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I hate German eBay
Well, not quite. A lot of HTF wraps come up on ebay.de, and I got one.
The problem is paying. They all want bank transfer (occasionally you'll get a seller that realises that non-euro buyers hate them). I hate doing IBAN transfers because I have to call the bank (only UK transfers can be done online), pay a fee (rules on IBAN transfers only apply within the eurozone, though at least it's cheaper than a wire transfer using SWIFT), wait for payment to clear (paypal is instant). Generally a lot of faff. And now I can't do the damn thing because the seller only gave me his/her IBAN and BIC--no name, and HSBC won't do it without the name matching the account! So I've contacted the seller.
It's a sufficiently large sum (not huge, don't get me wrong!) that I can't really ask someone with a Euro account to do it for me.
UK and US sales are so much easier: click on pay, go to paypal, get the whole thing done in a minute with a few clicks.
The problem is paying. They all want bank transfer (occasionally you'll get a seller that realises that non-euro buyers hate them). I hate doing IBAN transfers because I have to call the bank (only UK transfers can be done online), pay a fee (rules on IBAN transfers only apply within the eurozone, though at least it's cheaper than a wire transfer using SWIFT), wait for payment to clear (paypal is instant). Generally a lot of faff. And now I can't do the damn thing because the seller only gave me his/her IBAN and BIC--no name, and HSBC won't do it without the name matching the account! So I've contacted the seller.
It's a sufficiently large sum (not huge, don't get me wrong!) that I can't really ask someone with a Euro account to do it for me.
UK and US sales are so much easier: click on pay, go to paypal, get the whole thing done in a minute with a few clicks.