No problem giveing you bank account. No security risk. HE can't withdraw from your account. Businesses do it all the time. Perhsps avoid using an account with a credit card - but some other account. An account you don't make internat withdrawals from. International buyeres need IBAN and SWIFT number etc.: Ask you bank.
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. marts 2005 23:16 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: OT: European Banking / Ebay Payment Question 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 > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamazoo, MI > www.markcassino.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
