if so, how did it turn out?

this happened to my tenants. they do have the receipts, but i don't think they were filled out when they purchased them.

course of action, tww?

9/29/2012 9:04:57 PM

kill them

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9/29/2012 9:08:12 PM

9/29/2012 9:09:00 PM

doesn't matter if they were filled out at purchase - it's like $25 or something to call up the issuing company and have them send another.

9/29/2012 9:10:16 PM

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"this happened to my tenants"

9/29/2012 9:22:53 PM

^pretty valiant troll effort, but the story is true. however, it's almost equally my problem, because i need that money. it's my understanding the process can take forever.

9/29/2012 9:29:42 PM

They use every excuse in the book to buy time.

They need to call the company to cancel the money order. They have to have the Money Order Number, Date, Time, and Place of Purchase.

Then they have to wait like 1-6 weeks for a reissue.

9/29/2012 9:30:27 PM

ever had a money order lost in the mail.....on weed??

9/29/2012 9:30:46 PM

^^^ did they send you the money order receipt or something? receipt for mailing too?

why the hell didn't they just write a check like normal people?

9/29/2012 9:31:56 PM

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"did they send you the money order receipt or something? receipt for mailing too?"

when you buy a MO, you fill it out and it has 2 carbon copies you're supposed to retain for your records.

It has instruction for lost/stolen MO on it.


People use money orders because you pay cash in advance to purchase them. The person receiving a money order doesn't have to worry about a Money Order bouncing because it's already paid for.

It is a substitute for sending cash through the mail because it has that 1 degree more worth of protection. Only the person who's name is on the check can cash it so if someone steals it, it is virtually no good.

9/29/2012 9:37:25 PM

USPS money orders haven't come with carbons for many years. There's the MO itself and a stub that you fill out separately.

9/29/2012 10:02:47 PM

My money is on they cashed the mo themselves

9/29/2012 10:05:27 PM

Money orders are for poor people who bounce checks.

Congrats on being a slumlord.

9/29/2012 10:31:49 PM

^I bounce checks like you on the basketball court

9/29/2012 10:34:47 PM

Oh yah? that ain't nothin'.... I bounce czechs like this

9/29/2012 11:23:26 PM

lol

9/29/2012 11:55:41 PM

I have had rent checks lost in the mail from my tenants, had one arrive 60 days after it was mailed once, by that time I had gone and picked up another check from them.

They should have sent it with tracking...a priority mail envelope is like 4.95 to send if you print the label online and its free tracking.

I personally would never trust mailing certified funds without tracking, too much shit goes wrong with the mail.

9/30/2012 12:36:41 AM

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"They should have sent it with tracking...a priority mail envelope is like 4.95 to send if you print the label online and its free tracking."

Last time I used USPS delivery tracking it was 85 cents. Green label.

9/30/2012 1:14:23 AM

they already cashed it. next time get tenants that can pass a credit check.

9/30/2012 1:46:18 AM

^^ its free online, or get the green label at the PO either way its cheaper than replacing a MO with no proof it was lost.

9/30/2012 7:53:31 AM

The key is to not accept a money order as rent.

9/30/2012 7:58:11 AM

they spent the rent on hookers and blow

9/30/2012 9:20:35 AM

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"The key is to not accept a money order as rent."

i'd much rather have a money order than a check. money orders don't bounce. they could claim the check was "lost in the mail" just as easily.

[Edited on September 30, 2012 at 9:27 AM. Reason : adfs]

9/30/2012 9:26:42 AM

^money orders printed in Nigeria bounce

9/30/2012 9:29:09 AM

^^if a check is "lost in the mail", you tell them to write another check because it doesn't cost them anything. a money order is technically money that's already spent, so it's hard to tell them to just cough up another month's rent.

9/30/2012 10:29:33 AM

^ This.

9/30/2012 11:42:19 AM

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"so it's hard to tell them to just cough up another month's rent"

maybe for you

9/30/2012 12:31:17 PM

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"if a check is "lost in the mail", you tell them to write another check because it doesn't cost them anything. a money order is technically money that's already spent, so it's hard to tell them to just cough up another month's rent."

If they have the money orders and a receipt for the money orders with a delivery tracking on it, there should be no problem.

As a landlord, you should have enough money to cover their rent until the situation gets sorted out.

If you find out that were lying, then you charge them extra.

If they can't afford the extra you charge, then they shouldn't be renting your house, they need to either get more income or go to a house more affordable.

Responsibility is a bitch.

9/30/2012 1:08:22 PM

They have to go to where they got the money order from and sign a loss affadavit, which also has to be notarized I believe. There is a waiting period and then the money order can be replaced.


In the mean time they are behind on rent...this is not your problem its theirs, they need to figure out how to pay you.

10/1/2012 8:56:34 PM

i'm just posting to move this out from between my locked topics

10/1/2012 9:06:36 PM