Ok, stupid question.... but....

SarahNeedle1872

how do Postal Orders work? I've got some stuff on eBay, and someone wants to send me a Postal Order..... now I've heard of them, but have no clue how they work!
Can someone please enlighten me

Sarah x

immoral_angeluk

well if you're sent an uncrossed postal order you can cash it at any post office... if it's crossed you need to bank it and is like a cheque.

doodledo_2

Like Sar said its either cash if uncrossed or just pay it in if crossed. No charges either way the ones sending them get charged by the Post Office.

foreign_correspondent

simple!...they go to post office, hand over the amount of cash they want a Postal Order for, (eg. a fiver), post office gives them a Postal Order to that amount, they post it to you, you pop into Post office with it, post office takes it from you and gives you the cash!

SarahNeedle1872

Is there any extra charge for me? Or do I just swap it at the PO for the equal amount of cash? And I'm guessing if I have to put it in the bank, it just clears like a normal cheque?

Sarah x

SarahNeedle1872

Crossed posts! Thanks guys...... God I'm dense!

immoral_angeluk

SarahNeedle1872 wrote: »

Is there any extra charge for me? Or do I just swap it at the PO for the equal amount of cash? And I'm guessing if I have to put it in the bank, it just clears like a normal cheque?

Sarah x

NO charge to you... the person buying it pays and stupidly high charge when they get it :rolleyes:
Yep, exact right about the cheque.