sending money in the mail

Jane McGary janemcgary@earthlink.net
Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:33:03 PDT
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
>

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