The watermark may be difficult, but old embossing machines can be bought fairly cheaply. There's nothing to stop a criminal enterprise from buying a new one either. There's no law controlling them as far as I know.
J. C. O'Connell wrote: >It aint childs play, there are watermarks in the paper >And the amount is embossed in most money orders. This >Cant be done very easy like you suggest. You need special >Papers and machines to do that. >jco > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Bob Shell >Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 8:14 AM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: OT - EBay Question > > >On Sep 19, 2006, at 9:55 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > > >>The western union scams are money transfers, not money orders. >>You know how hard it would be to counterfeit a money order? >>Harder than it would be worth to someone to try it. >> >> > >Not true. I just got paid on an eBay sale with an Albertson's money >order. My bank made it clear to me when I went in to deposit it that >they have had trouble with bogus money orders and advised me to wait >until it cleared through before shipping anything. With some of the >high end printers available today counterfeiting a money order would >be child's play. > >If it was my eBay sale and I had specified that I would only accept a >USPS money order and the buyer said he was mailing me some other kind >of money order, I'd just refuse delivery on the envelope when it >arrived. That way it would be returned to him at no cost to me. If >he refused to send a USPS money order, I would give the next highest >bidder a second chance offer. > >I say on my auctions that payment must be in my hands within seven >days, too, or I will relist. If payment doesn't come in, I relist >the item. I've been selling through eBay since it went into business >and am just too tired of BS customers to cut them any slack. > >Bob > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
