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Postal order help please...?

Hey, I wanted an item of ebay and I want to buy the item using postal orders. The item is £23.50 and P+P is £2.50 so that's £26 will that be all I have to pay? I have no idea what I need to do. What does the seller need to do? I'm so confused on it never done this stuff before. Please can someone help me on it. Step by step. The seller has gave me address but I don't know what to do from there. Please help.

Thanks :)

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  • !
    Lv 7
    10 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Ask the seller to whom the postal order should be made payable (ie the payee).

    Go to the Post Office and buy a postal order for £26, payable to whoever the seller has confirmed is the payee. You'll pay a fee of about £3 for this, so just over £29 in total.

    Keep the receipt until the seller has dispatched the goods - if the postal order goes astray, you can use this to claim.

    A postal order is as good as cash once it has been paid in to the seller's bank account, so the item should be sent off pretty quickly.

  • 10 years ago

    yes just buy a £26 postal order from the post office and tell the seller on the ebay message service that this includes p&p and post it to the sellers adress and they should post the item once they have recieved the postal order.

  • 10 years ago

    Don't forget you will have to pay the postal order fee over the counter at the post office - check the website to see how much the fee will be but be prepared postal orders are expensive.

  • 10 years ago

    Go to the Post Office to purchase your postal order. It will cost you £26 plus a fee of £3.25, so that's £29.25. Send it to your seller who can go to his post office and cash the postal order. He will receive the £26. If you "cross" the postal order (with two vertical parallel lines) the seller will have to pay it into his bank account which might mean you have to wait a little longer to receive your goods.

    Source(s): Post Office website
  • 10 years ago

    Go to the post office and buy the postal order, it'll cost at least £2.60, get it crossede, either let the person behind the counter fill in the payee or do this yourself, write your name and address on the back and post it...this is all you need to do...keep proof of posting..it is an expensive but relatively safe way of sending money.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    you could positioned it directly right into a monetary business enterprise account such as you may a cheque or take it to a submit place of work, you will pick identity if the cost of the order is over £50, driving licence, or passport will do, in case you do not have the two you will pick 2 products of evidence of identity

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