EBAY Question - UK Users?

[Karen]

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

[kuhio98]

How about a Cashier's Check (also known as a Bank Cheque)? When I sent a donation to New Zealand, I got a Cashier's Check from my bank (that means they already take the money out of your account) and mailed it. The recipient didn't have to wait for it to clear that way.

[G535]

There are usually very high bank fees to process foreign personal cheques here, maybe the same in the UK? He also might have meant personal cheques from UK buyers only.

[Killearn Kitties]

I think it might be a question of the charge the banks will impose for processing the transaction. I know that when we were paid in euros for a job at work, the bank charged £25 to process it a couple of years ago.

Is there anything I can do? If you could get the cash to me, I would send your seller a check. You can let me know the details anyway, if you want to go ahead.

[chocolatepuppy]

A few other posters reminded me, one time we did sell to a guy in Canada. He paid with a Western Union money order and it was in US dollars. It took me 20 minutes at the bank, a hold on the money order and a $7.00 fee out of my account. So these fees may be why people don't want checks or money orders from other countries.

[elizabethann]

Thanks for the help. I contacted EBAY but they haven't responded to me yet. I also contacted the seller and said if she can't accept my personal check, I won't be buying the item. If she gives me negative feedback, I will just return the "favor". Such is life.

Thanks again everybody.

P.S. Jessika, I don't want a Paypal account because I know several people who have been screwed with imposter Paypal emails. I don't want that happening to me.

P.P.S. Killearn Kitties, Thanks for the suggestion about getting the money to you. I would do it if the item meant the world to me.

[Jessika]

Thanks for the help. I contacted EBAY but they haven't responded to me yet. I also contacted the seller and said if she can't accept my personal check, I won't be buying the item. If she gives me negative feedback, I will just return the "favor". Such is life.

Thanks again everybody.

P.S. Jessika, I don't want a Paypal account because I know several people who have been screwed with imposter Paypal emails. I don't want that happening to me.

P.P.S. Killearn Kitties, Thanks for the suggestion about getting the money to you. I would do it if the item meant the world to me.

You run the risk of getting "imposter" paypal emails whether you have a paypal account or not, though. My fiance does not have a paypal account, and even he gets them. I get them on email addresses that are not associated with any paypal account (email address on my own domain lol). Its another one of the joys of spam. I just ignore all emails I receive from paypal, log into my paypal account, and if there are any legitimate messages for me they will be there.