[meteorite-list] Best ways to send payments from Canada to Morocco

From: Melanie Matthews <spacewoman2775_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:15:19 -0800
Message-ID: <BLU137-W303B548687EA12417BCB3BD6A80_at_phx.gbl>

Hi Brian, listers.
Actually it was a postal money order that I
mailed out to him (Mr. Abdellah Afiniss), and yes it included the cost
of the stones plus the shipping costs. I asked him to mail it back to
me and he said he did.

Once I get the slip back I'm going to
get back the money I put onto it and re-send the payment to him -
probably via Moneygram (which he told me he accepts).



At first offered me a lot total of 8.5 kgs of chondrites (all
unclassified),, knowing full well I couldn't afford all that I circled
some stones in Paint.net (free image editing program similar to
MSPaint) that I wanted in the photographs, emailed back to him and
kindly asked him to send me images of each meteorite I picked sitting
on the scale to show their weights... I then worked out the prices
until I made the final decition on buying five rocks together weighing
837 grams..



As I said he has been very cooperative, and I thanks him and I thank all here on the list for their input/suggestions!

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Melanie
IMCA: 2975
eBay: metmel2775
Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09

Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get!






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> From: searchingforfun at sbcglobal.net
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:56:13 -0600
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Best ways to send payments from Canada to Morocco
>
> Hello Melanie and list,
>
> In regards to your question of sending payments to Morocco, I have to ask a
> couple of questions and others also mentioned they weren't clear on your
> question since you didn't seem to be including shipping costs. I'd like to
> help you out and I mean this in the most thoughtful and kindest way
> possible, so please don't take it negatively or have any anger towards me.
> Make sure you include shipping costs when you were determining the total
> amount of the payment you need to send to the seller and then send a check
> and then say you couldn't afford the FedEx shipping costs if that is what
> you agreed to buy from the seller? You have said this in the past about not
> having money to pay for something or to pay for the shipping costs. It's
> good to ask for help if you are not experienced in sending payments outside
> of Canada beyond Paypal. This sounds like you decided to send a check for
> the meteorites and then were going to decide about a payment for the
> "shipping" as a separate payment or to pay for shipping later on. Is this
> why you stated you couldn't afford the FedEx shipping costs after you had
> sent your personal Canadian paper check? This doesn't sound right why you
> wouldn't determine the full amount due to the seller for the items with
> shipping and or insurance and then send one payment and later decide you
> couldn't afford the shipping costs they gave you.
>
> Also, you stated you sent a "Paper Check" which, as I am thinking is a
> "personal check" from your personal Canadian bank account by what you wrote.
> I'm confused to why would you think that a personal check from your Canadian
> bank account would be "valid" as you say, to a dealer in Morocco, which I am
> sure it is valid in Canada and you have money in your account, but most
> likely would not be accepted in Morocco or any other country? You don't
> often hear of dealers in Asia, Africa, Europe or for the most part any
> dealers in the U.S. or anywhere in North or South America or Australia that
> would accept a personal Paper check from a bank in a different country,
> although it may happen. A check from a Canadian bank account or from a U.S.
> bank account or any personal paper check from any other country most likely
> won't be accepted unless they verified with their bank first that they could
> accept that check. An example would be if there was Citibank in Canada and
> then Citibank in the U.S. would accept that check or Citibank in England,
> etc. .I'm sure if the check was from a bank that had a branch in that
> country that it would be accepted, but it usually creates a hassle and is
> time consuming to stand in line or through an ATM. As several members
> mentioned bank wire is the safest and then probably FedEx payment, but
> sending a paper check or money order isn't a good idea as Gary mentioned.
>
> I would like to offer a friendly suggestion to help you out. Please make
> sure you discuss all the facts and figures with any dealer/collector
> anywhere in the world before closing a deal. Remember you are entering a
> contract with this dealer, whether it is on ebay or through their website or
> through correspondence with the dealer. On ebay this is stated as you are
> entering a contract so be mindful of this. You need to finalize all costs.
> You need to get the full amount that you owe in writing, email, etc. for the
> meteorites and any insurance and shipping and then you need to first discuss
> the method of payment to that dealer before you send any payment. I think
> your first mistake here was that it sounds as if you didn't determine the
> full costs of the meteorites with shipping, then you didn't ask the seller
> if he or she would accept a "Personal Paper Check from another country. I
> think you will have much better luck and increase good relations with
> dealers through online sales, ebay and through the different meteorite lists
> you if you slow down and get the facts before making purchases and payments.
>
> As you have written on your posts the equivalent of The Tom Hanks character
> from the Forest Gump movie, "Life is like a box of chocolates." You need
> to stop and think that your eyes are bigger than your stomach and stop and
> think of what you are wanting to bid on or buy first and how to pay for it.
> There is an old saying in America that you may or may not know in Canada.
> "Your eyes are bigger than your stomach" which roughly means you saw the
> food on the menu and you ordered all that looked good to eat, but your
> stomach wasn't big enough to eat it all and you became very full before you
> could finish the meal. This is the same as the child that fills their plate
> up and can't eat it all at home. This also goes along with shopping at the
> store when you are hungry and buying too much, as in buying more goodies
> than you needed. In this case looking at meteorites you want to buy and then
> not carefully researching making a payment and then feeling full of
> frustration and aggravation at how to make the payment or what road to go
> down. I truly hope this helps in the future.
>
> Have a great day!
>
> Brian
>
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>
> Best ways to send payments from Canada to Morocco
>
>
>
> Hi list,
>
> Please help - I mailed a payment to a Moroccan dealer for a lot of
> chondrites via a paper check, he got it today, but he told me that the banks
> over there don't recognize it even though it is completely valid. I can't
> afford the shipping costs through FedEx for the lot I want - which will be
> over $200 CND... so what other less expensive options do you suggest?
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> -----------
> Melanie
> IMCA: 2975
> eBay: metmel2775
> Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09
>
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Received on Fri 13 Nov 2009 02:15:19 AM PST