At 16:22 14-3-2002 -0500, you wrote: tale about buying from german ebay >I sent her FAX instructions to wire him Euros. > >So she sent him Dollars, >and charged me $35 for the transaction. >When the wire arrived at his bank, >it was $20 short (some mystery charge). >And, they charged him another 13 Euros in fees. > >So I was 30 Euros short. >I went to the American Express office. >For another $31.27, I got 30 Euros to mail him. >After postage, paying for this lens is going to cost me another $70 over >my winning bid. > >So I will keep reminding myself, >Don't bid unless it is a really good deal! > >Regards, Bob S.
I just recently won an auction on ebay.de Sent the seller an international money order IN Euros. Royal Bank even stated it was to be drawn on their account in Frankfurt. Just heard back from the seller. His bank charged him 8.63 euros to cash it. What!!!!! What's even more annoying is that I have an account in the Netherlands IN Euros and I can't get any Euros out to give to him. Before the euro, I had Eurocheques that I could write in any european currency. Everything's going backwards! Progress? BAH! W. (checking that this post is SUPPOSED to go to the list before sending it) --- Wendy Beard Ottawa, Canada mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] home page http://www.beard-redfern.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
