Qustion Regarding Buying abroad on Ebay

wul3er · Post by **wul3er** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 7:56 pm

Has anyone here baught anything from another country on ebay.

Could you please help me. I have baught an air filter for the GT and its coming from Germany. I have set up a paypal account and im waiting for them to confirm my bank details.

So can i pay using paypal. And how do i pay.
The cost is in euro's, so do i put the correct amount in, in Pounds. Or what.
Please help.

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 8:21 pm

It'll automatically pay in whatever currency the auction was in, if you just click the Pay Now button in ebay and follow it through.

Steve_O · Post by **Steve_O** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 2:46 pm

You can only pay by paypal if the seller allows it. Not all sellers allow paypal, especially in Germany.

It will say at the bottom of the listing what payment methods are acceptable.

wul3er · Post by **wul3er** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 9:35 pm

It does say that i can pay by Paypal, I just wanted to know if i had to just put the corect amount of money in pounds and they (paypal) convert it to euro's

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 9:41 pm

Well, if the auction's in pounds then the seller will accept payment in pounds, if not then you'll just be able to type the final amount into paypal in euros.

hayesey · Post by **hayesey** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 2:03 pm

just click on the "pay for this item" link on the auction page once you have won it.

Although beware, paypal will take a small amount of money out so your seller could end up thinking they're being ripped off. You could do with getting in touch with Paypal & finding out how much they charge for the amount you're spending. Then add that on or see if the seller is willing to meet you in the middle. I paid for something the other week from Germany that came to Â£40. I think Paypal took about 2 or 3 pounds for it.

Babe RuthLess · Post by **Babe RuthLess** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 2:14 pm

You can find out how much PayPal's going to charge the seller HERE.

Here's the link for help sending money in a different currency.

I buy stuff abroad on eBay all the time and I always pay in the local currency of the seller, in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and throughout Europe. People in other countries (China/HK/Taiwan, South Africa, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, even Malta) will usually accept funds in either US Dollars ou Euros.