Mar 10, 2016, 10:21 am
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Buy MO's at Post Office[2016]
Dec 10, 2015, 12:23 am
#31
Dec 10, 2015, 3:37 am
#32
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 34
Perhaps you do not understand.
The post office is not walmart. It has its own unit to root out theft of the US mail and other crimes involving postal offices.
Investigating your purchase of money orders will give them pleasure, whether it is for illegal purposes or not.
Have coffee ready when the two armed postal investigators come to your house.
The post office is not walmart. It has its own unit to root out theft of the US mail and other crimes involving postal offices.
Investigating your purchase of money orders will give them pleasure, whether it is for illegal purposes or not.
Have coffee ready when the two armed postal investigators come to your house.
Dec 10, 2015, 11:05 am
#33
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Dec 10, 2015, 11:15 am
#34
Join Date: Jan 2015
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WHAT IF I SAY IT LOUDER? I HEARD PEOPLE THINK YOU'RE SMARTER IF YOU'RE LOUDER.
I've done over $10 000 (I can't check right now the exact amount) in the past month or so at the same office. I haven't had any issues thus far.
I've done over $10 000 (I can't check right now the exact amount) in the past month or so at the same office. I haven't had any issues thus far.
Dec 10, 2015, 11:20 am
#35
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Please report an update in ~ 6 months time if you wouldn't mind...
Dec 10, 2015, 11:43 am
#36
Join Date: Apr 2015
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I really doubt the post office cares about people buying thousands of dollars in MOs. The only thing they're worried about is fraud and money laundering so unless you're using stolen credit cards or trying to move millions of dollars I doubt they care. Obviously, this is just a guess just like every other post here.
Dec 10, 2015, 11:52 am
#37
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 441
Perhaps you do not understand.
The post office is not walmart. It has its own unit to root out theft of the US mail and other crimes involving postal offices.
Investigating your purchase of money orders will give them pleasure, whether it is for illegal purposes or not.
Have coffee ready when the two armed postal investigators come to your house.
The post office is not walmart. It has its own unit to root out theft of the US mail and other crimes involving postal offices.
Investigating your purchase of money orders will give them pleasure, whether it is for illegal purposes or not.
Have coffee ready when the two armed postal investigators come to your house.
Dec 10, 2015, 12:08 pm
#38
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 253
Perhaps you do not understand.
The post office is not walmart. It has its own unit to root out theft of the US mail and other crimes involving postal offices.
Investigating your purchase of money orders will give them pleasure, whether it is for illegal purposes or not.
Have coffee ready when the two armed postal investigators come to your house.
The post office is not walmart. It has its own unit to root out theft of the US mail and other crimes involving postal offices.
Investigating your purchase of money orders will give them pleasure, whether it is for illegal purposes or not.
Have coffee ready when the two armed postal investigators come to your house.
The purchasing of MOs-- even lots of them-- is hardly more suspicious then making lots of purchases with cash. I wouldn't say the same thing about depositing lots of MOs (especially made out to and signed by the same person), but that is quite another matter. . . .
Dec 10, 2015, 6:03 pm
#41
Join Date: Oct 2015
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Myself and my family have owned rental property for decades. We rarely let tenants pay by check, so most used either cash or MO. Therefore, before I ever got into MS, I have personally deposited thousands of dollars in MOs on a regular basis, for years on end. Other family members have done the same. The money quickly flowed out of the account too because it went straight to paying for mortgages on said rental property or to utilities on the same.
All of this is to say there is nothing unusual about buying MOs for $1k or depositing them in multiples every month. What I would say is I do raise my eyebrow, and probably so would inspectors, at some of these folks I hear doing $10k on a weekly basis. If your rental empire was that booming, you should probably have a business account rather than a personal account.
The postal inspectors are consumed with other things. They would only look at your MO deposits if there was a completely separate reason that triggered the investigation.
All of this is to say there is nothing unusual about buying MOs for $1k or depositing them in multiples every month. What I would say is I do raise my eyebrow, and probably so would inspectors, at some of these folks I hear doing $10k on a weekly basis. If your rental empire was that booming, you should probably have a business account rather than a personal account.
The postal inspectors are consumed with other things. They would only look at your MO deposits if there was a completely separate reason that triggered the investigation.
Dec 10, 2015, 10:30 pm
#42
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I may try , can you still buy Vanilla gift card in Staples store with CC? what's the fees?
Dec 12, 2015, 6:43 am
#43
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 136
I tested buying a MO at the PO with a GC and it was no problem. Even got cash back for the remaining balance. 
Serve is better, and cheaper for my needs but it's nice to have this option.
Serve is better, and cheaper for my needs but it's nice to have this option.
Dec 12, 2015, 11:32 am
#44
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 129
May have to give this a shot. My 4 emerald cards all disappeared last night so I need a new method to pick up some of the slack. Do they let you fill out the information yourself or do they have to do it for you? I'm thinking I'd just get it made out to Amex, Chase, etc. but I'd rather not give them my full account number.
Dec 12, 2015, 1:45 pm
#45
Join Date: Dec 2015
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May have to give this a shot. My 4 emerald cards all disappeared last night so I need a new method to pick up some of the slack. Do they let you fill out the information yourself or do they have to do it for you? I'm thinking I'd just get it made out to Amex, Chase, etc. but I'd rather not give them my full account number.
You have to fill it out yourself. They print out the amount and other PO identifying info, but they have never asked me who it's going to or who it's from.