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

On Wed, 19 May 2004, Ground Zero Games wrote:

> >  > ***
> >>  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)

GBP or USD money orders cost me ~$6 Canadian from my bank; you can get
them free with some accounts... $45 USD is utter robbery!

No wonder so many Americans are afraid of ordering overseas!

Brian.

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