Sending Money Orders - receipt?

Send it via certified mail return recipt. It is not cheap but the five bucks or so it is worth it for the security. Make sure you get your money order form a place that can track it to see if it was cashed like the post office. How did you get them to accept a money order or are you just sending it. They gave me a real hard time about it.

The only way to gurantee that you get a recepit is to send it certified mail with return receipt requested otherwise they will cash it and then claim that they never got it!

$5 is MUCH better than the Western Union fees. I went back and forth with CashNet USA but finally got an address. It is only a P.O. Box, so that is why I wanted to get a receipt so it is not my fault if they don'T process it quickly. I am enclosing my emails with them as well. Here is the addy I got:
CashNetUSA
PO Box 06230
Chicago, IL 60606-6230

WAIT... just thought of that... can'T get a return receipt at a P.O. Box. Crap - back to square one.

Ok, so that brings me to the options of new debit card vs. prepaid visa. If I provide them the new debit card does this give them access to my new account? My husband claims that this is not the case - that we are just authorizing them for the 1 payment... but I know that PDLs don'T work under normal procedures. Should I just get a prepaid VISA? Where do I get them? How much do they cost?

I sent my first money order to CashnetUsa and they accepted it. I didn't send it certified though and they still did credit it to my account, and therefore, my outstanding balanced decreased. I've been sending the rest of my m.o. certified. I think if you get one from the post office they can still do a trace on it to see if it was cashed. Also, another thing is to get a money order from your bank and ask if they do traces on it as well. I know my bank does, free of charge.

Talk to the post office and see if they have another option for you. I wouldn't trust them with a visa, prepaid or not. I also know ther is 2 day delivery, or something like that, that they have to sign for, po box or not..Karen

Yes you can get a signature from a PO Box. The post office places a notice in it and you have to go to the counter to pick up the item and sign for it. That is a big urban legend!

I was wondering about Money Orders myself. Because I know people have sent money and putting in their letters that by cashing it they recognize the account as paid in full. Can you still do that with money orders, or do you have to make sure the money order is tracked as well as how it was sent?

If u buy a money order thru USPS then they're able to track them... I had this happen to me and as soon as USPS started tracking the money order they cashed it! So have my proof...
Just an idea,
Ang

I only send money orders. They get no bank info from me. I also send a letter,make a copy for yourself, and state I am enclosing a money order for x dollars, and send it crrr. Good Luck..KAren

I was told there is another alternative to rrr and that is verified delivery...costs a little less than rrr but it verifies it was delivered to the address.

I also make a copy of the money order or certified check, to keep on file

Send the money order. Get it from the post office. You're going there anyway. Fill it out, make a copy of it, keep your part of the receipt. Mail it out certified return receipt. As frog posted, even if it is a PO Box, they will leave a note in their PO Box that they have a letter they need to pick up. They will go get it. You can track it and make sure it was received by them. You can send it confirmation only also. You can track it and it will send you confirmation that it was delivered. But I prefer the return receipt. It doesn't cost much more. Nothing to sweat over. You can mail the money order in. Like frog said, they will be notified they have a letter. They'll go get it. They know there's money in it.

So post office money orders are the only way to go and send them return reciept? Got it.

Thank you Cannr!

Why aren't you a debt samaritan yet? I've seen a few of your posts and they are quite helpful.

poko, thank you so much! :D You're really nice to say that! I just give the information I know because I've done it all! LOL! I swear, I just HAVE to tell others what to expect so they're not taken by surprise like I was! And, I'm a big believer in documentation. That's why I said to make copies of the money order and everything. Hell, I make a copy of the envelope I'm mailing! LOL! Thank you again, and good luck to you. You will be fine mailing your payment this way!!!

See Cannr - I'm not the only one!

i know that untied cash loans wont except money orders so i was going to get a prepaid card just for them i owe 350.00 they did do a payment arrangement with me i just want to pay them off so can i do that with the prepaid that way i can track down what there doing and i will have so kind of receipt from them

A lot of members use the prepaid cards. Which is a good idea. That is an option. And a good one. I personally like the idea of having a physical address for payments and documentation of who received it and when. However, what works, works! As long as they can't get your information and as long as they don't claim they're "not getting their payments".

Just my personal opinion,but with any creditor I pay no alternate method of payment equals me sending no payment to them. A creditor cannot limit your method of payment to ach only as that is a Federal law violation.

And why in the world would they NOT accept a money order?? I mean that's just like cash!! I agree with Cajun, if they won't take ur money order than don't pay them! Trust me, if that's their choices, they'll take it!
Good Luck,
Ang

cannr I also think debt samaritan is way overdue for you.I will check on this today.