TADCPDAJD@aol.com wrote:
> I don't know about now, but a couple of years ago, the USPS MO-to-UK process
> was: pay for the MO, give the PO all your data, they send the data to St.
> Louis, and several weeks later someone in St. Louis would send the MO to the UK.
> I did that only once. On a couple of other occasions, I bought Pounds
> Sterling from my bank (SunTrust), and sent them tightly wrapped and registered to the
> UK. I believe there is a USPS strong suggestion to avoid sending cash
> through the mail, but it has worked so far.
If the noises to put RFID chips in paper currency ever get implemented, that's another reason not to send cash in the mail. Imagine some ambitious postal or customs worker gets hold of an RFID scanner and waves it over the mail being processed -- "Says there's 50 quid in this one; lets have a look!" Or even pickpockets... "Wow, this guys carrying quite a wad, lets boost his wallet!"
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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA