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Hi Scott!

      Just wait when I send you MY shareware fee... ;-)

Most countries in Europe use the Giro system which is widespread and painless,
but the US hasn't caught onto it yet :-)

Otherwise, the best way is to use a credit card.  Different countries have
different banking policies, and what applies in the Netherlands does not
neccessarily apply here, and the opposite.  For me to send a 'postCheque'
as one poster advised, costs more than most shareware licenses do...
And I have experienced that:

1) The US bank (sometimes) charges to cash it anyway (doesn't sound legal...)
2) The one receiving the payment doesn't realize that they have received payment.

This is irritating when I subscribe to magazines (Bass Player, for example).
Every time I send payment I go 3 months without an issue and with letters
demanding payment, despite the fact that they have received payment long before
(nothing against Bass Player, BTW - it's a really great magazine :-)

One US company went so far as to deny that they had received payment, and when
I sent them a copy of my receipt they sent it back with a note: Not considered
prrof of payment  (probably because they didn't understand Norwegian and 
weren't smart enough to read the 'from:' 'to:' 'amount:' feilds...;-) 
So I lost both my money and the product :-(

Wire transfers cost money - again, usually on both sides.   
And don't think that because I pay $30 to send you $5, that _your_ bank won't 
also demand $30 to cash it...!   Remember what business banks are in. 

Sorry I don't have any more concrete advice!  I think a credit card is best -
but doesn't really help you in your situation.

Regards,
Thor
edmtl@fiol.uib.no
University of Bergen,
Norway
Eg er ikkje Norsk, eg er BERGENSK!  (Takk og lov er jeg ikke det!)
"A whale a day keeps the doctor away" (quote stolen from Jan Fagertun ;-)