How would you prefer to pay for mail order British retail goods from the UK?

klkiena · #1 (**permalink**) 21st July 2008, 10:26 AM

Hi everyone,

A company that I work with is currently working on a project to offer British residents in Spain, the opportunity to order high street retail products direct from its warehouses in the UK and have the items shipped to a Spanish postal address.We were wondering:

If you were to buy from a retailer, how would you prefer to pay and why?
- By UK Credit or Debit Card
- By Spanish Credit or Debit Card
- Other (please specify)…

In what currency would you prefer to buy retail products from the UK and why?
- Euros
- Pounds Sterling

I look forward to your responses!

Thanks,
Kristin

rjnpenang · #2 (**permalink**) 21st July 2008, 11:43 AM

A Spanish debit card in Euros but, then again, I doubt if there is anything in the UK I cannot buy here!.

chris(madrid) · #3 (**permalink**) 21st July 2008, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by rjnpenang

A Spanish debit card in Euros but, then again, I doubt if there is anything in the UK I cannot buy here!.

Mmmm. I can safely say there is stuff I cannot find here - but most of it I can find in the US cheaper than the UK. But then it's not High Street stuff.

Most High Street stuff I find is actually cheaper here than the UK anyway. VAT is lower for a start.

UK purchases I tend to make with a Sterling Debit card though. But because it's there more than anything else. But all big purchases would certainly be made with a Spanish Euro account card.

Stravinsky · #4 (**permalink**) 21st July 2008, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by klkiena

Hi everyone,

A company that I work with is currently working on a project to offer British residents in Spain, the opportunity to order high street retail products direct from its warehouses in the UK and have the items shipped to a Spanish postal address.We were wondering:

If you were to buy from a retailer, how would you prefer to pay and why?
- By UK Credit or Debit Card
- By Spanish Credit or Debit Card
- Other (please specify)…

In what currency would you prefer to buy retail products from the UK and why?
- Euros
- Pounds Sterling

I look forward to your responses!

Thanks,
Kristin

Why would we want to buy stuff from the UK?

In general the comparative products are cheaper here, with the odd exception, and we have to weather the current rate of exchange disaster to pay!