Re: T shirt Price Info

Adrian Morgan wrote:
>
> Mangiat wrote:
>
> > Excuse me if I'm completely ignorant of economic subjects (darnit,
> > every time I see the word 'Nasdaq' I think: 'wow, what a wonderful
> > word! I should buy an Eskimo grammar!'), but if I want to pay the
> > t-shirt with a cheque, what should I do? Can I use the cheques of an
> > Italian bank? If yes, can I write thereover the price in Dollars or
> > should I in the corresponding Lire?
>
> The procedure is: you go to your local bank, tell them that you need
> to write a cheque for American dollars, and then _they_ will write it
> for you.
>
> There is a hefty service fee ($A15 over here) for that, and there are
> cheaper ways to do it, but in my case those 'other ways' mean getting my
> parents involved and I would much rather buy the T-shirt autonomously.
>
> > 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.

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Robert