Thread: How exactly does money order work? - Yahoo! Answers

i have a parking ticket needed to be paid and i want to use money order instead of checks..where do i go and what exactly do i say? im pretty young so i'm not experienced..do i say something like can i get so and so dollars of money order? what? and also do i need to tell them an adress on it ? like what we do with checks ?

Hi, First, make sure the town will accept a money order, if they do you can get one at the post office.

Money orders work similarly. You simple go to the post office, and ask for Money orders which cost no more than $3.00 each. You have to write down an ammount, you name, adress, and anything that is specified required upon you ticket. I likely recommend checks because they simply don't have a fee, and don't require going to the post office to pick one up, just head directly to pay for it or pay by mailing (Since Money Orders...

Hi you can also get a money order at Wal-mart for even way cheaper lol, also yea you need your address, name and signature, also you need to say where it's going. But it''s very simple. And when you go to the store just tell them the amount you need and they can print it. I used to print Money Orders. But they're simple.