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Re: Why do so many people say "I will only ship to the us"?
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Tue, 9 May 2000 15:51:17 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes:
> American banks are "transaction ignorant" when it comes to international money
> orders. Whenever I wanted to buy one, the
> clerk would have to call the manager, and then they would have to look it up
> in a book. Then they would tell me there will
> be a $15 processing fee. I said "forget it"! I'll send cash.
I recently got one (an international money order) with no difficulty. It was
the first time I had gotten one, and the clerk knew what I wanted and was able
to direct me to the person I needed to talk to, who drew it up with no effort.
As far as pricing: It cost me $7.50, which made me gag. But that's because I
knew the amount I needed to send in the foreign currency. For them to do the
minor calculation of US$ to the foreign amount, the price jumped to $25! To be
fair, they had the exchange rates posted, so unless you were exceedingly lazy
or stupid you could avoid that.
eric
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