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Payment to the UK
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Tue, 11 May 1999 17:37:08 GMT
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Can someone help me out here? There has to be a cheaper way to send money
order payments in international currencies than the US$8 #/?!!#@$%$%$*** 50
that the United States Post Office requires (for payment to the UK as well
as someother countries). My bank (First Union, not a small one!!) requires
a $20 fee. There has got to be an easier way, without costing folks on both
sides of the transaction a small fortune. It would be cheaper for the
postage to send rolls of pennies...
-Rob Doucette.
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Payment to the UK
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| On Tue, 11 May 1999 17:37:08 GMT, Rob Doucette uttered the following profundities... (...) Me, personally, can write cheques in dollars or pounds (dollars through my father). I also have access to buying and cashing US postal orders, though not so (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: Payment to the UK
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| I have found that my banks in the UK (Midland HSBC and Halifax) are happy to accept _most_ non-Sterling cheques. They tend to use a sliding scale of charges from nothing(!) for sub 20GBP value cheques at the Halifax up to about 8GBP (~13USD) for (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: Payment to the UK
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| It may be worth hooking up with a factor in the UK if you intend to undertake many more UK sourced transactions. I have a factor in the US and rather than forking out US$8 for each bank draft I get him to pay on my behalf. I also save on postage as (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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