hoskib

iTrader: (1)

i had an old accordian for sale on ebay and have been contacted by a german girl who lives in ireland who wants to buy it for her dad in germany.

i've already bumped up the postage cost by £15 and she's had no problem with this, her emails are in dodgy broken english (can go with this as she is supposed to be foreign after all!!)

she didn't bid on the auction (but in fairness i didn't contact her until an hour before it finished) but has a 100% feedback, i just can't read the comments as they're in german!

just sounds a bit suss, so what is the best form of accepted payment? i'm going to go for bankers draft or international cheque (if there's such a thing)
not going to give out my bank details, but is there a better way of getting the money?

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David Lock

Just ask her to send Euros by registered and insured air post. Or bank transfer with charges to her account. Or a euro cheque which you can clear. Nothing wrong with giving bank details - they are on every cheque you write anyway.

Poor old dad btw....

Scooby Soon!

swift transfer, easy..

hoskib

iTrader: (1)

cheers for that mate, sent her an email along these lines.

if i get a cheque made out to me in euros this can be paid in normally in my account? only other time i've recieved money from abroad somewhere along the lines it got changed from euros to sterling

who's poor old dad by the way mate? short of lugging around a bloody great accordian, her dad might be happy with it

Suresh

Surely you want pounds, not Euros? Foreign currency will give you extra transaction costs to get rid a possble risk of forgery if notes and probably takes longer for you to get your sterling too.

Ask her to transfer English pounds to your account directly. Give her the IBAN, account number and account name. I occasionally transfer squids from Holland to the uk and its not difficult. Once the money hits your account it cannot be reclaimed without your permission.

Suresh

hoskib

iTrader: (1)

now she wants to send the money through western union, am i right in thinking this is the dodgy payment system most scammers use?

CooperS

Tell her bank transfer, cheque or no deal.

Ebay have banned Western Union for the reason of it being scammers preferred choice

Richard_P

Yep, it is the favoured payment method of the scammer.

Just send her an email telling her its cheque, paypal etc.

You could take the western union just make sure it clears first.

alistair

Western Union is fine if you're the recipient of the cash. It's only a problem if you're the sender !!!

Basically you have to trust the recipient, it's rather like putting cash in the post.

What have you got to lose - she sends a Western Union transfer - once you have cash in your hands then you send the goods.

Apparition

Bottom line, don't part with the goods until the wonga is safely in YOUR bank.
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