Was wondering about something here.

Never seen any mention of money orders.  Not sure MO's are any safer than cash unless they are filled out with someone's real name.  That would entail the provider telling you her real name ahead of time, and I'm not sure many would want to do that.  

Swim,

that carrying around a blank money order would be no safer than carrying cash.

(I will probably use MO to renew TER when my VIP starts to run out.  BRING BACK TRUSTCASH!)  

is that they are pretty counterfeitable. Remember the Nigerian scams? Also, like checks, your bank waits a week or so to make the funds available. And like the last poster mentioned, if the buyer keeps the receipt he can find all kinds of info on you.

...preferred choice of payment.  I mostly accept them for deposits.  I much prefer credit cards, or AMEX Gift Cards for deposits, and cash, credit cards, or AMEX Gift Cards to take care of my gift.  It all spends!

If find it hard to understand why a lady would accept any form of payment other than cold, hard cash. Difficult, if almost impossible, to track. Credit cards, gift cards and MOs are a needless risk and complication. The Feds ability to track payments, identify purchasers and recipients of any form of payment other than cash, is truly frightening. Their ability to mine data, issue blanket subpoenas, the federal grand jury process, surveillance and intimidation is draconian. The real issue you face is converting the cash accumulations into a legitimate assets that avoid Treasury (which includes the IRS) scrutiny. This is where the money-laundering dance begins. It's one thing to be busted for prostitution, but quite another to get caught attempting to convert untaxed and illegally earned cash into legitimate assets. The morale of the story: lie low, don't talk about what you do, don't talk about how much you earn/accumulate, file tax returns that reflect net earnings consistent with your life style and employ a sophisticated advisor, preferably one with communication privileges, that understands these issues and keeps you out of trouble. You need to fly low and stay under the radar! You don't want to turn a minor local legal matter into a federal criminal prosecution that you can't possibly afford to fight and surely can't win.

Yup, and if the buyer keeps the stub, he can also report the money order lost or stolen, receive his money back, and whomever's name is on the cashed MO can be charged with fraud/theft/etc.  

I'm not talking about sending a MO to a provider. That would require the provider to give you an address of where to send it to. That won't work, obviously.

Not sure where you got the info on money orders, but money orders are far more liquid than personal checks, which do require a processing time.

and put the girl at risk.

You seem to have no problems acceding to a providers wish to use an envelope, why are you digging in so hard in regards to using a Money Order?

I will grant that money orders are much better than Cashiers Checks which have a whole myriad of problems associated with them, but for a provider who eventually has to put her real name to said money order in order to cash one, it opens up all sorts of privacy concerns.

I asked a simple hypothetical question.

misinformation is getting out there when people don't do any kind of research.

Posted By: impposter

Posted By: nahtynikkey

Yup, and if the buyer keeps the stub, he can also report the money order lost or stolen, receive his money back, and whomever's name is on the cashed MO can be charged with fraud/theft/etc.    
     

Posted By: SoftlySarah

is that they are pretty counterfeitable. Remember the Nigerian scams? Also, like checks, your bank waits a week or so to make the funds available. And like the last poster mentioned, if the buyer keeps the receipt he can find all kinds of info on you.    
       
 So no, I wouldn't accept them.

   
 To Softly Sarah, I'm not "last poster", I'm impposter  
   
 Lots of potential snags with MOs.  In NahtyNikkey's example, "He" would report theft and it can be traced and be tied to, e.g., BeautyWithBrains bank account even tho she only used her initials.  "She" would then be able to prove that "she" knows "he" and make a case that it wasn't theft (e.g., anonymous pickpocket, anon stolen wallet from locker room) and he filed a false complaint. "He" would then argue that, yes, he knows her but that he didn't give it to her but that "she" stole it when he wasn't looking.  It's getting uglier and uglier and it's all lose-lose.    
   
 If TalkToTrees is listening: Stick to cash.  
 

If you use a money order to pay for a session, and IF you so chose to, after paying the lady for the session you COULD report the MO stolen, and not only find out the name of the person who cashed said money order, but contest the transaction as well. THAT's why few if any providers are ever going to start accepting MO's as payment.

The very thing that makes MO's safe for you, makes them dangerous for a provider. What do you think happens when you report a money order lost or stolen? The first thing they do is check to see if it's been cashed, and then they ask you if you know a Bambi Smith, because she it the one that cashed it on 6-8-2014, at such and such bank., Now you not only know the real name of the provider you just saw, but you can make her life miserable if you claim you never gave her said money order.  Is any of this sinking in?

xyz, if you are reading this, TTT is the kind of poster I was talking about in my earlier post. TTT until you actually learn about this hobby will you please start asking for advice instead of giving it?It's becoming a full time job cleaning up your messes here. I am sure you mean well, but your advice is almost always wrong and as such, you are doing more harm than good here.

... to read my post above this one. The one titled... "It's Amazing How Much".