Bank to bank wire transfers seem very commonplace in other parts of the
world, where getting bank drafts and Money Orders in US currency seems
very expensive and time consuming.
Godfrey
On Mar 16, 2005, at 2:03 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:
I recently completed an auction ni which I sold a bit of Pentax gear
to a buyer in Italy. For a variety of reasons, each of which sounds
legit, he cannot PayPal the funds and cannot use BidPay. He's asked
for my bank account number so he can do a wire transfer, but that
sounds suspiscious to me and I'm not inclined ot give it out (as if my
wife would tell me what it is anyhow...)
I told him to just send me an international money order, but that
concept seems to be foriegn to him. I do know that it seems to be
difficult to transfer money from Europe to the US ((I once had a guy
send several hundred dollars in cash in a greeting card to pay for a
camera lens, rather than deal with paypal or send a money order. He
was willing to do that at his risk and to trust that I wouldn't just
pocket the cash and claim it didn't arrive (which of course, I did not
do) - so it must of been a major hassel to otherwise transfer the
funds.)
So what's the deal? I can go to any post office here and buy an
international money order for a reasonable fee. Can't that be done in
Europe as well?
At this point I've told the guy that the auction terms are clear
(PayPal, money order, or cashier check) so he needs to come up with
one or be NPB. But I wonder if he is having legit problems or if this
is some sort of ruse.
Any comments from folks in the EU?
- MCC
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www.markcassino.com
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