How does a postal order work?

[zakovinch]

I would like to send €10 to someone and they asked for a postal order but I'm not sure how to go about it.

 

[theresa1]

National & International Money transfers | An Post

Transfer money internationally at post offices using Western Union or nationally with postal money orders

www.anpost.com

 

[Savvy]

Walk into the post office and purchase the postal order (a fee is charged for it).

You will be provided with a postal order on which you can state the post office to be paid at and the recipient's name.
Post it to the recipient. They can bring it to their post office and get the value

For €10 probably cheaper to do a bank transfer if you can't do Revolut.

 

[mathepac]

But the recipient requested a postal order; why go against their wishes?

 

[ClubMan]

Postal orders no longer exist.

Postal orders of Ireland - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Postal orders were issued in Ireland from 1881 until they were discontinued in late 2001 just before the change over to the Euro. The current alternative is the An Post Postal Money Order which serves an equivalent purpose.[1]

 

[mathepac]

“What's in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet.” says Juliet over the centuries.

 

[ClubMan]

The point is that if the payee specifically asked for a postal order then they may be confused.

 

[New Scottman]

Remember when banks sold money orders and gift cheques?

 

[Peanuts20]

It;s just another antiquated paper payment tool. When the receipient gets it, they lodge it to their bank account and the bank treats it like a cheque and give cleared funds once An Post pay them

 

[ClubMan]

Remember when banks sold money orders and gift cheques?

And savings stamps...

An Post cites tech advances as it calls time on savings stamps scheme and Cyril the Squirrel

An Post has ended the sale of savings stamps, which will put an end to a decades-old practice of children purchasing them in schools and saving enough to make their first lodgement to a post office savings account.

m.independent.ie

 

[Bridget1984]

For a small amount like 10€, you'd be better off just sending them a Tenner note wrapped up well inside a secure envelope in the post. @ClubMan they were renamed "Postal money orders" in the early 00s with the computerisation of the post office network.

 

[Marsupial]

And savings stamps...

And radio (or wireless) licences! [Abolished in 1972 for anyone interested.]

 

[Raging Bull]

Its a legacy dating back to the Knights Templar days. Operationally similar

 

[Bronte]

My grandmother used to send my parents a prize bond and would send the odd tenner too for a pint….

Her solution was an open envelope, the thieves ignore those! Apparently.

 

[janeferguson]

Her solution was an open envelope, the thieves ignore those! Apparently.

No open letter any more. I only learned recently when buying stamps and asked for stamp for a "closed" letter