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

From: Abdelaziz Alhyane <abdelaziz_alhyane_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:54:25 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <609737.82751.qm_at_web45402.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

Hello Brian and all,
 MoneyGram is available in Morocco, and Abdellah is a good person five stars in honesty and trust.
My best
Aziz

--- On Fri, 11/13/09, Brian Cox <searchingforfun at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: Brian Cox <searchingforfun at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Best ways to send payments from Canada toMorocco
> To: "Melanie Matthews" <spacewoman2775 at hotmail.com>, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Friday, November 13, 2009, 2:39 PM
> Hi Melanie,
>
> I'm glad you are on top of this and that you are keeping in
> touch with the seller. I'm glad he's mailing back your
> postal money order. Hopefully the Moneyram will work out and
> he'll accept it as he said and you'll get your new
> meteorites.
>
> I wish you all the best and hope that you receive some
> really great and rare meteorites in the group.
>
> Have a great day!
>
> Brian
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melanie Matthews"
> <spacewoman2775 at hotmail.com>
> To: "Brian Cox" <searchingforfun at sbcglobal.net>;
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:15 AM
> Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Best ways to send payments
> from Canada toMorocco
>
>
>
> 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!
>
> -----------
> 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!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > 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
> >
> >
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 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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