Absolutely right on both counts in my experience, Tom.
Payment is the number 1 problem for sellers in Germany. Not the cost, but
the feasibility, as Paypal is not practically available in Germany, and
cross-border transactions are very costly. Even Euro payments can be
difficult.
I send Euro cash tucked in an appropriate book. Quick and easy. And cheap
- Printed papers rate!
Risky? No more risky than Paypal for non-US users who don't get any of the
protections that US users get.
BTW, referring to the item in the subject, nobody has oberved that the OM3
in question has a problem - windon lever is jammed.
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of tOM Trottier
Sent: 19 September 2003 16:19
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [photo] Re: [OM] OM-2S + OM-3 anyone?
Don't always believe what the eBay page says - the seller has usually
just "chosen" the default choice. I've found 950f individuals and 60%
of businesses will ship to Canada if you "Ask the seller a question."
I've found the main problem with buying from Europe is the cost of
sending money, especially to Germany. I think paypal has eased that,
though I haven't used it yet for that purpose.
tOM
On Friday, September 19, 2003 at 10:45
NSURIT@xxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In a message dated 9/19/2003 9:40:43 AM Central Standard Time,
> md@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> > Yes, and besides that, they will only ship within Germany. Anybody
> > have
> >
> any
> > idea why many, if not most, German ebayers will only ship within
> > Germany?
>
> Same reason many American's will only ship within the USA.
> -mark
> Me thinks it is something other than that. There seems to be a
> disproportionate number in Germany who say Germany only.
--snip
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