Hi group,
I have for sale a Microtech-Gefell UM70s mic & I have an interested
buyer - in Sweden. I've never sold thru Ebay (yet, no big opposition to
it), nor overseas. Buyer contacted me privately with offer for the mic.
I tell him I only accept US Postal MOs, since it's not an Ebay
transaction. I used to accept verified Paypal, but they no longer
guarantee against fraudulent chargebacks for non-ebay transactions.
Buyer suggests (snippage below) I sell buy-it-now thru Ebay.

Does this seem okay to anyone? I have a few hairs standing on end.
Anyone know offhand if Ebay/Paypal protects sellers on *overseas* ebay
transactions?

Thanks for any response,

Mikey Wozniak
Nova Music Productions
This sig is haiku

Hi again, Ive looked at Postal money order from Sweden.
It can be sent by me through the Swedish post, but it will cost me 70
USD
and will take a couple of weeks.

It would be cheaper if you put it up as a ebay auction and let me use
the
buy it now feature. If direct bank withdrawal isnt ok through paypal.

I will of course pay for Fedex Air wich shouldn be too expensive. Im
guessing 30-60 USD perhaps.

Best Regards,
--------
I prefer to pay by verified Paypal since its fast and reliable.
Please
check my feedback on ebay (user *********) for confidence. I once
pay
through western union and it took three weeks. Shipping the best
way
for
me is Fedex Air (3-4 days) wich I pay for of course.

I'd consider ending the auction and re-listing the mic with a "buy it now"
auction, if his offer is good enough to make you happy. Then I'd require
that he use PayPal, non credit card, and agree to be responsible for any
duties or tarriffs. If the potential buyer doesn't back out after hearing the
requirements, you'll probably be OK.

Ship (with insurance [at the buyer's expense] and signature required) after
you have the cash moved into your bank account. By this time, it will be
the buyer's hair standing on end and you should be safe.

I've only shipped overseas twice and have now blocked all non-US bidders
because of the stress factor.

--
David Morgan (MAMS)
http://www.m-a-m-s dot com
Morgan Audio Media Service
Dallas, Texas (214) 662-9901
_______________________________________
http://www.artisan-recordingstudio.com

Why can't you take an international money order in US dollars?

Al

On 25 Jan 2005 20:31:39 -0800, "novamusic"
wrote:

Hi group,
I have for sale a Microtech-Gefell UM70s mic & I have an interested
buyer - in Sweden. I've never sold thru Ebay (yet, no big opposition to
it), nor overseas. Buyer contacted me privately with offer for the mic.
I tell him I only accept US Postal MOs, since it's not an Ebay
transaction. I used to accept verified Paypal, but they no longer
guarantee against fraudulent chargebacks for non-ebay transactions.
Buyer suggests (snippage below) I sell buy-it-now thru Ebay.

Does this seem okay to anyone? I have a few hairs standing on end.
Anyone know offhand if Ebay/Paypal protects sellers on *overseas* ebay
transactions?

Thanks for any response,

Mikey Wozniak
Nova Music Productions
This sig is haiku

Hi again, Ive looked at Postal money order from Sweden.
It can be sent by me through the Swedish post, but it will cost me 70
USD
and will take a couple of weeks.

It would be cheaper if you put it up as a ebay auction and let me use
the
buy it now feature. If direct bank withdrawal isnt ok through paypal.

I will of course pay for Fedex Air wich shouldn be too expensive. Im
guessing 30-60 USD perhaps.

Best Regards,
--------
I prefer to pay by verified Paypal since its fast and reliable.
Please
check my feedback on ebay (user *********) for confidence. I once
pay
through western union and it took three weeks. Shipping the best
way
for
me is Fedex Air (3-4 days) wich I pay for of course.

Or have the money wired to your bank account , should cost you nothing ?

"play_on" wrote in message
...
Why can't you take an international money order in US dollars?

Al

On 25 Jan 2005 20:31:39 -0800, "novamusic"
wrote:

Hi group,
I have for sale a Microtech-Gefell UM70s mic & I have an interested
buyer - in Sweden. I've never sold thru Ebay (yet, no big opposition to
it), nor overseas. Buyer contacted me privately with offer for the mic.
I tell him I only accept US Postal MOs, since it's not an Ebay
transaction. I used to accept verified Paypal, but they no longer
guarantee against fraudulent chargebacks for non-ebay transactions.
Buyer suggests (snippage below) I sell buy-it-now thru Ebay.

Does this seem okay to anyone? I have a few hairs standing on end.
Anyone know offhand if Ebay/Paypal protects sellers on *overseas* ebay
transactions?

Thanks for any response,

Mikey Wozniak
Nova Music Productions
This sig is haiku

Hi again, Ive looked at Postal money order from Sweden.
It can be sent by me through the Swedish post, but it will cost me 70
USD
and will take a couple of weeks.

It would be cheaper if you put it up as a ebay auction and let me use
the
buy it now feature. If direct bank withdrawal isnt ok through paypal.

