BringHomeTheBacon
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Both Venmo and PayPal don't allow firearms transactions. Personal checks are not very secure and they can bounce and you can get hit by your bank for a returned check fee. Debit and credit cards are for dealers, merchants. This leaves money orders. Is there a PayPal-like online payment service that is trustworthy and gun-friendly both? I just received a USPS money order from a gunbroker buyer yesterday. I deposited it at my bank today and it is being held for a couple of days before the total amount of the money order becomes available to me. I read about GunBrokerPay but I don't trust it. It asks for your username and password to your online banking to link a checking account with it. No, I don't want anything to do with it. GunBrokerPay is only good for GunBroker.com anyway.
Money orders are time-consuming and some buyers complain about having to pay with them. People complain about having to wait in line at the post office to buy one. I had to wait 20 minutes in line this afternoon to deposit my buyer's money order because the ATM won't accept money orders for deposit. The bank teller told me that these money orders are printed in such a way that ATM's can't read the dollar amount of them like an ordinary check. I can't deposit MoneyGram money orders at my ATM also. The money order industry doesn't make their paper products ATM-readable. My bank put my money order on hold. I was told the funds might be available in full tomorrow or Tuesday because Monday is a holiday. I have to explain these hang-ups to my gun buyers via email. I won't dare ship a gun out until I have secured the buyer's money in full.
There must be a smart, fast, convenient and secure way to do online gun transactions.
Money orders are time-consuming and some buyers complain about having to pay with them. People complain about having to wait in line at the post office to buy one. I had to wait 20 minutes in line this afternoon to deposit my buyer's money order because the ATM won't accept money orders for deposit. The bank teller told me that these money orders are printed in such a way that ATM's can't read the dollar amount of them like an ordinary check. I can't deposit MoneyGram money orders at my ATM also. The money order industry doesn't make their paper products ATM-readable. My bank put my money order on hold. I was told the funds might be available in full tomorrow or Tuesday because Monday is a holiday. I have to explain these hang-ups to my gun buyers via email. I won't dare ship a gun out until I have secured the buyer's money in full.
There must be a smart, fast, convenient and secure way to do online gun transactions.
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