I have mailed as much as $700,000.00 and never had a problem

It's a check, not cash?

Keep in mind, there are fees for sellers who use PayPal and cards. There are no fees for checks.

Don't send cash. Just send a check. Or contact your your bank to see if they can send a check for you. Some online banking systems will have a method to do this already in place.

Everyone thinks Steve does his business because he needs to. He is one of the rare breeds who enjoys doing things his way and not to make huge profits.
He could probably close up shop tommorow walk away,not work another day and live a prosperous life.

Simple: don't order if you don't like the payment methods. Why even post about it? Thinking a troll...

BROX - did someone urinate in your cheerios?
Don't like his business model - don't buy from him. Really that simple.

Just. Don't. Buy.
IF you're that pissed off; you should take a chill pill and order from someone else that meets your expectation.
Why do people always try to make it personal?

You should never send cash in the mail unless you're prepared to potentially lose it. It will probably get there, but maybe not, and if it disappears you're SOL.

Canadians can send money with wise.com. What’s the big deal?

That’s how I pay PBR.

$150.00 US

Ask Jimmy for the details on payment options.

After an intensive ten second google search, here is what the USPS recommends:

“The Postal Service does not prohibit sending cash in the mail and reminds customers about the options they have. It is advisable to send money via a personal or certified check or money order, as these are traceable and a stop payment can be put on a check if it doesn’t arrive at its destination. If a person does decide to mail cash, it can be insured. USPS also offers Registered Mail – the Postal Service's most secure mail service.”

I've been around long enough to know you don't pop a ZITT, or poop on Steve. YMMV

I’ve sent cash via USPS for non pinball stuff and never had an issue. Just like stepping outside, everything comes with risk.

Steve has an iPad in his office actually. He’s a pretty sharp, dude
Credit card companies suck. They make you follow a crapton of rules and data protection methods and require a lot of crap in order to start accepting credit cards.
But then if they get hacked and lose hundreds of thousands of SSN’s and private customer info. Too bad so sad, they don’t care.

CC’s are trash and checks cost nothing. Also I knew of someone in Italy saying they’ve sent $400 to Steve in an envelope before. Insure it and you’ll be alright. Pinball machines cost a hell of a lot more.

As an Australian, the last time i went to my bank to get an check made in US$, there was nobody at the branch (main one in town) that knew how to do it

But Steve does allow electronic funds sent by a company that he trusts, and I found that service acceptable

I have used USPS money order... back in the day... I had no checking.

Hey Bronx - you know what? Blow it out your butt! I've been buying from Steve Young, not for years - but for decades! I place an order, he sends the parts. Usually within 2 days. Absolutely zero money up front. He sends the parts and I send him a check. Case closed. Who else do you know that does business like that? You have a problem with him, buy from Marco or somebody else.

I send cash only after Steve yells at me.

American express traveler checks.
Do they still make those?

I’ve sent Steve checks for years and years

Now I use bill pay which is essentially a check mailed and drawn by the bank

Never an issue

JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PART #

Never made that mistake again

Pinside bingo card:

OBO definition thread? Check.
PBR only takes checks bitch thread? Check.
Free space.
Clown puke led thread? Check.
Just need a new price bubble thread and I'll have it.

I've amazingly never had Steve be rude or short with me in any way.

Most Cash was $86,000 Registered Mail USPS.
Highest Value in USPS, around $230,000 also, registered mail, in goods.
Both arrived.

Hope this helps.

I had the pleasure of talking with Steve the other day. I got off the phone and wished I had 8-10 mil to be able to buy his business. Course I don’t have near the expertise he does! It is pretty clear to me that Steve chooses to do this and does not need to. When Steve decided one day to close up shop and if there is not a suitor, many of us will be screwed for parts that we may need. He supplies lots of the big guys.

Thanks Steve for being there and especially for your expertise.

G

Steve accepts 'Canada Post' money orders that are in U.S. Dollars.

Sending cash in the mail is completely safe. A lot of people have false concerns about the mail, but if it's safe enough for universal mail-in voting, it's safe enough to send cash. They wouldn't let everyone vote through the mail if it wasn't 100% safe and secure. So don't worry about it.

Except it isn't... just as your favorite political Rightest.
That said; this is just bad advise.
It's not completely safe. Do you know how many letters get damaged in a year? How many gift cards go missing?
Don't send something you don't want lost for good. I'm pretty sure USPS does not insure cash.
There you go; send cash via registered mail:
https://faq.usps.com/s/article/What-are-the-Limits-for-Insuring-Cash-and-Checks

FYI, Wachovia got bought by Wells Fargo a while back.

Unless your envelope was in this US Mail Truck.

There's the risk that the receiver will just say "I didn't get it" and then you're out the money. Money orders can at least be traced.

He's been doing it this way since 1977. Don't hold your breath.
That's 21 years longer than Paypal, by the way.

I'm old enough to remember ordering from him his way when his way was the only way anybody could do it.

I find ordering from pbr easy from Canada
Just phone or email order… then when you received order just use Western Union app and pay from my phone.
Prior 2 years what I did was pick up my order from post office then while there get a money order done up and mail it to him which worked good too.

In the real old days I had to write my order with a quill pen on a piece of papyrus, stuff it in a bottle along with a few gold nuggets and cork it, drive 50 miles to Long Beach harbor and fling it in the ocean hoping it made it all the way to the East coast.

If there's ANY online payment processing system he could go to that's fairly stressless, it'd be Zelle. Zero fees for personal OR business transfers and they don't report ANYTHING to the IRS. They leave that reporting work up to the business, since they should be doing it anyway. They're also exempt from the new $600 threshold for payment processing income tax money grab, meaning he could take in $100k in a year through Zelle and he'd never receive a 1099K from them. If he were to set up a separate and unique bank account just for incoming orders, he could transfer whatever funds show up in it for orders as soon as they arrive to keep that account at a near zero balance, if he was worried for any reason. It's what I do with my eBay income account.

Call him up. Tell him you're Canadian, don't have a part number and want to pay with Bitcoin via Venmo.

My banks charge me $20 to cash a Canadian check/Money order, so the $15 is justified.

You better have your part number ready. That’s all I’m saying. Just kidding Steve is great. Never had an issue. Back when is was into Gottlieb games.