Money ‘dis-order’
Dear Editor,
Several days ago, I applied online to the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) for a copy of a birth certificate for a member of the community. The cost is $1,500, and an extra copy cost $500, so I was required to pay a fee of $2,000. The RGD have several ways to pay the associated fee, but my option was to pay with a postal money order that should reach the RGD’s accounts within 14 days, according to the instructions on the website.
Yesterday, I went to the Morant Bay Post Office to purchase the money order. To my surprise, a postal clerk informed me that the only postal order that was available is worth $50 dollars. If I am mathematically correct, I would have been required to purchase a total of 40 postal orders in order to reach the amount. When I looked at the time and energy that it would take to complete the postal orders, I have to refuse the service because it would be time consuming.
Certainly, she does not have to help in completing the forms, and even if she was required, she was dealing with other postal issues. Without jumping to conclusion, I believe that the Post and Telecommunications (Jamaica Post), either needs to print postal orders that worth $100, $500, $1,000, or $5,000 in order to match our currency. If they do, then the major post offices in the various parishes should be able to accommodate a customer who was trying to purchase a simple $2,000 postal order without having to use up a total of 40 slips. This is embarrassing.
Charlie Brown
charliebrown1004@gmail.com