There is something worse than a USPS money order:
A “Seven-Eleven” money order!
There is hardly any retailer going to cash those things.
Take them to your bank..simple!
My bank wouldn’t accept the USPS money order. I even suggested letting it ‘clear’ before making funds available to me.
Nope - according to my bank manager, the USPS has a bad habit of paying out on money orders...and coming back weeks later, saying ‘whoops’ that was counterfeit, we need the money back.
But my biggest complaint is....not even the USPS would honor their money orders. It was for around $800. And it took me 3 days of calling and driving around to find an office with that much cash on hand. Any other business would have done something to make it happen - draw extra money for their drawers, give me a pre-paid VISA card, paid out half and issue me a new money order for the difference, something. Instead they acted like it was my fault, and I was the foolish one for ever accepting such a large money order.