06, Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote:
>> �hanks to all who replied. Apparently it's ya pays your money and
>> takes your
>> chances.
>
> Yeah, that's about how it seems to work. That being said, I've used
> PayPal for YEARS without incident (primarily for ebay), but that may
> be because I have a policy of never buying anything by PayPal if I
> can't afford to just write off either the money or the item. I think
> my limit is around $400, beyond which I become uncomfortable and will
> only buy if I can pay by postal money order. The beauty of postal
> money orders is that it opens the door for an additional government
> agency (the scary one, with better resources and wider jurisdiction!)
> to investigate in case of fraud.
>