Good morning gents,
I just wanted to give a heads up to those of you who either have or who are considering ordering Martin De Candre products directly from the source. No, this is NOT an alert and in NO way anything negative. It's just - as the title states - a heads up.
I had ordered the Martin De Candre Fougere and Scented soaps a month ago straight from the source. The products were received expeditiously along with the package containing several sample freebies. Nothing but impressed and pleased with what I received.
Fast forward literally a month later, in reviewing all my cards online (which should be zero), I noticed a rather small/almost insignificant amount on my card? I had no clue what it was as it only read 'Foreign Transaction Fee'. Foreign Transaction Fee? I was like, what's that? So long story short, I engaged in a chat with the bank online and they told me that it was an impending fee resulting from my Martin De Candre order over a month ago. I was like.......okay?
The monies involved aren't going to break the bank as that's not even remotely the point here. Just wanted to give someone a possible heads up in the event that they, too, saw a similar charge on their statement and were curious as to its origin. Had I not had a zero balance, the amount involved could have easily gone unnoticed if grouped in with a host of other charges, carry over balances, etc.
Lastly: To those of you who do lots of business with overseas vendors, is this type of 'Foreign Transaction Fee' the norm; in mean in terms of the month delay separate and apart from the original bill of sale? It just seemed odd to me. But again, I don't have enough experience with this to make any determination either way.
I just wanted to give a heads up to those of you who either have or who are considering ordering Martin De Candre products directly from the source. No, this is NOT an alert and in NO way anything negative. It's just - as the title states - a heads up.
I had ordered the Martin De Candre Fougere and Scented soaps a month ago straight from the source. The products were received expeditiously along with the package containing several sample freebies. Nothing but impressed and pleased with what I received.
Fast forward literally a month later, in reviewing all my cards online (which should be zero), I noticed a rather small/almost insignificant amount on my card? I had no clue what it was as it only read 'Foreign Transaction Fee'. Foreign Transaction Fee? I was like, what's that? So long story short, I engaged in a chat with the bank online and they told me that it was an impending fee resulting from my Martin De Candre order over a month ago. I was like.......okay?
The monies involved aren't going to break the bank as that's not even remotely the point here. Just wanted to give someone a possible heads up in the event that they, too, saw a similar charge on their statement and were curious as to its origin. Had I not had a zero balance, the amount involved could have easily gone unnoticed if grouped in with a host of other charges, carry over balances, etc.
Lastly: To those of you who do lots of business with overseas vendors, is this type of 'Foreign Transaction Fee' the norm; in mean in terms of the month delay separate and apart from the original bill of sale? It just seemed odd to me. But again, I don't have enough experience with this to make any determination either way.