11-01-2009, 04:15 PM
woah.. never heard of that before, but I can see where it's possible to fall through the cracks on mail that's not registered or certified. Have him file a claim, it's all that can be done at this point. There's no way to prove the money-order even entered a missing envelope.It's not your responsibility to insure that a payment reaches you; your obligation starts the moment you receive payment. Sorry about his luck, but that's entirely his problem at this point. That's the risk of sending out a Money Order... that someone will take it, and someone else will cash it, and it may not get to the recipient. Doesn't seem like much of a risk, but there it is, and by accepting a Money order for payment opens you to the risk that if someone else locally intercepts the MO, and is able to cash it, all evidence will show that you're trying to pull a fast one. The closest I came to that was the discovery that a neighborhood kid was raiding my mailbox, only taking all the good stuff I had ordered. I never had a problem with receiving paypal, and that's what I stick with, despite the extra costs. There's still some risk of empty envelopes on the receiving end of a shipment (either initial shipment, or receiving a return), but you'll have that risk no matter what you do.