That's a cheap money order! But, I'm talking international. I can buy an
International money order here in USD but it will cost me US$4.00 plus 75c
for the stamp - $5 plus a phone call would be a bargain compared to having
to drag myself down to the post office and fill out the MO and post it. Do
they charge the same for international purchases?
If you think they're outrageous, check what Western Union charges for
instant transfer and then both parties have to get to a branch.
AndrewF
>I think BidPay is outrageously expensive. Minimum of $5.00/money order. I
>won't use them. I just posted a regular Postal MO to a seller that offered
>BidPay as his only option to regular mail just this week. Cost? 74¢ or just
>under 150f the BidPay charge, and that included the stamp. Add in my
>envelope, one sheet of paper and a smidgen of toner, and I'm still under a
>buck, I'm sure.
>
>---
>Scott Gomez
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: andrew fildes [mailto:afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 05:29
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [OM][OT] Forwarded- Ebay & Paypal.com- The Good and the Bad
>
>
>I've started using BidPay as a seller - it's inconvenient because they only
>send out money orders in USD and they take three weeks to clear here
>(unless I pay a fee - then it's only two!) I post when I get the
>confirmation so it's very quick for the buyer.
>However, I've had no problems at all. I don't know what it looks like from
>the buyers end. I still have buyers who send me a money order by post,
>despite the fact that I suggest BidPay, and it costs them a 10-15 day wait.
>Is it secure, cheap? I'll probably have to use it myself as a buyer
>eventually.
>AndrewF
>
>
>>Susan
>>
>>I'm glad that I used BidPay last month, at Tom Scales' suggestion.
>>
>>Surely the claims against the VISA accounts will alert the VISA
>>system to the problems with PayPal and their account (PayPal's) will
>>be withdrawn? Last year, I had a problem with getting a refund on
>>part of a holiday (on the Canal du Midi in France); it took 2 months
>>to realise that the agent for the holiday was not working very hard
>>to organise the refund, so I told the payee intermediary through whom
>>I had used a VISA to pay that I was about to claim the refund through
>>VISA. We received the refund without recourse to VISA in 7 days.
>>Retailers do not want to lose their credit card payment facilities...
>>
>>Chris
>>
>>snip...
>>>
>>>Two months later, guess what shows up on my bank balance? Yup...PayPal
>went
>>>ahead and transfered it into my PayPal account, even tho they said it was
>>>cancelled and even tho I wrote them back asking for it to be voided.
>>>
>>>This, plus the stories filtering down now convince me to stay away from
>>>PayPal.
>>>Susan
>>>
>>>Susan Steele
>>>Virginia USA
>
>
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