Help on Protek Trading Company

[fraley]

Hello,

I bought a Zorki 4 on ebay, after reading about them here. I'm trying to send a Travelers Express Money Gram. The seller says to send it to Protek Trading Company in San Pedro, CA. I can't seem to find out who to put down as "Pay to the order of" on the money order - is it the seller or is it Protek? Has anyone used this service before?

[back alley]

never used them.

i bought some gear from the ukraine but paid to an american address and put down the american name, hth

joe

[Gordon Coale]

I just bought a Fed 2 through Protek. I paid with Paypal but the instructions they sent to me said to make money orders out to Protek:

3) USA Money orders, personal checks. Make this form of payment out to: Protek Trading Company
Mail your payment to:
Protek Trading Company
P.O. Box 484
San Pedro, CA 90733
USA Please, send the item number(s) you have won and my nickname (ASR-Photo)
with your payment. Best regards
Alex

[Gordon Coale]

Of course, you may not have been dealing with Alex.

[jfbell20]

My understanding is that many Russian and Ukrainian traders have US partners that handle payments for them. Presumably this is to overcome restrictions with electronic transactions in their countries. I have had many items from many FSU traders and not had a problem with transactions. The only slight hiccup was one parcel was opened by customs as part of a random drugs search.

[fraley]

Thanks Gordon and all!

This helps me out a lot, I will make the money order out to protek and include the ebay information.