Talk:Money order
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[edit] history
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- The money order system was first formally established in Great Britain in 1792, by a private company. It didn't do very well, and in the mid-1830s the system was taken over by the post office. The trend caught on in the U.S. as a safe way to send money and as a guarantee that the money would be available. [1]
--Can Not 20:57, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone know the typical tracking features of Money orders and how they work?
[edit] Proposed merge
I propose that we merge international money order with this article as their does not seem to be sufficient differences in the international vs. standard money orders to warrant a separate article. --Cab88 15:29, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
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international money orders and money orders are two very different things. money orders cant go anywere out of the US, international money orders are made to go out of the US.
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ln section within the article and the difference between the two is made crystal clear!
International Money Orders can be very expensive to cash in other countries (up to $50 US). This fee should be mentioned on this page so as not to mislead others to send money abroad where its recipient will be forced to pay a large sum for its cashing. __________________________________________________________________________________
i searched for money order, if i wanted an international money order i searched for that. So no merge, i suggest.
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i agree they are very different things and one could search for either that he wanted. __________________________________________________________________________________
I'm for the merge. They're effectively the same thing, and there's insufficient content here to warrant a separate article. The best thing to do would be to merge and leave behind a redirect-- then people find the right information regardless of their search terms. Eric 23:34, 3 April 2006 (UTC) __________________________________________________________________________________
The current 'Money Order' page is VERY US-centric. It is basically saying a Money Order is a US thing, and all other (and International) money orders are something different (eg the footnote on India). I think we need a generic (international) description of what a Money Order is, with details of the local differences in national systems and the nature of an 'international' money order. (Mark Carden 7 April 2006)
I agree about the US-centerness. Using the phrase "a regular money order" for the U.S. one is really funny (In section International Money Order): it is regular only for the people living in the U.S.
The same kind of money order as in India exists also in Russia. I suppose there are more than two countries using this kind of money order, so the description really calls for improvement. __________________________________________________________________________________
Okay, here's my 2 cents, we could have a supertopic, "Money Order", which would not be the International Money Order page, but would include US, India, Japan, Russia, and specific information thereunto pertaining. I agree this page is US-centric, and we can't expect only US people to have their own page, without referring to it as such, so I say re-organize this page to start the _idea_ of money order, then section it off by country and other information (counterfeiting, history, etc.). What do you think? Rhetth 01:22, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Who signs?
I got a money order for me from a relative, but it was unsigned. I began to fill it out (for example, putting my name into the To: portion, and began to sign the lower right signature part as well, but stopped after putting my first name in because the money order resembled a check, which the originator of the funds signs, rather than the recipient. Who signs a money order? LeoO3 21:05, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
