🚀 go-pugleaf

Having just had a run-in with my bank, I'm turning to the only
source of information I apparently have left.  Everyone else has
had plenty of advice, but none of it's really all that great (no
slight intended, guys!).

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?

[Forgive me if you see this as an overly commercial posting.  I'm
pretty desperate.  And, hopefully this will help other people out
with the problem, which should help the market as a whole ...
besides, if you think I'm using this to help me in my selfish
money-grubbing, you can feel free to stop by sometime and look at
the balance in my bank account.  I'm _obviously_ not very good at
grubbing money ...]

Thanks,
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scott hess <shess@ssesco.com>  <Who achieved programmer nirvana on Aug 11th>
12901 Upton Avenue South, #326  Burnsville, MN 55337 (612) 895-1208 Anytime!
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