We have a client in Belgium. They used to receive cheques from customers in Holland. Both countries use the Euro, both bank accounts are Euro accounts. They get charged 26 Euro to pay the cheques in due to the fact it is a foreign cheque - even though the currency is the same! For goods typically costing 10-15 Euro, this obviously wasn't going to work so they don't take cheques anymore!
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 02 September 2002 10:01 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: E-Bay Question > > > Shaun, > > Saw the same auction and got the same answer. > > For some reason, shipping from Germany is expensive. > US Postal service is much cheaper, > but nobody insures packages beyond their own borders. > > Shipping and payment make German Ebay deals difficult. I > haven't found a > good way to pay. Germans typically want bank transfers. > These cost $35US vs > $3.00 for a money order or $0.15 for a check. It makes > bargains pretty > difficult to realize. > > Regards, Bob S. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << Without meaning to start some full scale inter-continental > feud, can > someone > please tell me why German sellers on e-bay almost invariably > wont post outside Germany? Is it something to do with > customs or GST/VAT restrictions? I have a German seller who > has just told me it would be more to ship an AF500FTZ and > TR200 battery pack to Australia than the auction price. This > makes the postage somewhere in the vicinity of $AUD400.00 > give or take. What's with that? >> > >
