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Re: A Solution to the Shareware Dilemma?

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From: Werner Uhrig
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1988 04:35
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In article <11357@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> wales@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Rich Wales) writes:
> In article <236@spar.SPAR.SLB.COM> ward@spar.UUCP (Michael Ward) writes:
> 
>     In the US it is usually possible to buy travelers' checks denomi-
>     nated in a foreign currency; these can generally be converted at
 
~ Yes, but once you sign a travelers' check in both the required spaces
~ (which you would obviously have to do before mailing it), it is no
~ safer than cash.  My understanding has always been that *anyone* can
~ cash or deposit a properly signed travelers' check -- regardless of

you can endorse the check "FOR DEPOSIT ONLY" on the back which should make it
traceable, if not completely safe ...
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From: werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: A Solution to the Shareware Dilemma?
Message-ID: <2591@utastro.UUCP>
Date: 19 Apr 88 04:35:30 GMT
References: <8502@sunybcs.UUCP> <6973@oberon.USC.EDU> <120@hodge.UUCP> <11357@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>
Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX
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Keywords: International payments shareware money
Summary: you can endorse a traveler's check "for deposit only" ..