[Request] overseas payment method

Redrocket

sorry if in the wrong place...
i need to send 10 dollors to an ebayer who wont accept paypal...
what is the best method of sending the money?
western union appears to want 17.50 off me for sending that amount?
anyone know if this is wrong or if there is anywhere cheaper?

Headshot

stevenk wrote:

sorry if in the wrong place...
i need to send 10 dollors to an ebayer who wont accept paypal...
what is the best method of sending the money?
western union appears to want 17.50 off me for sending that amount?
anyone know if this is wrong or if there is anywhere cheaper?

should this be in the Online Buying / Auctions forum

blorg

For a sum that small I would imagine that the postal service would be your best bet, just make sure that it is not obvious that there is money in the envelope (e.g. wrap a sheet of paper around it).

rubadub

offer him more money through paypal. Most are only against it due to the charges, I think it is 4%, stick 10% on and they will probably go for it.

Redrocket

"Steve,
Sorry if it's inconvinient. i got hacked through PayPal a few years back and the person who hacked me was taking payment for stolen computers. At PayPal's suggestion, I put a request in writing to be permanently removed from their services, to protect me from any further problems involved with the stolen stuff.
I will take an international money order (usually they don't cost too much) made out in US funds."

i think ill just go to the post office and get 10 dollars and post it off....
seems to be the cheapest but longest way to do it.
do the post office change money???

rubadub

I dont think they do money, but they do international money orders, should be no problem for US dollars. Check with your mates and family, somebody must have $10 laying about

blorg

stevenk wrote:

At PayPal's suggestion, I put a request in writing to be permanently removed from their services, to protect me from any further problems involved with the stolen stuff.

I hope he's got good feedback because that story sounds a bit dodgy.

EDIT: Still, unlikely he's trying to do you out of a tenner.

woody

sounds like a boggie, paypal is there tp protect you and he is full off sh1t

nava

Hi

Check Bidpay only $1.95 charge for First Class Mail

Thanks

old boy

international money order from the credit union is the cheapest and best way,it has to be cashed by the name on it in their bank,i have been buying on the bay since 1999,its the only method i will use, if they refuse it i say no deal,my feed back is100%,your tenner multiplyed by 10 each day adds to big bucks every year,beware the bay is littered with sharks,

Redrocket

bidpay looks promising,
and handier than going to the bank!
ill check it out

Redrocket

ah crap, he's not giving me his email address in his msgs for bidpay.

ill have a look at the credit union, where is the nearest credit union in the rathgar/rathmines/city center area?