Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > German Banking Help Req

[Carbon749]

Add me to the list. Just won something from Germany and have the guys IBAN details. Can I transfer money from my Internet Bank account ???

I thought I would need sort codes and account numbers etc.

Item is less than £20 incl P&P so I don't fancy paying £10 in charges.

Can I do this via my internet bank account and not incur charges

[Iconic944ss]

easy answer is NOPE!

I asked my bank (HSBC) and they want £20 for a bank transfer.

Sadly, I was told that UK cheques cant be wrote out for EURO's but I have looked on the net and seen that ex-pats abroad often get cheques from the UK made out in pounds sterling and only have a nominal fee to cash them to their local account.

I'll be sending Euro's I think.

I know some people detest Paypal but it does make life easier!

F

ps - BTW from the post office website I see that postal orders cant be cashed in Germany :-(
But they do their own money transfer scheme:

http://www.postoffice.co.uk/portal/p...diaId=19700176

[Edited on 12-3-2006 by Iconic944ss]

[swannymere]

The vendor has just got back to me,he says he knows the english are trustworthy (very true) so he will post me the item and when i've recieved it to send him the cash in € or £,result.

[nathanhu]

if you send me the info , ill get my wife to sort it out for you as shes back in germany ....

[razz]

Barclays want £20 to transfer money using IBAN etc. I bought a clutch holding tool recently from Austria. Total cost 42 euros, so I wasn't too keen on spending another 30 or so euros on the money transfer.

I just sent cash and hoped that the person at the other end was honest. It's a risk worth taking for small amounts.

[swannymere]

Originally posted by nathanhu
if you send me the info , ill get my wife to sort it out for you as shes back in germany ....

Thanks very much for the offer,but the vendor seems more than happy to send the item and then wait for the cash?

[dukess1999]

I bought that clutch tool from the same guys. sent them cash and it turned up last week. I think it's always worth sending cash for smaller amounts.