[Phono-L] Ebay payment request

[john9ten at pacbell.net]

Paypal is not available in many south american countries,which is why I use western union.
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Ron Cowen" <RCowen at sciencenews.org>

Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 08:57:25 
To: Antique Phonograph List<phono-l at oldcrank.org>
Subject: RE: [Phono-L] Ebay payment request


Tell him to join paypal. Should take maybe two days for his account to be set up and activated.

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From: phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org on behalf of Rich
Sent: Fri 1/9/2009 8:52 AM
To: Antique Phonograph List
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Ebay payment request



Go to your bank and ask them what is available for money transfer from
Brazil that is secure and nonreversible.  There are ways to do this but
each country is different.  If the potential buyer is on the up and up
they will comply.

George Glastris wrote:
> Normally I'd say avoid like the proverbial plague, but that is usually
> when people demand payment that way.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Cline" <zonophone at woh.rr.com>
> To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 7:23 AM
> Subject: [Phono-L] Ebay payment request
>
>
>> Happy new year to all!
>>
>> I have an auction running on eBay currently and have had a request from a
>> potential bidder in Brazil.  He claims not to have Pay Pal and wants
>> to know
>> if I can accept Western Union.  Does anyone have insights as to if
>> this is a
>> potential scam that I am unaware of?  I am hesitant to agree with no
>> experience using Western Union as a payment source.   Any thoughts
>> welcome.
>> Thanks Gregg Cline
>>
>>
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