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Message no. 1
From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: Order Stuff (Re: SR Future Products and Such)
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 01:48:54 EDT
In a message dated 8/16/1999 6:06:56 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
cpenta@*****.com writes:

>
> > Can't you get a parent to order them for you from amazon or fasa?
>
> Maybe. Except for the fact that, well....my parents have begun to
> show...disapproval of my RPG habit. So I giotta pay with my own cash. And
> both
> require either: A. A checking account or B. A credit card. I have neither.

John, try giving them the cash and asking them to do it for you. Take the
initiative and show them that you are sincere about this, but at the same
time, not a scarey fanatic. If they begin to have a more solid problem, ASK
them to talk about it with you in a civil, intelligent, manner sometime. I
*KNOW* you are intelligent, now just prove it to them.

-K (who really feels for people who have a hard time talking with their
parents)
Message no. 2
From: Mad Hamish h_laws@**********.utas.edu.au
Subject: Order Stuff (Re: SR Future Products and Such)
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 15:58:46 +1000
At 01:48 17/08/99 EDT, Ereskanti@***.com wrote:
>In a message dated 8/16/1999 6:06:56 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
>cpenta@*****.com writes:
>
>>
>> > Can't you get a parent to order them for you from amazon or fasa?
>>
>> Maybe. Except for the fact that, well....my parents have begun to
>> show...disapproval of my RPG habit. So I giotta pay with my own cash. And
>> both
>> require either: A. A checking account or B. A credit card. I have neither.
>
>John, try giving them the cash and asking them to do it for you. Take the
>initiative and show them that you are sincere about this, but at the same
>time, not a scarey fanatic.

and if that doesn't work bank cheques or money orders work....
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Hamish Laws
h_laws@**********.utas.edu.au
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Message no. 3
From: Penta cpenta@*****.com
Subject: Order Stuff (Re: SR Future Products and Such)
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 17:40:35 -0700
Mad Hamish wrote:

> >John, try giving them the cash and asking them to do it for you. Take the
> >initiative and show them that you are sincere about this, but at the same
> >time, not a scarey fanatic.
>
> and if that doesn't work bank cheques or money orders work....

Actually, no. I'm under 18. In the US, if you're under 18, parents have to sign
checks. Money orders these days are largely done with credit cards, too, at least
from what I've seen.

John
Message no. 4
From: Arcady arcady@***.net
Subject: Order Stuff (Re: SR Future Products and Such)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 14:53:27 +700
>> and if that doesn't work bank cheques or money orders work....
>
>Actually, no. I'm under 18. In the US, if you're under 18, parents have to
sign
>checks. Money orders these days are largely done with credit cards, too, at
least
>from what I've seen.

Go down to a US post office and ask for a money order for $X. Then give them
$X and 80 cents in cash. No ID needed, no signatures, no excuses, no whatever.
If you need to send outside the US get an international money order in the same
way save that the 80 cents part is a little bit higher.

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Message no. 5
From: runnerpaul@*****.com runnerpaul@*****.com
Subject: Order Stuff (Re: SR Future Products and Such)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 18:30:50 -0400 (EDT)
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At 05:40 PM 9/7/99 -0700, Penta wrote:
:Money orders these days are largely done with credit cards, too, at
:least from what I've seen.

I'd love to know who's issuing money orders from credit card, because
I was under the strong impression that that's something that's Just
Not Done in the money order industry.

Every single establishment that I've seen that issues money orders
absolutely refuse to take payment by check or credit card. They only
issue a money order if you give them payment in cash, though some
places do accept direct electronic transfer by Automatic Teller Debit
Card. They will not accept check or credit card because those are a
higher risk for fraud.

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Message no. 6
From: lomion lomion@*********.escnd1.sdca.home.com
Subject: Order Stuff (Re: SR Future Products and Such)
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 17:51:10 -0700
At 06:30 PM 9/7/99 -0400, you wrote:
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>
>At 05:40 PM 9/7/99 -0700, Penta wrote:
>:Money orders these days are largely done with credit cards, too, at
>:least from what I've seen.
>
>I'd love to know who's issuing money orders from credit card, because
>I was under the strong impression that that's something that's Just
>Not Done in the money order industry.

Many CC companies have checks you can write out drawn off your CC. Maybe
that's what is being refferred to?



>Every single establishment that I've seen that issues money orders
>absolutely refuse to take payment by check or credit card. They only
>issue a money order if you give them payment in cash, though some
>places do accept direct electronic transfer by Automatic Teller Debit
>Card. They will not accept check or credit card because those are a
>higher risk for fraud.

True US post office charges 85 cents for a money order, limit is $700.00 US
per money order.

Also many banks will be able to cut either a Cashier's check or a Bank
Draft for x amount, they need to know who it is to and you have to goto the
bank and get it from a teller tho.
Message no. 7
From: Mad Hamish h_laws@**********.utas.edu.au
Subject: Order Stuff (Re: SR Future Products and Such)
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 13:35:12 +1000
At 17:40 7/09/99 -0700, Penta wrote:
>Mad Hamish wrote:
>
>> >John, try giving them the cash and asking them to do it for you. Take the
>> >initiative and show them that you are sincere about this, but at the same
>> >time, not a scarey fanatic.
>>
>> and if that doesn't work bank cheques or money orders work....
>
>Actually, no. I'm under 18. In the US, if you're under 18, parents have to
sign
>checks.

Bank cheques are when you make a withdrawal from the bank as a cheque.

> Money orders these days are largely done with credit cards, too, at least
>from what I've seen.

Largely but you can presumably still get paper money orders. I know I order
stuff from American sources with an American Express money order in $US
--
****************************************************************************
The Politician's Slogan
'You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all
of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Fortunately only a simple majority is required.'
****************************************************************************

Mad Hamish

Hamish Laws
h_laws@**********.utas.edu.au
h_laws@******.net.au
Message no. 8
From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: Order Stuff (Re: SR Future Products and Such)
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 13:29:49 EDT
In a message dated 9/7/1999 4:41:22 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
cpenta@*****.com writes:

> Actually, no. I'm under 18. In the US, if you're under 18, parents have to
> sign
> checks. Money orders these days are largely done with credit cards, too,
at
> least
> from what I've seen.

Do you have a "Seven Eleven" or "Village Pantry" or similar store.
Even
larger grocery stores that have "customer service desks" have the ability to
get Money Orders. And they don't ask for ID and the like here at least, as
long as you give them the money, they don't really care where the check is
going.

Now admittedly, where you are at may have different restrictions than we have
here, but I'd think there are *always* options.

-K
Message no. 9
From: Anders Swenson anders@**********.com
Subject: Order Stuff (Re: SR Future Products and Such)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:46:13 -0700
>
> Largely but you can presumably still get paper money orders. I know I
order
> stuff from American sources with an American Express money order in $US

Money orders (paper) are easily available in the USA for down to 29 cents.

If anybody out there wants to barter game stuff, email me privately --Anders

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