How can I buy online without a bank account?
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Afos22 (
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February 3rd, 2013
I’d like to know if there was a way to buy items, over the internet, without patronizing banks or credit card companies. I don’t trust either. Are there other options?
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Ask the retailer if you can mail a money order. If you’re in the US, the post office has very low fees for money orders. I recently needed one for $300. My bank asked for a $5 fee, the post office charged $1.20.
Get a PayPal account. Then use the MokeyPak card system to add money to PayPal. This way you don’t have to use a bank account or credit/debit card to back the PayPal account.
@Afos22 I second @wildpotato‘s vote for PayPal. I have several bank accounts but do a great deal of my shopping using my PayPal account. I have a PayPal Mastercard debit card that I can use online or in local shopping. When I use it as a credit card, I get 1% of the purchase credited back to my account. I save several thousand dollars per year by doing that.
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