I would send cash, easily obtained from a bureau de change. You could
send the person US$ or francs.
Since the deal was in US$ you could justifiably just send US$ or use one
of the many on-line currency converters to do the cross calculations and
send Francs. Do the calculations and mention the alternatives to the
seller and ask which they would prefer. Some of the finance sections in
newspapers probably carry the exchange rates. Use the rates applicable on
the day the auction closed if possible.
I disguise cash by placing it in an envelope between two sheets of thin
cardboard from a cereal box. I have never had any fail to reach the
intended destination, and i have done this many times.
Alternatively, if you do not feel happy with cash, most banks should be
able to do you a bank draft in francs, probably at a cost of a couple
pounds. Cash is cheaper to obtain than a bank draft which is why I use it
a lot.
Giles
Dinkar Jhalera wrote:
> I have recently bid an XA + A16 flash eBay. Unfortunately the seller is
> in France and I am in UK. The closing bid was in US$. The seller wants in
> postal orders but here in UK the post office stopped dealing in overseas
> postal orders/money orders some time ago. Any suggestions from list
> members or any experiece of sending money to Europe.
>
> I could send money by BidPay as I asked BidPay and they said they can
> send money to France but it will be in US$ or I could go down to the bank
> and ask for a banker's draft made out in equivalent French Francs but how
> do you work out a fair exchange rate between UK pounds /US $ and French
> Francs.
>
> Dinkar Jhalera
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