how do postal orders work?

Answer 1

You go to the post office and buy one, handing them the money for the amount of postal order you want...plus a bit more for the pleasure, then you send it to someone and they take it to the post office and are given the amout the postal order is for.
Found out the other day though that you can get the order 'crossed' so that it can only be paid out for at a bank.

Answer 2

How Do Postal Orders Work

Answer 3

you want to send a quid through the post. You buy a postal order made out for a quid (from the post office) - but it costs you maybe £1.15.

you send the postal order to the recipient

The recipient puts the postal order in their bank like a cheque. They are £1 up, you are £1.15 down. The difference is the fee.

Answer 4

I'm not sure what you're asking, but you buy postal orders to the value of whatever it is you want to send, the post office will add a charge too, then you write on them who you are sending them too, you tear off the little stub bit and keep it, and send the big bit off to whoever you need to send it too, to cash a postal order, I think you can either take it to a post office or a bank. Hope this answers your question. :)

Answer 5

postal order and money order are two different things ....

what most people are telling here are money order ...

what I understand with postal order is that its a a kind of prepaid method for some one to reply to your mail using the postal order's stamp

Answer 6

You cash a postal order at the post office! and ive cashed a postal order without Identification but 2 b on the safe side i would take some ! xx

Answer 7

They work like checks except ya buy em at the Post Office.

Answer 8

There's no such thing as a money order in England, so if you're English (guessing you are, seen as I'm on UK&Ireland only)
ignore that dude above me :)
The others are right.

Answer 9

in the same way of cheques except its a guaranteed payment