Doonagoowin

I sent the money order to Team Blue Star on Tuesday, July 8, and they still haven't received it.
It's already been about a week, and they still haven't received it.
I'm not sure where the money order number is, so I can rebuttal on Ebay.
I contacted TBS and hopefully they'll get back to me before taking further action.
Is there anything I can do?

sparko

My Feedback: (1)

It's only been 6 days, with 2 of those 6 being a weekend. I'd chill out. Sometimes the USPS are pretty damn slow.

Druss

From where to where and what service did you use? 4 business days is long if you sent it overnight... not so long if you sent it regular letter.

sheograth

Sometimes it can take that long.

Doonagoowin

Ok TBS replied. They'll give me a few more days until they send a No Payment Strike to ebay

sheograth

If possible always pay with PayPal. It's instant, trackable, fully transparent, full paper trail, no arguments about it. No seller can ever claim you didn't pay. A money order is as shady as sending cash.

Doonagoowin

It's hard to do that when I have no credit card.
I've always tried to convince my parents, but they don't trust buying stuff on the internet at all.
C-Los, a member here, said Wal-Mart or something had these renewable credit cards. We're not sure if you can use it for these transactions though.
Any idea?

sheograth

You can. If you buy one of those prepaid mastercard / visa debit things, they have a normal number you can use for any transaction. So even if you dont use paypal, you have some protection. Ideally you can convince your parents about PayPal. Thing is, if you attach a credit card to the PayPal account, ONLY PayPal has that info, you're not giving it out to random people and businesses. It's incredibly safe and secure.

Doonagoowin

Ok, I'll try to convince them some more.
If all else fails, I'll look into the prepaid credit cards. They're not wired to any bank accounts right? Works just like a gift card?

sheograth

Correct. They work like gift cards that are accepted anywhere credit cards are because they are processed the same way. Think of it as a debit card linked to a temporary account.

mojavemonster

I had a similar issue with a money order. Mine was returned and a friend told me about the prepaid credit card too. It works great. Mine is visa and the account can be managed at Netspend.com . The sight will also tell you where the nearest refill station is. For me it's Vons Grociery store. The card cost like $10 when you first get it and there is a $5 charge each time you add money. I usually add about $200 at a time so $5 aint nothin.

I've had credit cards before and had troubles. This is the way to go in my oppinion.