Help quick please... anyone speak German?

[sanssouci]

Hi. I've just bought something from a German seller on ebay (my 1st ebay experience) & I don't speak any German. Very silly but here's what the seller wrote:

Zahlungshinweise: Bitte benutzen Sie nach erfolgreicher Steigerung die Kaufabwicklung. Bei Fragen maile ich selbstverständlich zurück.

Please translate! Many thanks...

I think they are just asking you to pay! (Your seller) will respond to any questions by email. Does that make sense?

Hi, I speak some German, will give it a go...
Zahlungshinwweise means something like payment advice.
Please use (the purchase completion?) following successful bidding. I will reply by email to any questions.
This is very approximate, the bit in brackets I got from Babelfish, I'm not sure what it means.
Does that help? Hope you get better replies!

Yes, I think rowlers is right!

This is what altavista's babelfish says - sorry, I don't speak German, but I know a website that does (modern age or what?!):

"Payment references: Please you use the purchase completion after successful increase. With questions maile I naturally back."

HTH - a bit...! You can translate the other way too, but you've seen the pig's ear it makes of translating to English, so you may just offend your seller. Not being much help - sorry!

As a language teacher, I am always telling pupils NOT to use babblefish! It never makes sense...

according to dh, if you email the seller via ebay it should be translated. So email them and ask what they were trying to say. Apparently it's one of ebays services. hth

Thank you so much! But how do I pay? There doesn't seem to be any mention of PayPal anywhere. I've committed myself but what if the seller doesn't speak English or French? I guess I've done something pretty stupid (impulse buying) but I certainly would like to purchase the article. (Baby Born outfit).

Hi sanssouci
it says "Payment advice: After successful bidding you should use the (Kaufabwicklung). Please e/mail me if you have any questions."

In spite of being German myself I have no idea what is meant by "Kaufabwicklung." If you post the link to the site maybe I could have a look if there's any more information, or I could write the text for an e/mail to the seller if you want to.
Let me know if you would like my help!

Hi sanssouci
it says "Payment advice: After successful bidding you should use the (Kaufabwicklung). Please e/mail me if you have any questions."

In spite of being German myself I have no idea what is meant by "Kaufabwicklung." If you post the link to the site maybe I could have a look if there's any more information, or I could write the text for an e/mail to the seller if you want to.
Let me know if you would like my help!

Thanks emkana! Here is another message:

vielen Dank fuer Ihre E-Mail.

Wir bestaetigen Ihnen den Erhalt Ihrer Anfrage, auf die Sie je nach
Rechercheaufwand innerhalb
von 48 bis 72 Stunden eine Antwort erhalten werden.

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Klicken Sie dazu bitte den "Hilfe"-Button auf unserer Startseite oder
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Zum Thema "Kaufen":

It says

Thank you for your e/mail. We confirm that we have received your enquiry, to which we will reply within 48 to 72 hours, depending on the research necessary.
Many questions can be answered by looking at our "Help" pages. Click on the Help button on our website or use one of the following links.

I sent a message directly to the seller in English but in case he doesn't understand it, could you translate it for me please emkana?

Dear Mr Baumgarten,

I'm terribly sorry but I can only read a few words of German! Do you speak any English or French? I would love to buy this outfit for my daughter's Baby Born but have never actually bought anything on ebay before and have no idea what to do.

I hope we can work this out!

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Sehr geehrter Herr Baumgarten,
leider verstehe ich nur sehr wenig Deutsch! Sprechen Sie Deutsch oder Englisch? Diese Nachricht hat eine Bekannte fuer mich uebersetzt, aber es waere schoen, wenn wir auf Englisch oder Franzoesisch kommunizieren koennten. Ich wuerde diesen Artikel sehr gerne fuer die Baby Born Puppe meiner Tochter kaufen aber ich habe noch nie vorher etwas bei ebay ersteigert und habe deshalb leider keine Ahnung, was ich jetzt tun muss.
Ich hoffe, dass wir den Kauf trotzdem gut ueber die Buehne bringen werden!
MfG

sanssouci

HTH!

Wonderful! Thanks so much emkana. I will send your translation & let you know what happens tomorrow. Have just been reading the thread about the poor MNer whose son fell from the hairdresser's chair & feel very stupid for making such a fuss over a doll's dress! Anyway, thanks again.

No problem, sanssouci, just let me know if you need any more translating done! Good night

ARgh, have just discovered mistake in my translation! Should read Sprechen Sie Franzoesisch oder Englisch?

Sorry about that!!!!!!!!!!!

Never mind! I'm sure he'll get the idea.