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Re: Handling foreign payments.

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From: Gordon Van Huizen
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 19:08
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In article <SCOTT.92Sep3005800@nic.gac.edu>  writes:
> 
> My problem is that my bank wants $35 to turn a check drawn on a
> German bank into dollars in my account.  This is _not_ including
> changing the money, if that's needed.  Since NeXT is such a world-wide
> machine, I'm most likely not alone in this problem.  But, I've
> never seen any postings about it.
> 
> What do other people do to solve this problem?  Do people just
> require checks drawn on US banks?  [That, of course, just moves
> the onus onto the sender instead of the receiver.]  How do things
> work with dealers?  For instance, can a German dealer process funds
> from France reasonably, or does one have to have dealers in every
> blasted country?  Are there any options on-the-cheap?  [The problem
> is obviously entirely different depending on whether your program
> costs $500 or $50!]  Would it be worthwhile to have an account on
> a Swiss bank and have people do direct deposit?
> 

So far all of our international orders have been by credit card. Keeps  
things nice, simple and instant.

Gordon
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Subject: Re: Handling foreign payments.
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