RE: [OT] eBay Yet More - FSE & Painted

>  > ***
>>  Any bank should be able to issue you with a cheque made out in GBP,
>>  with a UK clearing bank address on it; this is fine for us. Or, you
>>  can always buy UK currency (as notes) from the bank and send it by
>>  registered mail.
>>  ***
>>
>>  In the case of the former, it's a pretty heavy surcharge;
>
>When I ordered from Brigade a few years ago (pre-Paypal) I had to get a
>cheque in GBP, and the surcharge alone was $45, before the actual
amount I
>wanted to send was included.  This was at a major bank chain in a small
>metropolitan area.

Strewth! And  I thought UK banks ripped us off! Last foreign-currency 
cheque I had drawn up here (Several hundred GBP converted to Aussie 
Dollars) cost me about 6 GBP in charges, IIRC.....

Jon (GZG)

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