[CR]sending money order to France?

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From: "dan polito" <thepandle@hotmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:44:41 -0500
Subject: [CR]sending money order to France?

all-

i know there are some folks here who do bike business with people in france regularly. i have mailed cash there previously, and had no trouble. however, i am about to send my first substantial amount of money to somebody there (for an appropriate on-topic item, of course). i am going to send an international money order, but have never done that before. i would like to avoid western union, as i have had problems with them in the past. if possible, i'd like for something to work similar to the way a domestic money order works from the USPS (i.e. i get a certified check and then can just mail that off, the seller then just can deposit that). i checked on the USPS website, and their international money orders are not accepted in france. any suggestions are encouraged.

please advise
thank you
dan polito
bloomington, indiana