Re: T shirt Price Info

Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>
> On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Robert Hailman wrote:
>
> > Adrian Morgan wrote:
> > >
> > > > And, above all, what is a money order?
> > >
> > > I have no idea.
> >
> > I never thought a money order was so unknown outside of North America.
> >
> > I've never used one, so I'm not entirely sure, but basically what a
> > money order is is a certificate that says that the person who's name is
> > on the money order can redeem an amount of money as stated on the order.
> > The difference between this and a check is that a money order is paid in
> > advance, not when the check is cashed.
>
> Heck, I've lived in the U.S. half my life and I've still never seen one.
> They were just those mythical things mentioned on TV when they were
> trying to get you to order things.  But then, my parents come from Korea,
> which is extremely cash-based (if you pull out the equivalent of $500 to
> buy something in a store no one will look at you funny, though you do
> have to be careful about carrying that much money on you) and probably
> never had reason to use a money order, what with credit cards and all.
I done seen 'em, but I've never used one - they're only for the rare
situation where you don't want to risk spending all your money between
the time you write a check and the time you send it, and cash isn't a
possibility.

I like cash - I bought my electric guitar and amp with cash, and that
was like $1800 altogether.

> I use a debit card myself.  It feels much safer...and I'm already enough
> in debt to the federal government.  I *hate* being in debt.  I see no
> reason to put myself further in debt just yet.
I have a debit card, but it's on it's own account which only has $6 on
it - I pay for everything with cash, but then again I don't make too
many purchases where cash isn't a viable option.

> But yes--I can see how people wouldn't know what a money order is, since
> I barely do myself.
I barely know what they are either - I would've thought that people
outside of N. America would know what they are at least, but evidently
they don't even *exist* elsewhere.

--
Robert