3 Jul
2004
3 Jul
'04
12:22 a.m.
Patrick Finnegan wrote:
On Wednesday 30 June 2004 06:14, Joe R. wrote:
I understand the issues of difficulty of payment. I have bank accounts
in three countries and two continents
so I can usually pay in a currency local to the seller. Asking to be
paid in the currency local to the seller is IMHO
quite acceptable. As to international buyers not paying, apply the
normal rules : payment within 10 days or
negative feedback! I see no reason to give an international buyer any
slack other than (at their request) a few
days grace to allow for the extra time for the mailed check or whatever
to reach you.
I have a blemish free ebay record and most of my transactions are
international in one way or another.
My most frustrating experience was having my last minute winning bid
canceled by a seller because I
was not in the US (AFAIR they did not specify US only buyers). I was
frustrated at not getting
something I really wanted, he lost out by accepting a lower bid price.
-- HansP
I sell on E-bay and I send about half
the stuff that I sell over seas. The one problem that I've had is
that many over seas buyers never pay. Perhaps they bid then find out
the high shipping costs and costs of making payments via Western
Union or whoever and then just back out without saying anything. I'm
been waiting 6 weeks for payment on some DEC parts right now. As far
as the shippers go, I've found many of them to be incredibly lazy and
greedy! A lot of them want $35 or sometimes even $50 handling charge
for the smallest item. My opinion is that packing and handling is
part of the cost of doing business unless it's something extra
ordinary.
I'd completely agree with Joe's assessment. The only reason I'm
hesitant to send things internationally is because payment for the
items ends up being difficult sometimes. I now have listed in my
auctions that I only accept paypal internationally, but if prodded, I'd
accept cheques from Canada (as I've had good success with that before)
or Western Union as one guy used that to send me payment before.