CHAT: Money orders (Was: Re: T shirt Price Info)

On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 10:10:24PM -0400, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Robert Hailman wrote:
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> > 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.
>
> Sure don't exist in South Korea.  I wonder when the U.S. came up with them?
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Umm, excuse me. They sure *do* exist in Malaysia... I learned about money
orders in high school!! We usually use money orders when transferring
large amounts of money physically, as cash is too cumbersome to keep track
of and too attractive for thieves (money orders are easier to keep out of
sight and out of mind since you don't have to keep big piles of paper
money and coins for the exact amount).


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