Before the Internet if you wanted to sell things via mail or other remote method, money orders were a good way to pay for it. It doesn't carry the same consume

Before the Internet if you wanted to sell things via mail or other remote method, money orders were a good way to pay for it. It doesn't carry the same consumer protections as credit cards or PayPal, and I'm sure it's not workable for things in the thousands of dollars, but it worked. I bought many things through mail order in the 90's with money orders before online shopping became ubiquitous and expected.