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Questionable eBay auction
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lugnet.market.auction
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Sat, 29 Jan 2000 00:46:00 GMT
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Does anyone know of a bank in the USA that would charge a $15 fee
to process an international money order in US funds?
I've won an RCX from someone on eBay, and, since I'm in Canada,
told the seller that I'd send the MO (which is drawn on an American
bank). Now, I just got an email where he claims that his bank will
charge this processing fee, and he wants me to pay it or he won't
complete the transaction.
I have the MO ready to go, but, fortunately, I have not sent it yet.
I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do. After many positive
Lugnet and eBay deals, this is my first to sour...
--
John
(remove the obvious to reply)
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Message has 5 Replies:
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| I don't know the answer to your question, but if this person is being such a stinker (or maybe the bank is the stinker) and you want the item, you might want to try to arrange payment thru bid pay. I haven't used it yet, so I can't (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| have never had that particular problem, but did have a sittuation where I recieved a money order in USDollars, drawn on a foreign bank. my bank refused to cash it. but walked into another bank and they cashed it without a problem or a fee. The only (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| (...) I dunno about 15, but my credit union charges 20. I love my CU for almost everything, except that. I take IMOs and canadian checks to a local bank where I have a savings account. Depositing there doesn't cost me money but it DOES cost me time, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| My bank charges $20. HOWEVER, if your Money Order is a Canadian Postal Money Order, he can cash that for FREE at the US Postal Service. You might want to let him know that, and go get a CDN PMO if yours isn't one. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| Banks only charge this fee when they're feeling like patriotic morons. If the MO is drawn from an American Bank (Citicorp for example), the the routing number will be for Citicorp NY, even though it may be drawn from a Canadian branch. I've argued (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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