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Heather Patey <hpatey@nfld.com> wrote in message news:G84tvz.3G9@lugnet.com... (...) charge - (...) one (...) else (...) My Scotiabank Value(I think) Account costs me $9.95 per month saves me $5.00 a pop on $US money orders which I figure I break (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) I sent my membership in recently, too. I used Paypal - they now accept international accounts. I made my fee $13, to make it just under $CDN 20. BUT Paypal adds a 2.6% (or 2.9%?) + $US 0.30 as a surcharge on international transactions. This (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) I have a US Borderless account at Canada Trust, which includes free money orders for $4.95 a month. (They charge $3.50 otherwise, same as the post office.) I just did a quick look around to see what the other banks charge - not easy to find! (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) I'm assuming that the $3.50 is for the possessing of a U.S. money order; cause American stamps simply costs $.60! Try using the Royal Bank, they don't charge the processing fees that some banks do on creating foreign money orders. P.S. I know, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Close enough.....$3.50 CAD just so the post office can "stamp" a piece of paper saying it is worth $10 USD! (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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