Help please - sending money to Germany!

[Rusty]

Hi, anyone able to help with a German bank transfer please? Found something on Ebay but no Paypal...

[Smiley]

Ask the seller for the international IBAN number, with this you can transfer money in europe (min.).

[Rusty]

Yeah you can but it takes forever (4 working days!) and is expensive from a UK bank We're a bit crap over here with that sort of thing...

[Prophet_dlx]

Usually inside the EU money transfers done using the correct Iban as well as BIC/Swift code are free of charges.
You might get charged for the proceeding if you don' do it by online banking though.

[Smiley]

Apart from sending bare's or WesternUnion the easiest would be that the seller registrates at paypal, even just for this transaction (or upcoming international deals). Best luck mate!

[Rusty]

Usually inside the EU money transfers done using the correct Iban as well as BIC/Swift code are free of charges.
You might get charged for the proceeding if you don' do it by online banking though.

Not from the UK Just checked my bank and it's £10 fee for a 4 day transfer and £27 for a 2 day transfer. Useless.

[HPmuirt]

Usually inside the EU money transfers done using the correct Iban as well as BIC/Swift code are free of charges.
You might get charged for the proceeding if you don' do it by online banking though.

That is true for mainland European countries who have adopted the Euro, but not for British banks Receiving payments is free for us but to send money we are shafted. My bank charges a fixed £21 fee even if I only send a £2.99 payment

This is why German eBay is a pain in the ***** for us in Blighty, because the sellers always expect IBAN payments and we want to use PayPal

The easiest way is to get a European work colleague or forum member to pay via IBAN and then except the payment either via PayPal or in hard cash via snail mail (strangely we can withdraw Euros in cash from the same mercenary banks for virtually no fee )

Good luck Orificer C

Cheers n

Si

[Rusty]

Good point mr. Si!

Would any lovely forum member with german account and a paypal account be willing to make an IBAN transfer fopr me pretty please? I'll send them the full amount and something for a or two through and would be eternally grateful!

[Smiley]

PM sent.

[Rusty]

PM sent back

[Jamo]

Not from the UK Just checked my bank and it's £10 fee for a 4 day transfer and £27 for a 2 day transfer. Useless.

That's cheap, my bank has it fixed at £15 or £20 for a fast transfer.

Yeh people in Europe forget our currency is not Euro's so we are charge to transfer money via an IBAN.

What have you found on ebay.de?

[Prophet_dlx]

I might have an even better solution for the future;
My friend has an british bank account (she studies in London), you transfer the money to her account and I transfer the money to any "mainland" account.
That would mean no fees at all.

[Rusty]

What have you found on ebay.de?

Passenger side subframe for my Recaro... fingers crossed.

[mcandmar]

Interesting, for me IBAN transfers are free to Euro countries, and €15 to the UK. But, i discovered if i use the option to send euros, then convert GBP to Euros and send that amount the receiver gets the correct amount and it costs me nothing. Been doing that for years and they still haven't noticed

[Prophet_dlx]

@Mcandmar
Yeah its the same for me can send money free of charges to the UK, don't know why it doesn't work the other way round.