The only money order I ever had lost on it's way 
to Taro was for the second to largest order I've 
ever made with them. (I'm so glad Stephen is good 
about replying to e-mails!!!!! ^_^;;) At the same 
time that one got lost, a second one (sent on the 
same day to a completely different Japanese store)
got lost as well and that happened to be the 
single largest order I have put in to that store 
too! O_o

Now if that isn't all bad enough, just the day 
before I had sent a payment to Mangaya. . . Since 
they're very slow to answer e-mails (and almost 
never send an e-mail to let you know a payment 
has arrived) AND they don't ship things too 
quickly, I was **REALLY** worried that a whole 
bag of stuff to Japan had been lost. . . And I 
had no way to confirm if they had gotten the 
money order or not. o_0

In total, I had to come up with almost $500 to 
replace the lost money orders until I could be 
reimbursed by the post office. ~_~  (Incidentally,
that payment to Mangaya DID make it there. ^_^  
After a couple panicked e-mails, Han replied that 
he had it. *WHEW!*)

Ever since this happened, I make sure to stagger 
my payments to Japanese stores. That way if one 
bag gets lost, it can't be the one that has 
*everything* in it. ^_^;;

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac