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Hi all, For those Aussie's amongst us who have joined Lugnet formally (paid the membership fee) a couple of questions... How did you go about paying? Was it a hassle? Is there an easier, cheaper way? What amount did you end up sending (unless you (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) I joined using LarryP's factoring services. Our illustrious persona non grata MarkH is the Australian factor. Best way I know for getting small amounts of money to the US for this sort of thing. Mind you I have never logged on using my (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) I sent him a USD money order. You get these from your local post office. From memory they cost about $6. The exchange rate they use to convert the USD is a bit bizarre - sometimes I have done better than market, more often than not they sting (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Get a US$ money order(Western Union) from the local Post Office. I get charged $8 AUD plus like Richard said the exchange rate will probably favour them, but that's how they make money. $10 US is not much at all for using Lugnet, if you ask me (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Does Todd look after Lugnet in his spare time?(WOW!) This is by far the best forum I've ever seen. I wish i could model a few things that would be handy for my work based on something like Lugnet. I haven't signed up yet, but will do soon, and (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) You might say so, but basically this is his job now. Or... I don't know how he looks at it. (...) No doubt about it!! -Shiri (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Between LUGNET and AucZILLA, all my time is taken up. (No time left anymore for a real job.) --Todd (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) go. (...) Good on you Santosh, All those non-financial posters and lurkers tee up some membership fees with Santosh. US$10 is not much is it, what could you get for that, a 7111. Todd has created lugnet.org.au now as well, and think of all the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Thanks for volunteering Santosh! I'll definitely be joining but I'll do my money order separately, it'll cost me ~$5 for a local MO or bank cheque for Santosh so I may as well go straight for the US one myself. I haven't decided how much I'll (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) I'm not writing this to stop you going on your own, but the answers to the following may be helpful for the future. Is there a way you could transfer the money to me without making out a money order yourself (thats one of the benefits of (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) You can supply them with an account name and number, but that brings in security aspects (eg. Nigerian money laundering schemes), so I guess you have to trust to whom you supply these things. (...) It's probably worth considering, but for the (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Cash in the post is risky, an idea I was uncomfortable with even before a case just this last week where a worker in my local postoffice was charged and found guilty of stealing money and other things out of the mail. Are you comfortable (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Yes, I agree. I didn't even realise until this thread began that there was a formal membership of LUGnet available. (Yeah, I realise now it's all on the LUGnet WWW site, but I guess I hadn't noticed). (...) For breakfast, he gnaws on some (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) If you give an account name and number, is it possible to withdraw money out of that account? I hadn't thought so. Either way, I'll be going to the post office next week sometime (holidays yeah yeah!!) and doing the deal then sometime. If (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) No, but devious types with extra info on you might pull it off somehow (no, I'm not one of them but then how would you know for sure ?! :) ) (...) Thanks muchly for the offer but that's too early for me (cash crisis from buying too many soccer (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) I seem to recall learning a long long time ago that in Australia cash in the post is actually illegal. Now I remember this from so long ago that maybe what it really means is that its so silly that I interpreted it as illegal at the time..... (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) This whole cash in the post thing was raging in the US posts recently. People were saying illegal/legal etc. Someone posted a link to the US Postal site, that verified it is legal. Anyway with legalities of this nature, it's the sort of thing (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) like maybe (URL) includes "Don`t send cash through the mail! It`s risky, and Money Orders are blah blah really clever blah blah saved the universe blah blah buy lots of money orders blah blah" Or something reasonably similar. I guess if it was (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Hi Deidre, I can probably help you out. Send the money (ossy $) to me and I'll request my mate Larry in the US to pay on you behalf via paypal or x.com. Mark H. (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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I've been getting US cash in the mail for four years now and haven't had one letter go missing. Just requires a bit of common sense in packaging and sticking to small bills in lots less than $200. Mark H. (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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Hi everyone, I don't know where this membership payment problem finished up but I can still get membership payments to Lugnet. Just send me the amount you or anyone else wants to pay in US cash and I'll organise a paypal transfer to Lehman's (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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