From: David Goldman (David_at_DGoldman.Com)
Date: Mon Feb 04 2002 - 12:22:14 EST
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Steve C. wrote:
> Speaking of ebay, why is it that all the sellers from
> Canada want some sort of international payment when I
> try to pay them for something that I won in their
> auction? Shouldn't they have some way to accept
> American money in Canada? Each time they want an
> International Money order, bank transfer or some such
> thing that doesn't exhist here! I've checked with the
> post office and they don't have International money
> orders, just domestic ones that are not good outside
> the country! Also, my bank doesn't have any sort of
> international transfer or anything like that, just
> regular money orders.
> I'm tired of arguing with all of them about how to
> send funds so I'm suggesting that everyone in the US
> boycot Canada until they can come up with a way to
> accept payments from the USA! That's easier than
> trying to get the local establishments to start using
> internationally accepted methods for money transfer!
Steve:
First, this is not an "eBay" issue.
Second, why should people in other countries have to do things the same
way you do them in the US? Would you consider travelling to another
country and then get mad because they don't speak English? Would it be
OK if somebody from another country came to the US and got mad at you
because you couldn't speak their language? Would you be willing to sell
items on eBay and accept THEIR currency instead of US Dollars?
The general idea of a GLOBAL COMMUNITY is **NOT** that everybody will
do things the same way you do them in the USA. This may come as a shock
but the world does not revolve around you!
-- David Goldman An American who is not always proud of other Americans
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