EBAY Question - UK Users?

[elizabethann]

Any EBAY experts out there?

I'm hoping somebody can help me. I won an item on EBAY. It's from the UK. One of the payment methods said PERSONAL CHECK. So I said I was going to pay with a PERSONAL CHECK. Well now the seller is emailing me saying to pay with PAYPAL because USA checks are not good in the UK. Well I refuse to use PAYPAL. I just don't trust it. But that's not the point. The point is the seller said PERSONAL CHECK.

Does anybody know if USA checks aren't good in the UK?

Anybody have any advice?

Thank you.

[Husky_mom]

sorry i cant help, but you can stand by that, it was clearly stated and he backed out, maybe another way?? sorry i wasnt of help i hope it ends out good

[Jessika]

Inatead of sending a personal check can you send a money order instead? You can get one from your bank, and those are international.

I have been told though that checks are universal across countries. I want to say that my fiance's parents own a business and sell to individuals all over the entire world, and they accept personal checks from all over the world and I want to say they have never had a problem cashing them. They could have been money orders, but I am PRETTY sure they were personal checks (because I have ran them to the bank to deposit them for them before).

All else fails, contact eBay and explain your situation to them, because that is unfair and not a reputable thing for a seller to do.

Why don't you want to use paypal though? I use it before; I have it linked to my bank account so when I purchase something that accepts paypal, the transaction goes through paypal and paypal pulls it out of my account for the exact amount. I actually consider it safer because that way the seller has no direct contact with my bank information at all.

[chocolatepuppy]

The seller should have stated that in his ad. You shouldn't have to pay him if he doesn't honor what was in his ad. We had a guy from another country buy from us after our ad clearly stated 'ship to USA only'. I even contacted ebay because the guy got nasty. They said we did not have to sell the item to him. Unfortunately, the guy can still leave you bad feedback, but you can return the favor if he does.

[Ginger's Mom]

Many many years ago I bought something from a company in England. I sent a personal check (I believe it was even written in US dollars, but it has been so long ago I am not sure about that anymore). They took my check and my money ( ), no problem.

[Karen]

Personal checks just take a lot longer to "clear" across international banking systems, but they do work.