Is there somebody who knows what the fuck is IBAN??I won an item on ebay and the guy want me to pay via is IBAN(international bank acount number). I really don't know what all this system is??

Nope, but I probably wouldn't do it.

Yeah, and the German dealers want payments via wire transfer into their bank accounts, IIRC.

I don't know what the fuck to do with this fucker!!!!I wrote him 4 times to know what's IBAN and if I can pay via bidpay, paypal, certified check or something??

Sounds kinda sketchy Absinthoman, was it mentioned in the auction as exclusive payment?

Did you know the rules prior to bidding? Or, were they changed?

Not at all!!!!
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...item=3643546978

I hate these kind of

It says personal check, I'd stick to that or tell them to go hug a root.

Thanks for the advice bro!!

I wrote him:

De toute façon, dans votre page d'enchère il était question d'un paiement par check personel alors je ne suis pas en obligation de payer par un système que je ne connais pas (IBAN).

Anyway, your auction page said to pay with a personel check so I'm not obligated to pay via a system i don't understand!!!!

Good call ... although I think you paid a bit much for that spoon. Send the bastard a check and roll the dice.

DG

I thought the plate was in the deal!!!

Not from what I read .....

DG

I know I read it to quick!!!

You e-mailed him several times with no answer - fuck him

Look what this motherfucker just wrote :
bonsoir,pour le paiement c'est du cash sinon je vend la cuillere au 2eme
enchérisseur ( avant d'enchérir vous auriez du me demander si j'acceptais
les chèques etranger !!!)

Good evening, for the paiement it's cash or I'll sell it to the second bidder.Before bidding you just had to ask me if I was accepting foreigh check.



Shit man!!What a dickhead????

Before I bid on any item coming from another country, I double-check the seller's payment policy, and if there is any doubt, I ask or don't bid. Seems like common sense to me.

The seller is asking you to send him the money by direct bank-to-bank transfer, in Euros's.

IBAN is - to simplify slightly - the international bank routing code used to identify the recipient bank account. Your bank's Forex department will tell you how to make such a transfer.

If you pay him by personal cheque in US dollars or money order in dollars (eg by Bidpay), his bank fees in France will almost exceed the price of the spoon, so what he's asking for is not really irrational or unfair.

Of course your bank will almost certainly charge you a fixed minimum fee for making such a low value transfer, so that will unfortunately push up the cost of the spoon for you.

Basically, unless you have a French bank account, its not really viable to buy low cost items (under say EUR 30 or EUR40) from French eBay sellers, because the bank fees involved in accepting payment in US dollars will always be a significant percentage of the purchase price (the exception would be if the seller accepted PayPal, but very few do.)

.... not to mention the French LOVE Jerry Lewis!

DG

The best way I've found to buy low priced stuff from France is to send cash. To avoid repeatedly paying the fees, exchange enough for several transactions. Sending cash through the mail isn't risk free, but if you shield it well and the seller is reputable, there usually aren't any mishaps.

Yep ... use a single sheet of inkjet paper and it'll be covered. I had a guy from Japan send me $100 that way. It made it through no problem.

DG

I've done it many times with no problem. The one time it got "lost", the seller informed me I should have stuck the money in carbon paper, to avoid the French money detection machines. Know your seller.

No, just someone French.

He was assuming you knew how French banking works, and you were assuming the whole world works like the US. Culture clash.

French banks are known for thir Evil commission rates. And you wouldn't believe the trouble you can have in the rest of EuroFuckyLand with personal cheques either (I had the displeasure of having to cash a *European Commission* cheque from Paribas (one of the largest French banks) in ECUs (now euros) in 1988).

The EC is trying to curb all these evil practices, now that (in the euro zone) we have a single common currency, but we ain't there yet, and I fully believe France to be the last country that will (eventually) abide by the spirits of the Euro zone's charter.

And you're not even in the Euro zone .

OTOH, I'd ask him if he isn't interested in getting a PayPal account (isn't free for him, but Phil (Comptoir Frenchman) charges 6% extra for PayPal, to give you a reference).

FWIW, IBAN means that he'll give you his bank account number and the bank's SWIFT code, and with that your bank can transfer funds to that account [if you have an e-trade account with some funds, you can even do it through the web, though E*trade does charge something like $10-20 IIRC].

I asked to my bank to do the transfer and the charges were 30$, so fuck off man!!!

Wow .... for over $60 bucks you could buy about 5 of those spoons.

Don't feel too bad, I got suckered in on a deal like that once. ONCE is the key word here.

First time, shame on them ... second time ....

DG

I won another auction from France and the guy is accepting personal check!!!

He's a Can-adian, you Euro-trash fuck.

...

Oh Snap!

is up with this oh snap crap?

DG

:PTFA:

I was .... I was, but I must have missed it. Please enlighten me, oh great Celtic pop culture guru.

DG

And remember be nice, I've been sick.

DG

no.

and no, bitchass.

DG

Slap the monkey.

It's a Rimmyism. The "Oh," is very important. I was mildly chastised once for having omitted it.

It's what grade school kids said on
the playground last year.
Don't bother.

I have another advice to ask to the folk. I won an object 2 weeks ago on ebay and look what it's saying about this seller :

Email Address and User ID History for: 68lucien
The email address for this member is: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

User ID History Effective Date End Date
68lucien Wednesday, Aug 06, 2003 User Suspended not a registered user

I put some xxxx for his e-mail just to let him keep his privacy.What's up with that???

You go girl! Evil bitch asses...Snap Snap...

Now that's a concise quote.

OMG, that's two for two today!

Kitten on a roll!

DG