Rude american wants invoice in $

baffcat

soolin wrote: »

I'm fairly easy going really but my last few batches of uploads have actually restricted sales to UK and European buyers only. I've just had too many TSFE.com (love that addition BTW!) and although all but one I managed to sort out I just can't spare the time to deal with any more.

Maybe later I'll re add the ability for the US market to buy my goods, but at the moment, no I'm steering clear.

Like you, Soo, I've been thinking of no longer allowing US customers. I usually list on .co.uk, but usually have a few on .com too, and on both sites I allow orders form the world over.

Reading your post first time, I thought that it was time to follow suit, and stop my .com listings, but then, having a re-think, I decided I'd be cutting off my nose to spite my face, as I get quite a few orders from other countries (& the UK) from my .com listings.

What came to me in a blinding flash of light (I get very few ideas, so I'm milking this one) was to keep my .com listings, alongside my .co.uk, but (and this was the clever part) just remove North America as a delivery destination. I told you I get few ideas, didn't I? Sad, LOL.

So as my listings finish, I'll relist without the US ticked. This is such an obvious idea, but so against my previous policies, that I'm not really surprised I hadn't thought of it before.

I should no longer get TSFE.com buyers, and with the reduced visibility since last year, it shouldn't impact too much on my sales anyway.

Baff

StaffsSW

If you are listing Buy It Now items rather than auctions, making them immediate payment only is about the only effective TSFE filter around.

It does prevent combined discounts on postage though, and also stops cheques/postal orders and bank transfers.

brettcta

when i get idiots like these, i just sit and ponder why they've been let near a computer.

i had one just before christmas and despite me telling him 4 times that i wont accept a cheque [spelt correctly, thank you] from america, he went ahead and posted it anyway. Needles to say, a strike & neg followed.

Oh, and he didn't even sign the cheque.

smartie1976

If it's of any use, go to the ft website http://markets.ft.com/markets/currencies.asp, and use their currency convertor. You can give the American a rough idea of what his cost will be, before any conversion fees his bank may apply.

As previously stated, if he thinks he's getting an invoice in US$ from a UK sale, he's got a bit of self-inflated Amero-ego going on there.

patriciaellen

Typical American arrogance. I would pick an exchange rate which is beneficial to you and send him an invoice for $$$$$$$$$ with a curt reply

IamJen

patriciaellen wrote: »

Typical American arrogance....

Way to stereotype! I don't think ignorance/arrogance is limited to one side of the Atlantic. :cool:

To the op: if the buyer is using PayPal, it will say exactly how much the amount will be in $, before they commit to pay. If they want a rough estimate, they could check https://www.xe.com. However, it's not your responsibility to send them a non-GBP invoice.

soolin

patriciaellen wrote: »

Typical American arrogance. I would pick an exchange rate which is beneficial to you and send him an invoice for $$$$$$$$$ with a curt reply

No the OP should ignore such stupid requests from buyers. If the buyer is invoiced in dollars then they can pay that way and the seller will end up with a dollar pot in their paypal account which is likely to just sit there.

Rev

I'd be tempted to reply stating the above, if you send a dollar invoice, you'll receive dollars as payment, then add, 'I will not post until I'm paid in British pounds'

pinkgem

soolin wrote: »

No the OP should ignore such stupid requests from buyers. If the buyer is invoiced in dollars then they can pay that way and the seller will end up with a dollar pot in their paypal account which is likely to just sit there.

it can be moved to the GBP balance can't it?

soolin

pinkgem wrote: »

it can be moved to the GBP balance can't it?

No it can't, it remains as dollars in a seperate pot and needs to get to the minimum withdrawal level to transfer out to the nominate dbank aco!!!! for free.

Anyway, the auction was on ebay uk (I assume!!) so it needs to be paid in sterling.