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BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Sent me a couple hundred dollars cash tossed in a box via USPS during holiday without insurance or delivery confirmation of any sort that I got it or not imageimageimageimage
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    SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,278 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Too late now but I kinda liked the idea. image

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    curlycurly Posts: 2,880 ✭


    I would. I would also tell him not to do it again.
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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Too late now but I kinda liked the idea. image >>



    I don't have the heart to make him sweat... But did just post here instead of letting him know via PM that I got it! image
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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I would. I would also tell him not to do it again. >>



    curly, I just about fell over when I saw there was nothing but postage on the box.

    I haven't been to the post office since last Saturday so it's most likely been sitting there for days.
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    lcoopielcoopie Posts: 8,875 ✭✭✭✭✭
    if you are sending to an honest person,
    then self insurance may make sense.
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    WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Can you insure cash?
    Good for you.
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    Classof67Classof67 Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭
    Well, at least money in a box beats a sharp stick in the eye!image
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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I do it all the time, self insured, when dealing with a friendly, reliable source. Why would you care, as the seller? It's the buyer's risk entirely.
    Lance.
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    pakasmompakasmom Posts: 1,920 ✭
    I wanna know what YOU had for sale, that was only a couple of hundred bucks? image
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    ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I wanna know what YOU had for sale, that was only a couple of hundred bucks? image >>



    I Agree, Error , Token, Lure?
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    erickso1erickso1 Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭
    I would repackage it w/ more cash and return to sender. Get them back real good. image
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    CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Out him!!!

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    mozeppamozeppa Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭
    please ...would everyone here each send me only (1) one hundred dollar bill in an envelope , i'm not greedy.
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    stealerstealer Posts: 4,044 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Can you insure cash? >>


    Yes, cash is insurable up to the exact dollar amount I believe
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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Well, at least money in a box beats a sharp stick in the eye!image >>



    imageimageimageimage
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,844 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Who was it? I'd like to sell him an expensive coin........for cash, of course.image

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    WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 7,089 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Obviously it bothers you more than him. So I will ask another question, would it bother you more if you did not get paid ???

    Its his problem if you do not so so do not sweat it.

    WS
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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Can you insure cash? >>


    Yes, cash is insurable up to the exact dollar amount I believe >>

    I don't think this is correct. But I haven't looked into it lately.
    Lance.
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    JamesMurrayJamesMurray Posts: 4,036 ✭


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    << <i>Can you insure cash? >>


    Yes, cash is insurable up to the exact dollar amount I believe >>

    I don't think this is correct. But I haven't looked into it lately.
    Lance. >>



    I don't thnk it's correct either , ive been told once in the past i can not send cash in the mail by a USPS employee or i shouldnt because it's not insured or wont be.
    I struggle to see the point of the thread , if someone trusted me enough to send funds without heavily tracking etc i doubt id be looking to make that person feel foolish for having trusted me,perhaps they were.
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    CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bad idea by the sender! Had the parcel been lost, it would have been a very uncomfortable
    situation for both parties.
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    melvin289melvin289 Posts: 3,019 ✭


    << <i>please ...would everyone here each send me only (1) one hundred dollar bill in an envelope , i'm not greedy. >>



    I'm not this greedy, everyone please send me $2 and I will personally send you my recipe for ice water.

    Ron

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    LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No you can not insure a cash shipment is expressly a no insurance item.

    But if I was buying from the OP I would feel about as save sending cash to him as sending a check.

    Sorry but some guys are know to be in the circle.image


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    Dice21Dice21 Posts: 448
    I think you are going to see more of that.............
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    RampageRampage Posts: 9,699 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No, you cannot insure cash at all. I would have stashed it in a used book or something and insured the book for $200, since the book was most likely some out of print rarity.
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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Bad idea by the sender! Had the parcel been lost, it would have been a very uncomfortable situation for both parties. >>

    Why would it have been uncomfortable for the seller?

    If honest, known parties are involved then this is no different from paying a dealer cash at a show. Except, of course, for the very small possibility the envelope is lost.

    If the two are untrusting strangers then okay, it would be awkward. In that case, the buyer deserves a slap in the head.
    Lance.
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    BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Insurance costs something. The time it takes to get a money order costs something. The fees from wires or Paypal transfers cost something. For some people, especially some people on this forum, a couple hundred bucks to them is no more signigicant than a handful of change from Starbucks to the rest of us. If you make a few thousand per day, why not accept the miniscule risk of losing a piece of mail once in a blue moon? My guess is that it just really wasn't all that important to whoever sent it, otherwise he would have send the funds in a different manner.
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    illini420illini420 Posts: 11,707 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Seems much safer to just turn that cash into a USPS Money Order (or multiple money orders if over $1000).

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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,292 ✭✭✭✭✭
    never should on yourself, it could stain your shews.

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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,414 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry, dude. I didn't mean to do that. I even put the wrong return address on there. Return it to my correct address, please. image

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Always something new here on the forum.... Cheers, RickO
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,730 ✭✭✭✭✭
    whats wrong with a cashiers check? thats not to kosher sending cash like that
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    coinman23885coinman23885 Posts: 1,126


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    << <i>Can you insure cash? >>


    Yes, cash is insurable up to the exact dollar amount I believe >>

    I don't think this is correct. But I haven't looked into it lately.
    Lance. >>



    Why would you even want to insure cash? A Postal money order is cheaper (and relatively safe).
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    coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,781 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Too late now but I kinda liked the idea. image >>








    LMAO image


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    LowBudgetLowBudget Posts: 383 ✭✭
    forward it to me, Ill break the news to him
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    fiveNdimefiveNdime Posts: 1,088 ✭✭
    it's always a suprise to open well concealed cash.

    this one doesnt sound to concealed.



    i've gotten cash placed in a book and a magazine before.




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    << <i>please ...would everyone here each send me only (1) one hundred dollar bill in an envelope , i'm not greedy. >>



    I'm not this greedy, everyone please send me $2 and I will personally send you my recipe for ice water.
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    for the $3, i'll send a recipe for dihydrogen monoxide. it's deadly!
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