i put an item for sale in which some guy won from belguim.
on my listing i put prefered method of payment being only paypal,
postal order or bankers draft. so this guy sends me this

Hi,
You kan ask the iban and bic code on thou your bank.
I give you an exsample of the iban and bic code.
IBAN code nr:GB 62 Loyd 309 557 013................
BIC code nr:LOYDGB215...
Wen i resive the bank code, you have your money in about 3 days.
thanks Filip

so i reply with my bank details.

then i get this back


Hi,
the IBAN and BIC code is a international payment.
I give you a exsample of a total payment taht ive than a couple of monts ago,and the iban code starts always with the land code :GB..
IBAN nr:GB 62 LOYD 309 557 013 025 28
BIC nr:LOYDGB 21587
Thanks Filip

at this stage im confused its been 3 days now since he won the item

wot would you do???

should i relist and report him to ebay and resell the item???

surely he shudnt have won the item if he knew he cudnt pay by prefered methods.

cheers rsmat

 

go into your bank and ask for the BIC and IBAN numbers,then tell him,then wait for the cash to arrive.easy

 

so basically ive gota put myself out for this guy???



this wasnt a option on the item listing for method of payment.

 

you could just tell him straight that he is not able to pay as the auction stated nd therefore he does not get the item and then give the next highest bidder a second chance offer.

 

i was going to but he might leave me bad feedback

 

yes he might, however you will be able to comment on his feedback and explain that he was unable to pay, you will also be able to leave him bad feedback

 

I would never give any bank details to anybody on ebay.
Secondly if you don't want to sell to international bidders you have the option of changing this on the selling page before listing an item.
International bidders are too much grief.

 

i mite aswell go to my bank get the codes and send it him and learn from this exsperiance.

 

I always list that I will not ship international as it can be such a pain in the ass and I select this on the sellers page, however it never stops people bidding unfortunately.

 

yea im going to do this from now on


thanks guys

 

International dealings are easy. Ring your bank, get them to set you up a seperate account, and get them to give you the IBAN and BIC codes, then let the buyer pay you. It should take 10 mins on the phone. I would hardly call it putting yourself out

If you sell to international buyers your ŁŁŁ per item goes up a lot, I sold a Quaife big tooth to a guy in Poland for Ł2650 .. I was expecting about Ł1800 max

RSmat,if you get stuck PM me your number and I will ring you. If you set up a seperate account there is no danger of your bank details being used for fraudulent purposes, and It gives buyer and seller a nice easy transaction with a good paper trail should anything go wrong

 

You can stop international bidders dude. On the selling page it gives you options to stop certain people from bidding.
One of the options is to not allow any international bidders to bid. There are about 7 options.
Have a look when you next sell something.

 

will do m8 thanx alot

 

Not 100% sure but I think we have sold to someone called Filip in Belgium and he paid us by IBAN transfer.

If you want me to check this for you PM me his eBay user name and I will check our accounts.

From what I remember there was no problem with the transaction.

Your IBAN details are usually shown on your bank statement on the first page.

As far as worrying about giving out your bank details - you are only giving out your account number and sort code and as I remember other people saying on similar posts - this is no more risky that sending someone a cheque as that has the same details on it.

The only other thing I would say with IBAN transfers is to make sure the buyer does the transfer in Pounds Sterling and that they select to pay the fees at their end (otherwise this will be deducted from the payment when you receive it).

HTH

Cheers

Natalie

 

I have just listed something so I have copied the options to show what restrictions I have placed on my auctions.

Buyer requirements
Block buyers who:
Are registered in countries to which I don't post
Have a feedback score equal to or lower than -1
Have received 2 Unpaid Item strikes in the last 30 days
Have bid on or bought my items in the last 10 days and have met my limit of 4 who have a feedback score of 5 or lower
Don't have a PayPal account
Have no credit card on file

Change buyer requirements

 

i will star and do the same cheers