How do you pay? Why?



I thought maybe some light should be shed on how we pay for our purchases here and why we do them the way we do.

Personally I’m not very enthusiastic about paying extra for convenience via Paypal. It’s really no quicker as the following transfer of funds to the bank being used takes 3-5 business days after the funds hit your Paypal account… and there's that sur charge as well.

Postal money orders are fine enough but depending on the price tag, several need be acquired very often.

Cashiers check (certified funds) is my pref. One stop shopping. Right at my banking facility and the funds are secured, if lost or stolen I have but to make a call to my bank. Ever try calling the Post office? You can't. Not directly anyhow

The problem I continue to see is the ‘time frames’ being reported by sellers about how long Postal money orders, and/or cashiers checks take to be posted. I keep hearing from one day to a week or more by some accounts for these MO’s and CC’s to be posted.

Maybe my bank is special, I don’t know, hence this thread. Always when I deposit MO’s or CC’s, the funds are posted to my account within 24hr, or the next business day… sometimes immediately, depending on the time of day they are presented…. Which is fine.

Personal checks do however take lots longer. I’ve been told as much as two to four weeks by my bank.

How does your financial institution handle receipt of certified monies like Postal M.O. & Cashiers checks?

Have you asked lately, or just go online later and take a peek?

These more secured funds should surely involve less time to post than personal checks... or why bother with them in the first place?
blindjim
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BlindJim: Good information. I will check with my dealers to see what they are doing re: Bax and alternatives.
tvad
...all you have to do is use the Fed Ex online 'ship page' and as things add up in your Fed Ex acct. the shipping price will come down accordingly.

Raquel
those 'criterium' have been in place now for some time. tony, my BAX rep called me nearly every month, and my question always was the same, "raise that declared value yet? shipping speakers yet?

Sadly, the reponse was always "Sorry, no." "Is that all you ship? would sometimes be added. "Yes", was always the answer. I'll continue to trust the govt. with tubes, cables, and odds and ends. Besides, a pair of ICs strapped to a pallet just seems wrong, and you all would stack something on top of it probably, thinking it was empty.
My comparison on rates was on-line vs. over the retail counter at Kinkos. It is about 15-20% diff, IIRC.
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