Ebay woes - someone who can help me?

[McVenco]

I won an auction on Ebay for a Nintendo 64 game, but I only noticed now that the seller only accepts personal cheques or money orders (boo!).
If I want to send a money order from the Netherlands to the UK that will cost me 10 (ten!) Euros! For a winning bid of 0,99 GBP! :boohoo: (and then I don't even have counted the shipping costs yet)..

Yeah, I should have checked it before bidding but in almost all auctions that I see, the seller is accepting Paypal or banktransfer, hence my mistake...


So, 2 questions for you people:

1. What are the costs (if any) for a money order/personal cheque within the UK?
2. If these costs are far lower than those 10 Euros: can anyone in the UK help me out by paying for me? I will then pay you by Paypal, and you will of course have my eternal gratitude (I will even send you a bonus!)

[odin]

Can't you just stuff some pounds in an envelope?

[McVenco]

Well, according to the auction the seller doesn't accept that :-)

[odin]

I'm probably stating the obvious here, but there's a chance that after communicating with the seller you're able to work something out =).

[McVenco]

I know, I already messaged him, but just in case he is stubborn, I though I'd already ask here. Just in case :-)

[motorollin]

I will send him a cheque for you if you like, if all else fails. You can then PayPal me the cash.

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moto

[McVenco]

Thanks moto!
I'll wait for an answer from the seller, and when needed I'll give you a shout (or a whisper, depending on how much background noise there is... :-) )

[motorollin]

No worries mate. Might be best to PM me in case I don't check ths thread again.

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moto

[Crumb]

@McVenco

Some years ago I had to pay 18€ for a 50€ bank transfer to germany and Euro was already used in both Germany and Spain and I was client of that bank office :-/

We are in the middle of the year 2007 and I can't make international bank transfers through internet, just national ones.

Spain sucks :-/