Why not just use a service such as paypal? Much less drama and risk.... Rick Buell From:"Jane McGary" <janemcgary@earthlink.net> date:///Tue/, Sep 29, 2015 at 8:33 PM Subject:Re: [pbs] sending money in the mail Worse yet, the US Post Office's recently upgraded computer system now tells the clerk that it is prohibited to send plants AND SEEDS to the UK. However, the clerk has to input the particular designation of the enclosure to trigger these messages. If you fold your two $20 bills into your letter or order form, which are documents, and state that the enclosure is "documents," you are not lying, are you? When a friend's husband recently tried to mail her "seeds" donation to the AGS, the officious clerk refused the packet. She contacted an AGS person who told her to "try a different post office." I suggested labeling it "botanical materials," and that is not lying either, but it's probably not on the PO computer. No, I am not a lawyer, but I have studied philosophy of language and am always glad to cast a maxim or two at officialdom. Jane M. On 9/29/2015 5:02 PM, penstemon wrote: > > Well, it is bulb related, since the money I was planning to send was for bulbs. Overseas, which makes a difference. > (I needed to send some extra money since the bank charges for my check were higher than usual.) > Can’t find anything about Priority International Express, but USPS Publication 141, relating to Global International Express, prohibited items, number 15, currency and cash. (You can’t send disinterred corpses either.) > Apparently the simplest thing is a wire transfer (costs extra, but whatever), which I have never done, preferring to send a check instead. > Bob Nold > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/