Talk:Postal Orders of Great Britain

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Postal orders are now becoming increasingly popular as a form of payment, thanks to the auction websites such as eBay, and it is much safer than paying by cheque.

Quicker, yes, and I suspect that's a big reason behind the PO's relative resurgence... but why safer? Given that most POs are uncrossed, anyone intercepting one can simply cash it and spend it themselves, which is not the case with cheques. And even with a crossed PO, I don't see why it's safer than sending a crossed cheque. Loganberry (Talk) 04:05, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Safer for the seller, as it cannout bounce like a cheque might. boffy_b 16:44, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

Disagree The Postal Orders article is about Postal Orders in general but the Postal Orders of Great Britain is specific to that country and if expanded can be a great article in its own right, just like the Postal Orders of Ireland already is. It would a waste of time to merge and then have to de-merge later. If the merge should take place then the logic is that you should also merge the Postal Orders of Ireland into the general article too. I don't think there is any viability in that. ww2censor 14:24, 3 October 2006 (UTC)