[frankbmd]

A well-known respected forum member on the east coast sent me a money order issued by a respected well-known national drug store chain as payment.

I was in California at the time, where the local respected well-known national drug store chain looked at the money order like it was a fossil from a foreign archaeological dig. They wouldn’t cash it.

I carried the MO with me to Wisconsin (as part of our annual migration during the “snowbird” years) a couple of weeks later, where the respected well-known drug store chain did not exist. There I took it to my bank where it was simply deposited or cashed it without difficulty.

The well-known respected forum member on the east coast is still a respected forum member and hobby friend (Hi STEVE). The respected well-known national drug store chain has not seen one of my dimes or dollars since (Hi CVS).