Ebay Euro payment.

plumb1_2

I won a item on ebay, and the seller only accepts bank transfer, he is in Germany.
I thought he took Paypal(my mistake)

Anyway i went into the Halifax to enquire about sending a payment of 47 euro, they want £20 for sending it. I also have internet banking and they still chage £9.50.

Is there a cheaper way to send the 47 euro?

soolin

Did you buy on ebay uk or on ebay.de? If you bought on ebay .uk go back and check the auction as paypal should be offered, you will see the paypal logo somewhere near the top on the RH side as well as on the payment details. If this was a UK listing then you are entitled to pay by paypal and seller can't refuse.

If however the listing was made on ebay Germany then the rules are different and you will have to abide by his payment methods unless he is showing the paypal accepted logo.

About £7-£12 is the going rate for a bank transfer in Euros unfortunately.

plumb1_2

soolin wrote: »

Did you buy on ebay uk or on ebay.de? If you bought on ebay .uk go back and check the auction as paypal should be offered, you will see the paypal logo somewhere near the top on the RH side as well as on the payment details. If this was a UK listing then you are entitled to pay by paypal and seller can't refuse.

If however the listing was made on ebay Germany then the rules are different and you will have to abide by his payment methods unless he is showing the paypal accepted logo.

About £7-£12 is the going rate for a bank transfer in Euros unfortunately.

I think it was ebay uk, this is the link to the page edited http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1403&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#payId
There is no paypal logo.

ps, thanks for the reply.

frivolous_fay

Yout can make a euro payment here:

http://auctionchex.com/index.php?ap=_mlogin

I don't know what the fees are like.


I am in England, and I want to pay somebody in Europe

The basic steps you need to follow are :

• Enter your contact details.
• Enter your sellers (the recipients) email address.
• Continue to enter the recipients address
• (If they are pre registered, their address will be prefilled for you)
• Continue to enter the details of the actual payment (auction number/reference or description)
• Enter the total amount to pay the recipient (enter as numbers only, no currency symbols please)
• Select the method and currency type for auctionchex to send to the recipient
• The currency type for Europe is Euro
• Select the method and currency type (GBP) to send your payment to Auctionchex
• The page will calculate any currency exchange values for you
• The page will also automatically include any applicable fees
• Check the e-money box if applicable
• Add a message to the payment recipient if you wish
• Select preview to view your entered details
• If all details are correct submit, if not go back to edit
• On submit you will be reminded of how to send money to Auctionchex
• System generated emails have now been sent to both parties in the transaction Top

soolin

plumb1 wrote: »

I think it was ebay uk, this is the link to the page edited http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1403&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#payId
There is no paypal logo.

ps, thanks for the reply.

Looks like it has been pulled..check to see if it is still on your items won page as you may well have had a lucky escape!

plumb1_2

soolin wrote: »

Looks like it has been pulled..check to see if it is still on your items won page as you may well have had a lucky escape!

Yes its still in my won items.

soolin

plumb1 wrote: »

Yes its still in my won items.

Oh bother. If it was listed on ebay UK then they must have had paypal offered. I would previously have said it was impossible for them to have removed the paypal logo but recently I was shown a listing where the logo had been removed..the seller did turn out to be dodgy but that is another story.

I think I Might be tempted to try live help.

plumb1_2

soolin wrote: »

Oh bother. If it was listed on ebay UK then they must have had paypal offered. I would previously have said it was impossible for them to have removed the paypal logo but recently I was shown a listing where the logo had been removed..the seller did turn out to be dodgy but that is another story.

I think I Might be tempted to try live help.

Ok thanks. i think i will give ebay a ring tomorrow. It was a 2oz Silver coin i bought. Dont know if the have to offer paypal??

soolin

plumb1 wrote: »

Ok thanks. i think i will give ebay a ring tomorrow. It was a 2oz Silver coin i bought. Dont know if the have to offer paypal??

Paypal is a requirement on all listings for auctions on ebay.uk. It doesn't matter which country the seller is registered in, if they list on uk they abide by the rules.

There are exceptions, some bigger sellers used to be exempt from the paypal requirements but there were few of them and they were the very big household names. Also as I mentioned I did see a small private seller with no paypal logo recently, but I assume he had done something clever to the auction page coding as he did turn out to be dodgy. I really wouldn't be happy to use bank transfer as a buyer knowing I had no protection at all.

soolin

It has occured to me that if the auction was entirely in euros then you must have signed in on a European ebay site. Items listed on ebay.uk would have had the main currency in sterling. I'm puzzled at the moment.