Why not do just that, get a certified check, but not from the post office, from a bank, then mail it through certified mail. Or else you can do a direct wire transfer bank deposit into the person's account, assuming you are supplied with the proper information such as routing#, etc. Then there are traveller's checks that you can send. For a bank check, I don't know about France, but there can be holding periods where the person can't access the money until the check has cleared, sometimes an inordinantly long period.
Good luck, Dennis Young Hotaka, Japan
> 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