Re: [CR]eBay payments to UK

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Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 18:52:43 +0000
Subject: Re: [CR]eBay payments to UK
From: "Hilary Stone" <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: Peter Jourdain <pjourdain@yahoo.com>, Louis Schulman <louiss@gate.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050309173219.386.qmail@web40904.mail.yahoo.com>
cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Another option though not one recommended by Ebay is Moneygram and specially cheap - the money is transferred electronically and can be picked up in many UK Post offices.

Hilary Stone, Bristol, England
> From: Peter Jourdain <pjourdain@yahoo.com>
> Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:32:19 -0800 (PST)
> To: Louis Schulman <louiss@gate.net>
> Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]eBay payments to UK
>
> Hi, Louis---
>
> I recently went through the same hassles that you are
> going through, dealing with the UK.
>
> Yes, for some reason (911), the USPS stopped issuing
> International Money Orders for certain European
> countries. Very weird. I asked them about it and they
> refused to give me an answer.
>
> You can ask if the seller will take American Express
> Travelers or Gift Checks. Gift checks are available in
> various SET denominations, and then you can just add a
> few greenbacks to reach the exact figure of the sale +
> shipping. That cuts your risk by a good bit. It's the
> closest thing to US cash and many Brits take them.
> I've done it several times.
>
> You can also offer to PAY THE SELLER'S PAYPAL FEES if
> they'll take PayPal, as that is often the reason why
> they're holding back. (The other reason, general
> distrust of PayPal or old fashionedness, you can't do
> much about except encouraging them to open an account
> because it will increase their sales, and it's so
> easy, etc.) Again, this has worked for me a few times.
>
> Others might be able to give you info on wire
> transfers, Western Union, etc., but that is beyond my
> limited knowledge.
>
> Hope this helps....
>
> Good luck,
>
> Peter Jourdain
> Whitewater, Wisconsin
>
>
> --- Louis Schulman <louiss@gate.net> wrote:
>
>> I have a question about making payment to UK sellers
>> from the US who don't accept PayPal, personal checks
>> or charges and require payment in pounds. One
>> famous such seller says "paying is very easy" and
>> that you can use an "International Money Order."
>>
>> Well, it isn't easy. The Post Office doesn't issue
>> international money orders for the UK, or so they
>> told me. My bank said they don't issue such things
>> either. I am not sending cash. Western Union only
>> issues money orders in dollars.
>>
>> What does everyone do in this situation?
>>
>> Louis Schulman
>> Rainy Tampa, Florida USA
>>
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