Using Allegro

Hi everyone,
I've managed to register an account on Allegro but I'm not too confident about how you pay for things. I use Ebay and Pay pal all the time, is is a similar system? From what I can understand the most popular payment method is via bank transfer, is that via a Paypal type middle function as I woudn't be too happy to give bank details over the internet direct.

Thanks
Tinka14

this is where you go to bank and with person buying from you give your bank their details and the money is taken from your bank account bit like a transfer you would do between accounts here in the UK really but in this case you have to have the sellers IBAN number as well as bank account number and bank address details

Allegro is entirely different to eBay and Paypal .. i use eBay but refuse to use Paypal .. you will also find that another popular paying method is via moneybooker as well for some polish sellers

Also you will receive a letter from Allegro in approx 10-14 working days with a code to put on your account ...

Thanks for your reply Telefonitika, that's explained how you sort things out really well. It's just that I want to buy some ski jumping world cup tickets for Zakopane next month so time is of the essence. I'm a bit worried they won't be genuine but I suppose that's a risk I have to take - same as if I buy anthing on Ebay.
Tinka14

Its no trouble it took me a while to work out Allegro to be honest what with only learn the language and that but it seems an okay site ...

Yeah i think it is alot like eBay you cant really tell .. but my brother bought geniune tickets on eBay for a gig me and him went to so there is some hope :D

if you prefer to pay with your Visa/masterCard you may use "Płatności Allegro" (credit card or wire transfer), unfortunatelly not many sellers accept this form of payment (because they have to pay to Allegro about 3% of the transaction value, for the buyer, on the other hand, there are no extra fees).
But under "Formy płatności" you may see the link "Poproś o udostępnienie Płatności Allegro" (Ask [the buyer] for the possibility of Allegro Payment), I guess it sends your request via e-mail to the buyer, and if he agrees (I assume he would transfer on you those extra 3% fees), you could pay with credit card.
Of course your Allegro account must be fully activated:

I'm afraid it's only if you asked for it.
The letter is sent by snail mail, I think, to the address you gave in your registration form, and its purpose is to confirm that you actually live where you claim to (in case you break the law and they need to track you down by the police).
However, the full activation is only an option, you may give them fake personal data and don't ask for the full activation of your account, as long as you pay for the things you buy, but in this case you can't use some features of the service (including Allegro Payments).

Is it possible then to sell on Allegro being outside of Poland ?