There's always BidPay, but the many eebay transactions that I've needed to send
to Germany (and I've done a lot), most use PayPal, and there's not been a
problem so far. Of course, there's that ridiculous rule that we cannot look at
their past transactions, which some deadbeats must take glee in.
Larry
Piers Hemy wrote:
> Absolutely right on both counts in my experience, Tom.
>
> Payment is the number 1 problem for sellers in Germany. Not the cost, but
> the feasibility, as Paypal is not practically available in Germany, and
> cross-border transactions are very costly. Even Euro payments can be
> difficult.
>
> I send Euro cash tucked in an appropriate book. Quick and easy. And cheap
> - Printed papers rate!
>
> Risky? No more risky than Paypal for non-US users who don't get any of the
> protections that US users get.
>
> BTW, referring to the item in the subject, nobody has oberved that the OM3
> in question has a problem - windon lever is jammed.
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of tOM Trottier
> Sent: 19 September 2003 16:19
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [photo] Re: [OM] OM-2S + OM-3 anyone?
>
> Don't always believe what the eBay page says - the seller has usually
> just "chosen" the default choice. I've found 950f individuals and 60%
> of businesses will ship to Canada if you "Ask the seller a question."
>
> I've found the main problem with buying from Europe is the cost of
> sending money, especially to Germany. I think paypal has eased that,
> though I haven't used it yet for that purpose.
>
> tOM
>
> On Friday, September 19, 2003 at 10:45
> NSURIT@xxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 9/19/2003 9:40:43 AM Central Standard Time,
> > md@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> > > Yes, and besides that, they will only ship within Germany. Anybody
> > > have
> > >
> > any
> > > idea why many, if not most, German ebayers will only ship within
> > > Germany?
> >
> > Same reason many American's will only ship within the USA.
> > -mark
> > Me thinks it is something other than that. There seems to be a
> > disproportionate number in Germany who say Germany only.
> --snip
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