I will of course pay for Fedex Air wich shouldn be too expensive. Im
guessing 30-60 USD perhaps.

Best Regards,
--------
I prefer to pay by verified Paypal since its fast and reliable.
Please
check my feedback on ebay (user *********) for confidence. I once
pay
through western union and it took three weeks. Shipping the best
way
for
me is Fedex Air (3-4 days) wich I pay for of course.

I sold an AKG 422 to a guy in Japan for about $1500 through eBay. I was
kind of leery of the process, but it ended up going fine. One issue: I
FedExed the mic and the guy at the shipping station checked the "shipper
will pay tariffs" box on the waybill. That ended up being about $80.
Luckily the Japanese guy was cool and sent me the $80 to cover the
tariffs after I e-mailed him a scan of the FedEx tariff bill I received
three months later. I think he PayPal'ed me the $80, so I'm guessing he
PayPal'ed the whole transaction. Don't know if any of this helps.

Cheers,
Trevor de Clercq


novamusic wrote:
Hi group,
I have for sale a Microtech-Gefell UM70s mic & I have an interested
buyer - in Sweden. I've never sold thru Ebay (yet, no big opposition to
it), nor overseas. Buyer contacted me privately with offer for the mic.
I tell him I only accept US Postal MOs, since it's not an Ebay
transaction. I used to accept verified Paypal, but they no longer
guarantee against fraudulent chargebacks for non-ebay transactions.
Buyer suggests (snippage below) I sell buy-it-now thru Ebay.

Does this seem okay to anyone? I have a few hairs standing on end.
Anyone know offhand if Ebay/Paypal protects sellers on *overseas* ebay
transactions?

Thanks for any response,

Mikey Wozniak
Nova Music Productions
This sig is haiku


Hi again, Ive looked at Postal money order from Sweden.
It can be sent by me through the Swedish post, but it will cost me 70

USD

and will take a couple of weeks.

It would be cheaper if you put it up as a ebay auction and let me use

the

buy it now feature. If direct bank withdrawal isnt ok through paypal.

I will of course pay for Fedex Air wich shouldn be too expensive. Im
guessing 30-60 USD perhaps.

Best Regards,

--------

I prefer to pay by verified Paypal since its fast and reliable.

Please

check my feedback on ebay (user *********) for confidence. I once

pay

through western union and it took three weeks. Shipping the best

way

for
me is Fedex Air (3-4 days) wich I pay for of course.

novamusic wrote:

Hi group,
I have for sale a Microtech-Gefell UM70s mic & I have an interested
buyer - in Sweden. I've never sold thru Ebay (yet, no big opposition to
it), nor overseas. Buyer contacted me privately with offer for the mic.
I tell him I only accept US Postal MOs, since it's not an Ebay
transaction. I used to accept verified Paypal, but they no longer
guarantee against fraudulent chargebacks for non-ebay transactions.
Buyer suggests (snippage below) I sell buy-it-now thru Ebay.

Does this seem okay to anyone? I have a few hairs standing on end.
Anyone know offhand if Ebay/Paypal protects sellers on *overseas* ebay
transactions?

Thanks for any response,

If you take a *private* offer you are breaking ebay's rules and opening
yourself up to fraud big time.

Graham

Pooh Bear wrote:


If you take a *private* offer you are breaking ebay's rules and
opening
yourself up to fraud big time.

Graham

Let me clear this up, then:
I do not have the mic up for auction on Ebay. The potential buyer
suggested that I do so to get Paypal protection. Thanks all for your
respnses, tho. I'm still undecided.

Mikey

I don't trust int'l MOs. Do you? If so, why?

Mikey

novamusic wrote:
I don't trust int'l MOs. Do you? If so, why?

Postal money orders are pretty reliable and certainly a lot harder to
forge effectively than cashier's checks. And the postal authorities
actually do go after people who try to forge them, in the US and Europe
anyway, in part because the UN postal authorities are very serious
about them. Exchange rates aren't so good, though.

You'll find that from a lot of places you can't even send a postal
money order to the US, like Germany.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

I've never had a problem with them, but it's been awhile since I've
gotten one. I'm waiting payment right now from a guy in Singapore who
is sending me $ that way.

Al

On 27 Jan 2005 09:40:09 -0800, "novamusic"
wrote:

I don't trust int'l MOs. Do you? If so, why?

Mikey

In article ,
(Scott Dorsey) wrote:

Postal money orders are pretty reliable and certainly a lot harder to
forge effectively than cashier's checks. And the postal authorities
actually do go after people who try to forge them, in the US and Europe
anyway, in part because the UN postal authorities are very serious
about them. Exchange rates aren't so good, though.

Canada Post MOs have a toll-free number printed on them. If the MO is
worth more than a couple hundred dollars you can call the number, give
them the serial number of the MO, and confirm its validity.

Don't try to cash a postal MO at a bank, go to the US Post Office.
Having sent a few Canada Post USD MOs to people in the USA, it seems to
me that the vast majority of bank employees in the USA are completely
clueless about foreign MOs, postal or otherwise.