U.S SELLERS/ CANADIAN BUYERS : eBay Guides

I AM A CANADIAN BUYER, AND OFTEN FIND ITEMS I WISH TO BID ON ITEMS LOCATED IN THE U.S.A.  WHEN I CHECK THE SHIPPING  SECTION I MOST OFTEN FIND "WILL SHIP TO U.S.A. ONLY'".

  I USUALLY PASS ON THE ITEM, BUT ON OCCASION WHEN I REALLY AM INTERESTED, I CONTACT THE SELLER AND ASK WILL THEY SHIP TO CANADA. MOST OFTEN THEY SAY YES, BUT DONT KNOW HOW TO SHIP TO CANADA.  ITS THE SAME AS SHIPPING TO THE STATES EXCEPT YOU MUST PUT A  CUSTOMS DECLARATION LABEL ON THE PACKAGE. WITH   THE VALUE .  THE US POST OFFICE WILL ALWAYS GIVE YOU A CUSTOMS LABEL WHEN THEY SEE YOU ARE SHIPPING TO CANADA. AND ITS USUALLY A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS POSTAGE. YOU CAN SHIP UPS AND FED EX TOO.

  ITS NO BIG DEAL, AND YOU GET PAID THROUGH PAYPAL AS YOU WOULD FROM A SALE IN THE STATES. 

U.S. SELLERS SHOULD  NOT BE AFRAID TO LIST THEIR ITEMS TO CANADA , THEY ARE MISSING A BIG MARKET.

THERE ARE SOME SELLERS WHO DONT WANT TO BE PAID THROUGH PAYPAL, THIS GETS A LITTLE  MORE DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY IF THEY WONT OR ARE NOT SET UP TO GET PAID THROUGH VISA, AMERICAN EXPRESS ETC.

THERE IS A SIMPLE WAY TO GET THE PAYMENT TO THE SELLER. ITS USED A LOT IN CANADA TO GET MONEY SAFELY TO PEOPLE. 

ITS SAFER THAN A  CERTIFIED CHEQUE .      A BANK DRAFT IS ISSUED FROM ANY CANADIAN BANK IN U.S. FUNDS, AND IT IS BOUGHT FROM THE BANK BY THE BUYER AND THE BANK IS GIVEN THE NAME OF THE PERSON IT IS TO PAID TO AND THE BANK MAKES THE DRAFT OUT TO THAT PERSON.  THEY KEEP A COPY FOR THEIR RECORDS, AND THE BUYER GETS A COPY, AND THE ORIGINAL IS THEN MAILED TO THE SELLER IN THE U.S.A.  HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN CASH IT, OR  DEPOSIT IT TO HIS ACCOUNT. 

THE ONLY PROBLEM I ENCOUNTER IS THAT  SOME  U.S. BANKS DONT KNOW WHAT A BANK DRAFT IS, AND WILL HOLD UP THE FUNDS UNTIL, AS THEY SAY "THE CHEQUE CLEARS"

IT IS NOT A CHEQUE.  IT IS SAFER THAN CASH,  AS IT CAN NOT BE COUNTERFEIT.

IN CANADA, IF YOU GET A CERTIFIED CHEQUE, IT CAN STILL BE CANCELLED UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

  I HAVE GONE TO THE BANK WHO ISSUED A CERTIFIED CHEQUE, AND HAD THEM ISSUE A BANK DRAFT, IN PLACE OF IT, AND THEN IT CAN NOT BE CANCELLED.  IN SHORT YOU HAVE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR A BANKS  NON CANCELLABLE NOTE.     THEY HAVE THE MONEY THEY SOLD THE DRAFT FOR,

SO THE FUNDS TO COVER IT HAVE ALREADY CLEARED.  I AM SURPRISED THAT  SOME U.S. BANKS  DONT TRUST  A BANK DRAFT.   THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS ALONG THIS INFORMATION.   KASLERSFX