It’s expensive to be poor

[Benton]

(09-22-2016, 09:49 AM)michaelsean Wrote: The first part makes no sense.  How is he risking being overdrawn?  Deposit the money he uses to buy the money order in his bank account, then write the check.

With a check (not sure why they spelled it cheque and then used $) it doesn't make sense. It does with a debit card, though. Part of the reason I went back to cash or credit card and dumped my debit card was several years ago my last bank would put a hold on just about every purchase, which would sometimes cause me to look overdrawn and get a $25 overdraft fee.

When I got a $100 hold that ended up with me getting a false overdraft, then two more overdrafts based off the first false one, I got rid of that bank and went to just using cash.