Payment Options

While in the "real" world, ie in shops in the city center, limited payment options (cash, credit card, debit card and, in rare cases, payment by check) has the instruction the customer in the Internet the most diverse payment options to choose from to available. A very gladly seen of online payment method is payment by bank transfer in advance. With this payment method the customer orders one or more items and receive mostly electronically via automated e-mail an invoice, which will be paid by the customer by bank transfer.

The seller sends the goods off only after receipt of the money. This is a great advantage for the dealer, he no losses due to non-paying customers must fear, however, discourages this method from many customers because they fear their goods ordered not to receive. A safe option for the seller as the payment is by cash. For a considerable fee, the invoice will be collected directly by the postman on delivery or package delivery, if payment is not issued to the buyer the parcel. The disadvantage for the customer is in this payment option at the delivery charges, which must usually be paid by the buyer. One is for both buyers and sellers welcome payment of hire purchase. The customer receives his goods after a mostly straightforward installment purchase contract and pays the purchase price plus interest into easy monthly installments. The seller immediately receiving the full purchase price financed by the company that makes its profits by charging interest. Other payment methods that are safe and easy for both the buyer and the seller side is the payment by Pay safe card and credit card. But you don't need no payment options if you want to play online games such as Seafight for free for example.

For sellers like to see is the automatic direct debit, in which, however, is the risk, the debit amount on the record date is not available on the customer's account is opened, and so an order for payment must be grounded. A now almost obsolete method of payment, which still is often well received, payment is on account with payment slip. In this method, the customer, frequently ordered together with the goods will be sent an invoice, which is often accompanied with a pre-filled payment slip. The customer pays the invoice after receiving the goods where it is clear that these should be exchanged. The payment of this payment method is usually from fourteen calendar days. The invoices are usually noted the consequent "payable in 14 days." or "Payable in 2 weeks." Some sellers also offer payment terms that are more in the future, will often work with a payment of three months. Shorter payment terms as three days or one week to come true for some sellers even before, but are not the rule.

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