If anything has been learned in the last ten years,
I swear that the more computers are used , the more people are going backwards on the evolutionary scale.

11 years ago if you wanted to return something,
you brought the item in , they checked it for abuse and sometimes they made you sign a paper, mostly not ,
then
you left with your money .

not so these days,

the guy at the post office had to call four other people on the land line

, they had to consult something and then all five had to ask the computer very nicely,
in a very specific way to please
let me return a money order.

25 minutes of bowing down to a machine .

If it didn't happen four times out of five, I would not bring it up. but ,
Cheese and Rice ! it gets old.

This is a money order. That's different from merchandise. Given how easily it could be forged, I can see the computer scrutiny.

That's the post office.

If I want to return something these days, I print the prepaid label, slap it on the box, drop the box at a UPS store, and Amazon refunds my money before I get home.

I suggest quit buying money orders that you'll have to return for a refund.

Money orders are still a thing?

What for?



No wonder they had to use a landline - they had to call 1982 to find out what a money order is??

because people don't want you to send cash through the mail.

quote:

Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
Money orders are still a thing?

What for?



No wonder they had to use a landline - they had to call 1982 to find out what a money order is??

They have a special rotary phone in the back, that only people over 40 understand.

Return a money order? Why?

Just deposit it in your bank...

post office: 1/2 mile
bank: 22 miles round trip

quote:

Originally posted by arcwelder76:
They have a special rotary phone in the back, that only people over 40 understand.

quote:

Originally posted by bendable:
because people don't want you to send cash through the mail.

Cash?

Mail?



<Hope you know I'm just messing with you, although I don't remember the last time I used a money order or mailed someone a payment using snail mail. I have more cash in my wallet right now than I remember having in a long time. My daughter wanted to order something online and gave me $60 in cash for me to order it for her. That $60 will probably last me til the end of the year! I just do almost everything online or with electronic payments. I wouldn't buy something that required a money order unless it was something very unique that couldn't be obtained any other way...Not that there's anything wrong with cash, mail or money orders, whatever floats your boat!!>

no biggie ,
even Judge Judy claims that absolutely no one uses money orders anymore.